Guelph Screening of the Documentary Earth to Mouth

Volunteer Coordinator April 23, 2015

Wednesday April 29, 1-3pm.

Guelph Public Library, 100 Norfolk St. Guelph.

Filmed at the 80-acre Wing Fong Farm in Ontario, and directed by Yung Chang, this documentary follows the experiences of Lau King-Fai, her son, and 6 migrant farm workers from Mexico.

Growing Community Health (an OPIRG Action Group) has partnered with the Guelph Local Immigration Partnership to co-present this documentary. It highlights the connected experiences of a Chinese immigrant family and a group of Mexican migrant workers as they work in Ontario agriculture.

Migrant farm workers continue to sustain industrial agriculture in Ontario, yet many of us do not know much about these members of our communities. We are excited for people in Guelph to learn more about the experiences of those working as migrant farm workers. We hope to have a discussion after the screening.

Admission is completely free. Free popcorn.

OPIRG Guelph is located on the ancestral lands of the Attawandaron/Chonnonton, the Anishinaabe, and Haudenosaunee peoples and the treaty lands and territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit. We recognize the significance of the Dish with One Spoon Covenant to this land and offer our respect and gratitude to all of the Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island who have stewarded, loved & defended this land for centuries.

In stating this, we acknowledge that we are here as a result of blood that has been shed through colonization, which continues to be the lived experience of Indigenous communities across Turtle Island. Colonialism is a current ongoing process, and we need to be accountable for our present participation in that process.