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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 i'm going to live through? >> it's very powerful stuff. it's 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 change the way agricultural workers are treated in the united states. people don't realize...

>> 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 don't 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 what i'm going to live through? >> it's very powerful stuff. it's heartbreaking to see kids having to ...

A political tool to change the way agricultural workers are treated in the united states. people don't 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 it's child labor. we don't accept shirts made in china because they're made in sweatshops, we don't accept chocolate because of the cocoa fields in the ivory coast. but this happens in our backyard. the care act didn't pass, which would prevent children from working in the fields. these people are stuck i...

People don't 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 it's child labor. we don't accept shirts made in china because they're made in sweatshops, we don't accept chocolate because of the cocoa fields in the ivory coast. but this happens in our backyard. the care act didn't pass, which would prevent children from working in the fields. these people are stuck in a cycle of poverty. they can't go to school because they leave early to go to work. they...

Act. >> slave labor. >> it is modern-day slavery happening in the united states and it's child labor. we don't accept shirts made in china because they're made in sweatshops, we don't accept chocolate because of the cocoa fields in the ivory coast. but this happens in our backyard. the care act didn't pass, which would prevent children from working in the fields. these people are stuck in a cycle of poverty. they can't go to school because they leave early to go to work. they go to school late because they're working to put food on the table. unfortunately, 85% of the kids that work in the fie...