Migrant Dreams
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Directed byMin Sook Lee
Written byMin Sook Lee
Produced byMin Sook Lee
Lisa Valencia-Svensson
Lisa Valencia-Svensson
CinematographyIris Ng
| Migrant Dreams | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Min Sook Lee |
| Written by | Min Sook Lee |
| Produced by | Min Sook Lee Lisa Valencia-Svensson |
| Cinematography | Iris Ng |
| Edited by | Dave Kazala |
| Music by | Ken Myhr |
Production company | Tiger Spirit Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Migrant Dreams is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Min Sook Lee and released in 2016.[1] The film profiles human rights violations against migrant workers from Indonesia who were working as farm labourers in Southwestern Ontario under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.[2]
It was Lee's second documentary film about migrant workers in Canada, following 2003's El Contrato.[3]
The film premiered at the 2016 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,[1] and was subsequently screened at the 2016 DOXA Documentary Film Festival.[4] It was commercially distributed as a television broadcast, airing September 14, 2016 on TVOntario.[5]
