Migrant

Series: NBC WHITE PAPER.

Duration: 52

Year Published: 1970

Creator: NBC EDUCATIONAL ENTERPRISES

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: A documentary on the plight of the migrant farm worker in America concentrates upon conditions in Florida. Presents a shameful portrait of substandard wages for back-breaking labor; unemployment and chronic debt; child labor and irregular school attendance; substandard housing and racism. Includes interviews with corporate growers, landlords, and migrant workers., A study of migrant workers, including many Blacks and Chicanos in Florida. Reveals the problems of inadequate housing, sanitation, working conditions, schooling and racial discrimination. Includes interviews with corporate growers, landlords and the workers themselves.

Complete Record: A documentary on the plight of the migrant farm worker in America concentrates upon conditions in Florida. Presents a shameful portrait of substandard wages for back-breaking labor; unemployment and chronic debt; child labor and irregular school attendance; substandard housing and racism. Includes interviews with corporate growers, landlords, and migrant workers., A study of migrant workers, including many Blacks and Chicanos in Florida. Reveals the problems of inadequate housing, sanitation, working conditions, schooling and racial discrimination. Includes interviews with corporate growers, landlords and the workers themselves. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.