Documenting the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program: A Filmed Interpretation

This article uses a qualitative content analysis to examine the documentary El Contrato (2003), directed by Korean-Canadian documentary filmmaker Min Sook Lee and produced by the National Film Board, from two complementary standpoints: first, the critical portrait it paints of the Seasonal Agricult...

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Main Author: Graciela Martínez-Zalce
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Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2020-09-01
Series:Norteamérica
Online Access:https://www.revistanorteamerica.unam.mx/index.php/nam/article/view/443
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spelling doaj-art-2ba55fb2eac94525a4aa82e88cbb8fed2025-08-20T03:52:47ZengUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoNorteamérica1870-35502448-72282020-09-0115210.22201/cisan.24487228e.2020.2.443Documenting the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program: A Filmed InterpretationGraciela Martínez-Zalce0Centro de Investigaciones sobre América del Norte (CISAN), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). This article uses a qualitative content analysis to examine the documentary El Contrato (2003), directed by Korean-Canadian documentary filmmaker Min Sook Lee and produced by the National Film Board, from two complementary standpoints: first, the critical portrait it paints of the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP), a partnership of governments and agro-industrial firms, its social consequences, and the integration problems it presents; and second, the importance of documentary cinema in making visible and analyzing the conditions of temporary workers in Canada. The author concludes that this documentary’s activist strategy contributes to making integration easier. https://www.revistanorteamerica.unam.mx/index.php/nam/article/view/443
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