Watch: CDS Students Produce Video Series on Farmworker Conditions and Child Labor

Undergraduates in CDS Artist in Residence Bruce Orenstein’s  Documentary Studies: Video for Social Change class have produced a series of advocacy videos touching on the conditions of farmworkers in North Carolina and child labor in the agricultural industry. The course is being taught in collaboration with Student Action with Farmworkers (SAF); SAF,  NC Children in the Fields, and other organizations will use the videos to educate audiences about the antiquated laws and inhumane conditions that child farmworkers labor under.

One of the students in Orenstein’s class, Catherine Bittar, appeared recently on WUNC’s “The State of Things” to discuss Uprooted Innocence (shown above), one of the videos in the series.

Listen to Catherine Bittar and Emily Drakage, North Carolina Regional Coordinator for the Children in the Fields Campaign, on “The State of Things ” with Frank Stasio.

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Bruce Orenstein is the founder and director of the Chicago Video Project (CVP), an award-winning nonprofit production company that produces documentaries and public policy videos about social and economic issues.

Our Forgotten Neighbors, a video produced by  students in Documentary Studies: Video for Social Change

 

Credits for Uprooted Innocence:

Researched & Written by
Catherine Bittar, Freddie Montgomery, Rebecca Rubin, Tullia Rushton, Hannah Swenson

Executive Producer: Bruce Orenstein
Videography: Samir Arora & Adam Alphin
(with additional footage from U. Roberto Romano)
Editing: Samir Arora & Bill Glader
Narration: Spencer

Credits for Our Forgotten Neighbors:

Researched & Written by
Lilly Chow, Helen Ho, Ebonie Simpson, Lexi Wallace, Lauren Weinberger

Executive Producer: Bruce Orenstein
Videography: Samir Arora & Adam Alphin
(with additional footage from U. Roberto Romano)
Editing: Samir Arora & Bill Glader
Narration: Jordan Rodriguez

POSTED: 04/17/12 9:28 AM
CATEGORIES: Courses • Student Work • Undergraduate Courses • Undergraduate Student Work
TAGS: "Our Forgotten Neighbors" Documentary • "Uprooted Innocence" Documentary • "Video for Social Change" Course • Adam Alphin • Bill Glader • Bruce Orenstein • Catherine Bittar • Children in the Fields Campaign • Ebonie Simpson • Emily Drakage • Freddie Montgomery • Hannah Swenson • Helen Ho • Jordan Rodriguez • Lauren Weinberger • Lexi Wallace • Lilly Chow • NC Children in the Fields • Rebecca Rubin • Samir Arora • Student Action with Farmworkers (SAF) • The State of Things • Tullia Rushton • WUNC