Film, Nancy Ghertner, And Each Of The Five Immigrant

After I Pick the Fruit records the lives of five immigrant farmworker women, only two of them are documented over approximately a ten-year span. This film shows the development of several friendships made between the filmmaker, Nancy Ghertner, and each of the five immigrant farmworker women. This documentary illustrates the struggle these women go through to satisfy their roles as workers, as well as wives and mothers. As the filmmaker learned more about these women, she made it her goal to raise awareness in the United States about the cost of having fresh produce at their grocery store. Nancy also made me look at what is found at the dining halls on campus, and how they got there. One impactful theme conveyed in After I Pick the Fruit†¦show more content†¦Another trend is also illustrated in this film is the cheap labor force of these immigrant workers. Thus, this trend depicted in this film resembling the trends found in domestic work. Since these women are misrepresented in politics, small programs within the U.S. must create awareness for these low wages. For instance, one worker stated that she was paid $.28 per tree, making it way below what the average American would make doing the same job. Another theme is illegal immigration. During the Bush Administration, there was a major post-9/11 crackdown on illegal immigration, which was pivotal and shown in this film. Although this film represents an increase regulation, it still had the same impact deregulation had during the Reagan Administration by hindering the success of the poor in foreign countries. There were a series of raids, depicted in this film, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to attempt to crackdown on illegal immigration. These raids affected more than just these women immigrants; it also affected their families, other farmers, and residents near Sodus, NY. One attempt to crackdown on illegal immigration that really moved me was when one woman learned that ICE detained her husband at their local grocery store during an early morning raid. In addition, this film documents the shocked reaction of a farmer, whose employee is detained at the corner of a coffee shop. These people are just trying