The film was picked up for distribution by CP Distribution, the distribution arm of Cinema Politica - an international screening network committed to delivering politically powerful, artistically inspired and uncompromising documentary films to communities and audiences the world over.
More than 15 public screenings of Migrant Dreams are set to take place throughout September in communities and on campuses across Ontario, beginning with Leamington, ON, on Sept. 4, and ending in Ottawa, ON, on Oct. 1. Many of the screenings will coincide with the stops of the Harvesting Freedom Caravan, a campaign marking 50 years of the migrant farmworker program in Canada and calling on the Canadian government to finally allow migrant farm workers in Canada to access Permanent Immigration Status. The caravan is organized by Justice for Migrant Workers.
The film’s launch in Leamington is particularly poignant, as the small town is the central setting for the film, and workers featured in the documentary will be present at the screening. There will also be an important screening in Toronto on Sept. 25th at Ryerson University, and on Oct. 1 it will be shown at the One World Film Festival in Ottawa. Workers and campaigners featured in the film will be present at several of the screenings.
“Migrant Dreams is a political film that features the voices of migrant workers fighting for justice in Canada. Getting this film screened widely in campuses and communities across Canada is essential to building solidarity with migrant workers,” says director Min Sook Lee. “I am thrilled that our distribution partner Cinema Politica has joined us in this work because of their unabating commitment to social justice and their inimitable ability to mobilize audiences through the language of film.”
Migrant Dreams followed-up its successful premiere at Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival with screenings at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival (Vancouver, BC) and NorthWest Fest (Edmonton, AB). It will receive its World Premiere Broadcast on TVO on September 14 at 9 pm.
Migrant Dreams, a timely and evocative exposé of the underbelly of an exploitative Canadian government labour program that has failed workers, is now available for screenings across Canada. For information on bookings, please visit http://www.cinemapolitica.org/booking/migrantdreams or contact booking@cinemapolitica.org.
