The Source

'The Source', 2017

A documentary about child workers who harvest beans for the world's biggest coffee brands. Awards: 2017 Emmy winner, Gerald Loeb Award, The Sunshine Award.

A documentary about child workers who harvest beans for the world's biggest coffee brands. Awards: 2017 Emmy winner, Gerald Loeb Award, The Sunshine Award.

Director

Desiree Colomina

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Feature

Genre

Documentary, Short, News

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The Source

Desiree Colomina, 2017

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The Gerald Loeb Awards

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2017

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Gerald Loeb Award

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A documentary about child workers who harvest beans for the world's biggest coffee brands. Awards: 2017 Emmy winner, Gerald Loeb Award, The Sunshine Award.

A coproduction between Noticias Telemundo and The Weather Channel, the film looks to expose the child labor practices on coffee plantations in the Mexican state of Chiapas. The film, available in both Spanish and English, documents the tasks undertaken by migrant children working in coffee production, while exposing the role regulatory agencies, intermediaries and transnational companies have in prolonging the situation. The documentary features exclusive interviews with young workers, parents, coffee farmers, merchants, labor activists and agencies charged with protecting the rights of children.

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A documentary about child workers who harvest beans for the world's biggest coffee brands. Awards: 2017 Emmy winner, Gerald Loeb Award, The Sunshine Award.

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A coproduction between Noticias Telemundo and The Weather Channel, the film looks to expose the child labor practices on coffee plantations in the Mexican state of Chiapas. The film, available in both Spanish and English, documents the tasks undertaken by migrant children working in coffee production, while exposing the role regulatory agencies, intermediaries and transnational companies have in prolonging the situation. The documentary features exclusive interviews with young workers, parents, coffee farmers, merchants, labor activists and agencies charged with protecting the rights of children.

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John Carlos Frey

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Cristina Londoño

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Marcus Stern

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