This film documents the conditions among Chinese and East Indian immigrant workers in British Columbia that provoked the formation of Canadian Farmworkers Union, and the response of growers and labor contractors to the threat of unionization. Made over a period of two years, the film is eloquent testimony to the progress of the workers’ movement from the first stirrings of militancy to the energetic canvassing of union members.
A Time to Rise (1981)
Directed by Anand Patwardhan
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British Columbia, East Indian, Farmworkers Union, Worker