The story of the children who work 12-14 hour days in the fields without the protection of child labor laws. These children are not toiling in the fields in some far away land. They are working in America.
Direction
Romano's patient observation lets horror speak softly.
Editing
80 minutes feels both endless and too brief.
Director
U. Roberto Romano
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during the Obama administration's stalled immigration reform debates, the film exposed labor exemptions most Americans didn't know existed—farmworkers remain excluded from federal overtime laws today.
Director Romano spent years embedded with families; some children in the film were later deported or dropped out entirely, their fates unknown.
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