Rape in the Fields

For the women who pick and process the food we eat every day, getting sexually assaulted, and even raped, is sometimes part of the job. FRONTLINE and Univision partner to tell the story of the hidden price many migrant women working in America's fields and packing plants pay to stay employed an...

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Format: Video
Language: English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), [2013]
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Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (55 min., 38 sec.)) : color and sound.
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Summary: For the women who pick and process the food we eat every day, getting sexually assaulted, and even raped, is sometimes part of the job. FRONTLINE and Univision partner to tell the story of the hidden price many migrant women working in America's fields and packing plants pay to stay employed and provide for their families. This investigation is the result of a yearlong reporting effort by veteran FRONTLINE correspondent Lowell Bergman, the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley, and the Center for Investigative Reporting.
Item Description: Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.).
Originally released by Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) in 2013.
Victimization (2:08) -- Sexual Harassment in the Fields (4:11) -- EEOC vs. Harris Farms (3:14) -- Rape or Consensual Sex? (2:28) -- Perpetrator Accountability (1:50) -- EEOC Investigates Juan Marin (2:41) -- EEOC vs. Evans Fruit (2:36) -- Consequences of Reporting Abuse (1:49) -- Jack Decoster (3:40) -- Targeting Attractive Women (2:59) -- Decoster Victims (2:25) -- Criminal Charges (3:16) -- Illegal Immigrant Raid (4:10) -- Undocumented Worker Abuse (4:15) -- Evans Fruit Victory (3:08) -- Juan Marin (2:23) -- Sexual Harassment Accountability (2:05) -- Voice for Women (2:11) -- Credits: Rape in the Fields (1:57)
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For the women who pick and process the food we eat every day, getting sexually assaulted, and even raped, is sometimes part of the job. FRONTLINE and Univision partner to tell the story of the hidden price many migrant women working in America's fields and packing plants pay to stay employed and provide for their families. This investigation is the result of a yearlong reporting effort by veteran FRONTLINE correspondent Lowell Bergman, the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley, and the Center for Investigative Reporting.
11 & up.
Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Closed-captioned.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (55 min., 38 sec.)) : color and sound.
Format: Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience: 11 & up.
Access: Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.