Los Lecheros (The Dairy Farmers)

  • Year 2017
  • Country USA
  • Runtime 21 min
  • Director Jim Cricchi
  • Topics

Film Synopsis

Undocumented immigrant workers in Wisconsin and the farmers who employ them struggle with a new political climate, which increasingly threatens their ability to perform business as usual. Pairing brave, moving interviews with revealing context about the state’s dairy industry, Los Lecheros is a sensitive portrayal of an urgent situation.

Showings

  • Filmmakers in attendance
  • Subjects in attendance
  • Contains adult language

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