I loved the film, the way you work so many angles into jus 15 minutes. And I am impressed by the closing scenes. It's one thing to point out a problem, but pointing out a problem (one we really all know it exists, or at least those of us who have grown up in rural America) is just venting unless you also have at least the beginnings of a solution. The only problem I have is the suggestion that "sharecropping" was a black/brown thing. The way rich whites in the south controlled poor whites was to sharecrop. They simply extended that to freed slaves. You had the same problem w/ mining in general and factory farming in California during the Depression. People would end up "indentured" to companies. If it entraps more minorities, I would humbly suggest that although there might be an issue of race with a particular company or their skin color makes/made their plight easier to ignore by the population at large, the problem is more economic and general. Poor, desperate people of all backgrounds are easy to exploit by those who are wealthier. To introduce "race" as an overriding element is to do the same old thing, which is divide people up and create resentment among them so that the real villains in the story can escape out the back door. But as I said, I still loved the film and I am very glad I found your Substack.
I loved the film, the way you work so many angles into jus 15 minutes. And I am impressed by the closing scenes. It's one thing to point out a problem, but pointing out a problem (one we really all know it exists, or at least those of us who have grown up in rural America) is just venting unless you also have at least the beginnings of a solution. The only problem I have is the suggestion that "sharecropping" was a black/brown thing. The way rich whites in the south controlled poor whites was to sharecrop. They simply extended that to freed slaves. You had the same problem w/ mining in general and factory farming in California during the Depression. People would end up "indentured" to companies. If it entraps more minorities, I would humbly suggest that although there might be an issue of race with a particular company or their skin color makes/made their plight easier to ignore by the population at large, the problem is more economic and general. Poor, desperate people of all backgrounds are easy to exploit by those who are wealthier. To introduce "race" as an overriding element is to do the same old thing, which is divide people up and create resentment among them so that the real villains in the story can escape out the back door. But as I said, I still loved the film and I am very glad I found your Substack.