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Sometimes i have to pick with my hand. you have to get these big scissors, and one time i actually cut myself by accident and i had to put like sand on it so the bleeding would stop. >> every time i look at the sun i would say, is this going to be my entire life? is this going to be what im going to live through? >> its very powerful stuff. its heartbreaking to see kids having to do this. >> the great thing about this documentary is that actually we produced it so it can be used as a political t...

>> ever since i was born i remember picking crops. >> every morning i wake up my hands were really huting. they had blisters. my feet had blisters. >> we usually dont wear gloves that much because we forget them. sometimes i have to pick with my hand. you have to get these big scissors, and one time i actually cut myself by accident and i had to put like sand on it so the bleeding would stop. >> every time i look at the sun i would say, is this going to be my entire life? is this going to be wha...

A political tool to change the way agricultural workers are treated in the united states. people dont realize this is happening in the united states, that agriculture is excluded from the fair labor standards act. >> slave labor. >> it is modern-day slavery happening in the united states and its child labor. we dont accept shirts made in china because theyre made in sweatshops, we dont accept chocolate because of the cocoa fields in the ivory coast. but this happens in our backyard. the care act...

People dont realize this is happening in the united states, that agriculture is excluded from the fair labor standards act. >> slave labor. >> it is modern-day slavery happening in the united states and its child labor. we dont accept shirts made in china because theyre made in sweatshops, we dont accept chocolate because of the cocoa fields in the ivory coast. but this happens in our backyard. the care act didnt pass, which would prevent children from working in the fields. these people are stu...

Act. >> slave labor. >> it is modern-day slavery happening in the united states and its child labor. we dont accept shirts made in china because theyre made in sweatshops, we dont accept chocolate because of the cocoa fields in the ivory coast. but this happens in our backyard. the care act didnt pass, which would prevent children from working in the fields. these people are stuck in a cycle of poverty. they cant go to school because they leave early to go to work. they go to school late because...

Produced it so it can be used as a political tool to change the way agricultural workers are treated in the united states. people dont realize this is happening in the united states, that agriculture is excluded from the fair labor standards act. >> slave labor. >> it is modern-day slavery happening in the united states and its child labor. we dont accept shirts made in china because theyre made in sweatshops, we dont accept chocolate because of the cocoa fields in the ivory coast. but this happ...

Sometimes i have to pick with my hand. you have to get these big scissors, and one time i actually cut myself by accident and had to put sand on it so the bleeding would stop. >> every time i look at the sun i would say, is this going to be my entire life? is this going to be what im going to live through? >> its very powerful stuff. its heartbreaking to see kids having to do this. >> the great thing about this documentary is that actually we produced it so it can be used as a political tool to ...