Farm workers video

[Guest guest]

While not specifically health-related, the video tapes described in the

attachment could provide context for staff training, relations with other

programs and working with the public. Many people liked the video tapes

produced for the traveling museum exhibit, Coming Up On the Season:

Migrant Farmworkers in the Northeast. Personally, I think they are

the best thing in the exhibit. Both growers and farmworkers do a superb

job. Now they are available on one combined video for purchase as an

educational tool in a number of situations. Please see the attached

description and ordering information. If you can also announce its

availability in other list serves or publications, it would be much

appreciated. I can answer any questions you might have via return e-mail.

Many thanks.

Herb Engman

Director, Cornell Migrant Program

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Farmworkers

Video Now Available

The exhibition, Coming Up on the Season: Migrant Farmworkers in

the Northeast (sponsored by the Cornell Migrant Program) has drawn

wide attention as it tours the Northeast. Now, the compelling

videos that accompany the exhibition are available for

purchase.

The video represents an important compilation of the voices of today's

working people as they sit in homes, fields and workplaces to discuss

their work and our perception of it.

For the project, almost fifty interviews were conducted in English and

Spanish with both workers (from Mexico, Honduras, the Dominican Republic,

Puerto Rico and Canada) and growers in New York, New Jersey and

Maine.

Compiled on a single one-hour video cassette, the segments are:

Apple

Harvesting

Shows

the process of apple-picking as explained by both a worker and

grower.

4:30

minutes

Workers'

Stories

Farmworkers tell their personal narratives of work, traveling to find

work and their hopes and aspirations for families at home and here in the

United States.

21:00 minutes

Where Does Your Food Come From?

Workers and growers discuss American attitudes towards farm work and

why

much of the work is now done by immigrants.

9:00 minutes

Who Makes Money in Agriculture?

The pay of both workers and growers is often shaped by forces beyond

their control. They discuss the economics of work, marketing and

food distribution.

12:00 minutes

What Do We Think About Farmworkers?

Workers and growers discuss their views of the public perceptions of

farm work and show a keen understanding of how many Americans perceive

them.

11:00 minutes

This video can be used in many ways: to develop community

understanding; to find common ground between workers, growers and

consumers; to encourage an appreciation of our diverse American

society; to learn either English or Spanish. All videos are

subtitled (in English when Spanish is spoken; in Spanish when English is

spoken).

The video is suitable for all ages and will be an important addition to

schools, libraries and archives, museums, community action

groups, labor organizations, migrant service agencies and

other organizations interested in developing an understanding of the

nature of today's farm work, explained directly by workers and

growers.

How to Purchase

The cost of the video is $48 plus $5 shipping and

handling. New York State purchasers must include 7% sales tax

or a sales tax exemption form. Please send a check or

purchase order to Galene Studios, PO Box 232, Treadwell, NY

13846. For more information, please contact Drew Harty,

drew.harty@..., 607-829-3305.

The exhibition was developed Riverhill, a firm specializing in history

and folklife projects for museums and communities for the Cornell Migrant

Program, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. For more information or to

book the exhibition, contact Norris, Riverhill,

607-829-2501; riverhill55@....

Support for the exhibition and accompanying materials was provided by the

National Endowment for the Humanities, the Rockefeller Fund, the New York

State Council on the Arts, Newman's Own and Pioneer Media

Technologies.