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Cada año más de 400 mil niños estadounidenses son arrancados de sus escuelas, sus amigos y sus hogares para ser llevados a sembradíos donde cortan y recogen la cosecha que todos nosotros consumimos. Así lo afirma el documental, The Harvest/La Cosecha, producido en parte por la reconocida actriz, Eva Longoria. Desde Texas hasta Michigan y hasta Florida, esta producción nos presenta la verdadera historia de Zulma, Perla y Victor, niños trabajadores del campo quienes sacrifican su niñez persiguiendo la cosecha que alimenta a sus familias. El documental presenta la controversia actual de permitir a menores entre las edades de 12 y 16 años de trabajar el campo legalmente bajo el consentimiento paterno durante las horarios fuera de clase y sin tiempo límite de horas al día.
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A team of journalists investigate how human trafficking and child labor in the Ivory Coast fuels the worldwide chocolate industry. The crew interview both proponents and opponents of these alleged practices, and use hidden camera techniques to delve into the gritty world of cocoa plantations.
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Narrated by Meryl Streep and filmed in eight countries, Stolen Childhoods is the story of 246 million children for whom life is nothing but work. Children are found working in dumps, quarries and brick kilns. One boy has been pressed into forced labor on a fishing platform in the Sea of Sumatra, a fifteen-year-old runaway describes being forced into prostitution on the streets of Mexico City, while a nine-year-old girl picks coffee in Kenya to help her family survive. The film features stories of child laborers around the world, told in their own words, while placing their stories in the broader context of the worldwide struggle against child labor, how it contributes to global insecurity, while featuring best practice programs to improve their lives by giving them the chance of making a reasonable living when they grow up. Ultimately, the film challenges the viewer to help break the cycle of poverty for the 246 million children laboring at the bottom of the global economy.
