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Synopsis: Questions of race, workers' rights and exploitation form the crux of this intriguing documentary about Latin American immigrants living in rural Mississippi, where poultry plants promise jobs but little else. Shot on Super 8mm film, which gives it a lustrous, saturated color, Mississippi Chicken reveals the textures, moods and struggles of the New South.
Genre: Documentary
Director(s): John Fiege
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Year:
2007
82 min
32 Views


How can he do it at 7:00...

Is Kevin there right now?

He was just there.

Who knows now?

Kevin says that

he was in jail for a few days,

and this is a problem for him,

and he can't pay now

because of this.

Back home, they'll throw someone

in jail for owing 100 pesos,

let alone $6,000.

The laws are very different here.

Not in Mexico.

In Mexico, even for gossip,

they will get someone.

Right?

He says he won't pay this

coming week, but the next.

Tell him to start paying

this Friday.

It's been five weeks!

This week makes six,

and if we wait until

the week after next,

it will be eight weeks!

So how much do you want

this coming Friday?

He says $2,000

for this coming Friday.

Waiting a month is faster

than going to court.

If he can't pay $2000, would

$500 or $1000 be sufficient?

He could even give me one dollar,

as long as he's telling the truth.

Where is he going

to pay and at what time?

Have you been able to

communicate with Kevin?

Should we try to call him right

now to find out what he'll say?

OK.

I spoke with his wife,

I think,

and she said that she just got back

from the emergency room.

It appears that Kevin

just broke his arm,

and they gave him a morphine

injection, so he isn't able to talk.

I think that now that

he owes us money,

things are happening

to him... right?

Before, nothing used to

happen to him.

Everything was perfectly fine.

The other day,

he was supposedly in jail.

Today, a broken arm...

Next time,

what's it going to be?

Exactly, he always has a new story.

Yeah, but they're not true.

Therefore, I think the best

way to move forward is

to try to find a lawyer who can

take the case for free

or for a small fee.

And if you need anything,

you can call me.

You have my cell phone number.

So what do you think, Oscar, now

that you've been here a week?

It is like being...

It's like being mute.

You only understand with signs.

You all traveled

by foot, right?

We walked through

the desert.

And how long

did it take?

One night.

That's all?

Did you take food

or water with you?

Yes, water. Although we didn't

even use it, because it was raining.

Ah, it was raining?

What luck!

How great for you guys.

Well, not so good, because

the creeks got bigger,

and they were harder to cross.

The water sweeps up

branches and everything.

But we crossed.

We arrived in Arizona

at 6:
00 in the morning.

Other groups joined us.

Eight people left in a car,

and fifteen left in a van.

You lack oxygen.

I was one of those on the bottom,

and there were

three people on top of me.

So everybody had to lie on the floor

without showing through the glass.

I don't feel so

bad, because

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