The film Pickers is a journey to the European fields where our fruit and vegetables are grown: In southern Italy, Seydou from Mali picks oranges. He has no contract and is paid by the crate. He lives in a self-built hut in a settlement without water or electricity.

Blueberries in Portugal, olives in Greece, strawberries in Spain - one million migrant women are currently working in European fields. The pickers are the mobile workers who fill the baskets of our supermarkets, most of them without a contract or minimum wage, some without papers or with high debts to intermediaries. What we see gives what we eat every day a bitter taste: our daily fruit and vegetables are rooted in a system of exploitation.

This movie is more than just a movie. There is a parallel campaign that actively tries to educate people about the abuses and wants to change them: https://campaign.thepickers.org/

We cordially invite you to the subsequent film discussion with Alexander Friedrichs, who is part of the executive board of VG Verbrauchergemeinschaft.

Admission free of charge - donations welcome

You can find all information and trailers for our film program at: https://dearfuturedresden.de/festival2025/filme

Publié par Aga Slawinska le mars 19, 2025