A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
October 18, 2003
Original Title:
El Contrato
Genres:
Documentary
Production Countries:
Canada
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 51
This documentary from Min Sook Lee follows a poverty-stricken father from Central Mexico, along with several of his countrymen, as they make their annual migration to southern Ontario to pick tomatoes. For 8 months a year, the town's population absorbs 4,000 migrant workers who toil under conditions, and for wages, that no local would accept. Yet despite a fear of repercussions, the workers voice their desire for dignity and respect.
Additional Camera:
Ali Kazimi
Min Sook Lee
Additional Sound Re-Recordist:
Don Grundsten
Mike Borlace
Benito Amaro
Administration:
Ida Di Fruscia
Administrative Assistant:
Nadine Simunic
Lea Marin-Jara
Assistant Editor:
Catherine Scott
Assistant Production Manager:
Mark Wilson
Assistant Unit Manager:
Joanne Forrest
Colorist:
Debbie Gaysinsky
Dialogue Editor:
Marvyn Dennis
Digital Imaging Technician:
Douglas Crawford
Director:
Min Sook Lee
Director of Photography:
David Patrick
John Westheuser
Editor:
Katharine Asals
Executive Producer:
Louise Lore
Sylvia Sweeney
Foley:
Virginia Storey
Foley Artist:
Virginia Storey
Foley Recordist:
John Bracco
Musician:
Edgardo Moreno
Online Editor:
Dan Johnston
Original Music Composer:
Edgardo Moreno
Producer:
Karen King-Chigbo
Silva Basmajian
Production Coordinator:
Penny Kennedy
Production Manager:
Sarah Zammit
Norah Wakula
Douglas MacFarlane
Production Supervisor:
Kemp Archibald
Researcher:
Elizabeth Klinck
Tonya Reid
Min Sook Lee
Sound Designer:
Steven Toepell
Sound Re-Recording Assistant:
Stacy Coutts
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Virginia Storey
Martin Lee
Lou Solakofski
Sound Recordist:
Sanjay Mehta
Darcy Kite
Sound Supervisor:
Marvyn Dennis
Transcriptions:
Andrea Feder
Sheila Gruner
Maurice C. Behaine
Orestes Robledo
Pat Kerr
Jeannethe Lara
Jessica Farias
Translator:
Beatriz Pizano
Enzo Moreno
Alejandro Ronceria
Jessica Farias
Unit Manager:
Grazia Rade
Writer:
Min Sook Lee
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