Fruits of Labor

Fruits of Labor is a 2021 Mexican-American documentary film written and directed by Emily Cohen. The film premiered at South by Southwest and following it was screened at the Independent Film Festival Boston.[1] The film is based on the director's short film of the same name.[2]

Fruits of Labor
Directed byEmily Cohen Ibañez
Written byEmily Cohen Ibañez
Edited byKristina Motwani
Andrea Chignoli
Music byYamil Rezc
Release date
  • March 2021 (2021-03) (SXSW)
Running time
78 minutes
CountriesUnited States
Mexico
LanguagesEnglish
Spanish

Plot

The film focuses on a single day of a life of a young farmer and factory worker from Mexico who resides in California where she dreams to graduate from high school and start to attend college.

Production and release

Fruits of Labor was a sponsored project of the International Documentary Association.[3]

Following its premiere at South by Southwest, POV had acquired the rights for the film.[4]

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes the film has a score of 100% based on reviews from 8 critics, with an average rating of 7/10.[5]

Dennis Harvey of Variety wrote "Emily Cohen Ibanez's documentary is an intriguing look at the heavily responsibilities borne by an undocumented immigrant's teen daughter".[6]

References
  1. "IFFBoston 2021: MAY 6–16 Online". IFFBoston. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  2. "Working nights to pack your California strawberries, working days to graduate from school – video". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. October 23, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  3. "Fruits of Labor". International Documentary Association. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  4. "POV Acquires Fruits of Labor out of SXSW Film Festival" (Press release). American Documentary. March 31, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  5. "Fruits of Labor (2021)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  6. "Fruits of Labor Review: A Mexican American Family's Struggles in Central California". Variety. May 7, 2021.


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