We are honored to announce that THE HARVEST/LA COSECHA will have its US premier at the prestigious Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham, North Carolina on Thursday, April 14th. The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is an annual international event dedicated to the theatrical exhibition of non-fiction cinema.
Each spring Full Frame welcomes filmmakers and film lovers from around the world to historic downtown Durham, North Carolina for a four-day, morning to midnight array of over 100 films as well as discussions, panels, and southern hospitality. Set within a four-block radius, the intimate festival landscape fosters community and conversation between filmmakers, film professionals and the public. The festival serves the documentary form and its community by showcasing the contemporary work of established and emerging filmmakers. Full Frame is committed to enhancing public understanding and appreciation of the art form and its significance, while making films more accessible to a wider audience. Tickets are on sale now: Click Here to buy
The screening at the Guadalajara International Film Festival was a very successful red carpet event. Ticket proceeds benefited the Hospitales Civiles de Guadalajara and their programs to care for children with few resources. Both Director U Roberto Romano and Executive Producer Eva Longoria attended and participated in a Q&A session following the screening. It’s a disgrace that the people who feed the most well fed nation in the world go to sleep hungry,” said Longoria. This documentary is meant to change that. Both she and Romano emphasized the importance of respecting international child rights agreements. “More than 173 countries have agreed that the worst forms of child labor should be illegal and some of what we’ve seen tonight on the screen qualifies as illegal. There is also another convention on the minimum working age which neither Mexico, the US, or Canada participate in,” said Romano.
Longoria emphasized that even though people don’t think this could be happening in the United States, it is. These are American children laboring in the fields to feed us. They are exposed to a greater risk of injury and death and at a younger age than children in any other industry and it is completely legal. Her hope is that THE HARVEST/LA COSECHA will bring greater attention to this issue and lead to a change in child labor laws so that all American children are protected.