H-2 Worker (1990)

H-2 Worker (1990)

Release Date: 1990, January 1
Directors: Stephanie Black
Countries: United States of America
Production: Valley FilmWorks, Stephanie Black

Overview:

This documentary examines the lives of Jamaican migrant laborers recruited to cut sugar cane in Florida under the temporary H-2 guest worker program. Filmed in the cane fields and labor camps around Lake Okeechobee, the film documents the harsh working conditions and limited protections faced by the workers.