Harvest Of Shame Documentary

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The video, Harvest of Shame, was a documentary about the migrant workers of the 1960s. The things that surprised me the most about this film was the conditions the migrants had to live in and the family life of these workers. The doesn’t seem like 1960 was that long ago so to see people living in those harsh of conditions is really mind boggling to me. Large families being shoved into tiny rooms, whole camps sharing a tiny spigot of water, and no bathroom facilities were just a few of the struggles that these people went through in their daily lives. This is something that we take for granted in today’s society. It is hard to imagine a time where the laws and regulations that protect workers today, didn’t exist. Although this was not a great

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