Quebec Premiere

The Pickers

A journey to European fields: 1 million migrants are harvesting our daily fruit and veg. Most of them under precarious conditions. 

SYNOPSIS

A journey to European fields: 1 million migrants are harvesting our daily fruit and veg. Most of them under precarious conditions.

Theme(s): , Agriculture, Migration

DETAILS

Director | , Elke Sasse
Year | , 2024
Country | , Germany
Duration | 80 minutes
Original language | , Bambara, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Subtitles | , French
Editing | Janine Dauterich
Production | Berlin Producers
Distribution | Berlin Producers
Camera | Marcus Zahn

DIRECTOR

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Elke Sasse

SEE COMPLETE PROFILE

Elke's films center on people from all walks of life: She accompanied homeless people on their way through Germany or former slave workers from Eastern Europe waiting for justice. She often addresses global and socio-political issues like escape journeys to Europe or the impact of international investment in the Global South.

CAREER

Thessaloniki Documentary Festival · DOK.fest München 2024 · DOXA · Ortometraggi Film Festival · Human Rights Film Festival of Catalonia · Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary · Italia Green Film Festival · Films for Future

UPCOMING SCREENINGS

SCREENING 1 | 

25 June 2025 pm30 21h00

Théâtre de Verdure 

Opening event of the 16th edition of Cinéma sous les étoiles.
A discussion with Maxime Thibault-Leblanc from the Quebec Network for Assistance to Migrant Agricultural Workers (RATTMAQ) will follow the screening.

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