Directr: Adrian Muys

Synopsis/Contact:  This is Adrian Muys writing, the filmmaker you met at the AFI. Here is a short summary of Hands of Harvest and how the AFL-CIO would fit into it. Hands of Harvest chronicles the journey of a group of Mexican women who travel on work visas from the Hidalgo region to the Eastern Shore of Maryland to pick crabs in seafood plants. The film focuses on the H2-B visa program and how it has impacted the culture of both a small Maryland fishing village and a remote hamlet in Mexico. What I would like to interview someone at the AFL-CIO about it their stance on visa workers and how it has affected the American work force. Hands of Harvest is about workers, both American and Mexican, who will go to great lengths to support their families and uphold traditions and I have always taken an unbiased approach to the film in order to get as many opinions as possible about a subject that is very important at this moment in US labor history. I think having the opinion of the AFL-CIO would widen the scope of the film and bring another important point of view to the table. Please call me if you have any questions about the film: (917) 743-3714 Thanks Adrian Muys Chapel Cove Productions adrianmuys@yahoo.com