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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 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...

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 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 this i...