{"id":1819,"date":"2025-09-08T11:38:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T11:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fmf-slovenija.si\/?page_id=1819"},"modified":"2025-09-08T11:38:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T11:38:58","slug":"the-pickers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fmf-slovenija.si\/en\/the-pickers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pickers"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Pickers<\/b><\/p>\n

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country, year<\/b><\/p>\n

Germany, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

genre<\/b><\/p>\n

documentary<\/span><\/p>\n

running time<\/b><\/p>\n

80\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

directed by<\/b><\/p>\n

Elke Sasse<\/p>\n

languages<\/b><\/p>\n

Greek, Italian, Portugese, Spanish, English, Arabic, Bambara, Urdu<\/p>\n

subtitles<\/strong><\/p>\n

English and Slovenian<\/p>\n

about the film<\/b><\/p>\n

The Pickers is a journey to European fields where our fruit and vegetables are grown: in Southern Italy, Seydou from Mali is picking oranges. He has no contract and is paid per crate. He lives in a self-built hut in a settlement without water and electricity. Blueberries in Portugal, olives in Greece, strawberries in Spain \u2013 more than two million migrants work in European fields, most of them without contract or minimum wage, some without papers or with high debts to agents.<\/p>\n

about the author<\/b><\/p>\n

Elke Sasse studied literature at the Free University of Berlin before taking up work as a freelance author and journalist. Since 1994 she has focused on longer documentaries and reports. Elke\u2019s films centre on people from all walks of life. She often explores the subject of migration, as well its connection to global trade, portraying the brutal reality of the exploitation of migrant workers in Europe.<\/p>\n

filmography:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n