Fruits of Labor

Fruits of Labor

Fruits of Labor

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Fruits of Labor

2021

1h 17m

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A Mexican-American teenage farmworker dreams of graduating high school, when ICE raids in her community threaten to separate her family and force her to become her family’s breadwinner.

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