Synopsis
This film was produced to justify the bracero program to the general public, especially American citizens in California who were threatened by the influx of workers over the border from Mexico. It expresses the viewpoint of agribusiness and large farmers. Good footage of agriculture in California, food production and food processing.
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Details
- Running time
- 18 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- 0737_Why_Braceros_23_08_31_00
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Why Wetbacks? · Spuzz · 2017-03-10
Suspicious Government film that sternly explains why the U.S. Government hires Mexican farm workers. This is all done in a way that seems too official, so the warning flags immediately go up and makes me wonder how much of this is actually true. Whether ALL the farmers went through, it seems, channel after channel to get help for the manual work in the fields. Theres some hilarious interviews by startled government folk about this, and a Mexican counsel, who, in a stunning show of political incorrectness, proclaims that these workers Arent wetbacks! Those are illegal farm workers! Look…