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Earth to Mouth

Yung Chang, 2002, 41 min 33 s
Filmed at the Wing Fong Farm in Ontario, this documentary follows the tilling, planting and harvesting of Asian vegetables destined ...
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Filmed at the Wing Fong Farm in Ontario, this documentary follows the tilling, planting and harvesting of Asian vegetables destined for Chinese markets and restaurants. On 80 acres of land, Lau King-Fai, her son and a half-dozen migrant Mexican workers care for the plants. For Yeung Kwan, her son, the farm represents personal and financial independence. For his mother, it is an oasis of peace. For the Mexican workers, it provides jobs that help support their children back home.

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  • Earth to Mouth

    Earth to Mouth

    The story behind the succulent vegetables we eat in Asian restaurants is one that is rarely told. Shot over the course of a complete farming cycle - from tilling, to planting, to harvest, to rest - this new documentary is an exquisitely filmed, meditative look at life on a farm that grows Asian crops such as gai lan, go lai choy and gau choy.

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Lau King-Fai left China in 1994 at the age of 65 to join her son in Newcastle, Ontario and help run his farm. The Wing Fong farm produces succulent Asian vegetables for Chinese markets and restaurants across the country. thanks in part to the similarity of the soil in Canada and China. Mexican workers, who simply cannot support their families back home, are employed to help cultivate the land. This beautiful film shows two vastly different cultures working together to make the farm a success.
Director
Yung Chang
Editing
Hannele Halm
Photography
François Vincelette
Sound
Alain Tremblay
Don Ayer
Serge Boivin
Music
Chris Crilly
Jon Gearey
Timothy Bruce Halliday
Dave Gossage
Chris Crilly
Sylvain Desbiens
Denis Pilon
Alice Ngan
Gaspard Gaudreau
Alice Ngan
Michael Lai
Margaret Wong
Monica Chiu
Maria Jim
Ernesto Cuba Lopez
Chaz Oliver
Claude Cardinal
Sia Koukoulas
Marie Tonto-Donati
Nickie Merulla
Sally Bochner
Producer
Germaine Ying Gee Wong
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