Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Farewell Ferris wheel / a film by Jamie Sisley & Miguel Martinez ; directed by Jamie Sisley & Miguel Martinez ; produced by Jamie Sisley ; in association with Dodgeville Films ; a co-production of Kola Pictures and Independent Television Service, produced in association with KAET/Arizona PBS, and Latino Public Broadcasting.

Publisher, Date:

[Arlington, Virginia] : Public Media Distribution, [2017]

Description:

1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

NTSC

video file DVD video region 1

Summary:

"The film follows a carnival owner, a labor-recruiter, and workers from a small town in Mexico who join the carnival legally on seasonal visas ... an honest on-the-ground portrait of the financial, emotional, and physical challenges they all face"--Container.

Target Audience Note:

Rating: Not rated.

Subjects:

Carnivals -- United States.

Carnival owners -- United States.

Carnivals -- United States -- Employees.

Foreign workers, Mexican -- United States.

Foreign workers, Mexican -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.

Foreign workers, Mexican -- Government policy -- United States.

Visas -- Government policy -- United States.

Emigration and immigration law -- United States.

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