Migrant Dreams

{{Short description|2016 Canadian documentary film}} {{Infobox film | name = Migrant Dreams | image = | caption = | director = Min Sook Lee | producer = Min Sook Lee<br>Lisa Valencia-Svensson | writer = Min Sook Lee | music = Ken Myhr | cinematography = Iris Ng | editing = Dave Kazala | studio = Tiger Spirit Productions | distributor = | released = {{Film date|2016|5|1|Hot Docs}} | runtime = 88 minutes | country = Canada | language = English | budget = }} '''''Migrant Dreams''''' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Min Sook Lee and released in 2016.<ref name=pov>{{Cite journal|url=http://povmagazine.com/articles/view/pov-profile-min-sook-lee|title=POV Profile: Min Sook Lee |last=Jacobs|first=Jonas|date=May 1, 2016|journal=Point of View}}</ref> The film profiles human rights violations against migrant workers from Indonesia who were working as farm labourers in Southwestern Ontario under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.<ref>Victoria Ahearn, "Plight of Canada's migrant workers profiled in 'Migrant Dreams' documentary". Canadian Press, May 6, 2016.</ref>

It was Lee's second documentary film about migrant workers in Canada, following 2003's ''El Contrato''.<ref>Vik Kirsch, "Migrant workers decry 'slavery'". ''Guelph Mercury'', October 18, 2014.</ref>

The film premiered at the 2016 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,<ref name=pov/> and was subsequently screened at the 2016 DOXA Documentary Film Festival.<ref>Marsha Lederman, "Amazing Canadian story slated to open DOXA". ''The Globe and Mail'', April 7, 2016.</ref> It was commercially distributed as a television broadcast, airing September 14, 2016 on TVOntario.<ref>"Min Sook Lee's Migrant Dreams Premieres on TVO September 14". ''Canada NewsWire'', August 17, 2016.</ref>

==Awards== At DOXA, the film received an honorable mention from the Colin Low Award jury.<ref>Daniele Alcinii, [https://realscreen.com/2016/05/16/cameraperson-twelve-landscapes-take-doxa-prizes/ "'Cameraperson,' 'Twelve Landscapes' take DOXA prizes"]. ''RealScreen'', May 16, 2016.</ref>

In 2017 the film won the Canadian Hillman Prize, which honours journalists whose work identifies important social and economic issues in Canada,<ref>Paloma Martinez-Mendez, [https://www.rcinet.ca/fr/2017/03/22/le-documentaire-mingrant-dreams-sur-les-travailleurs-migrants-remporte-le-prix-dexcellence-hillman-2017/ "Le documentaire « Migrant Dreams » sur les travailleurs migrants remporte le Prix d’excellence Hillman 2017"]. Radio Canada International, May 22, 2027.</ref> and the Canadian Association of Journalists Award for Labour Reporting.

The film was shortlisted for the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social or Political Documentary at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/csa-nominees-2018-1.4489100 "Canadian Screen Awards 2018: Anne has leading 13 nominations"]. CBC News, January 16, 2018.</ref>

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Category:2016 films Category:2016 documentary films Category:Canadian documentary films Category:2016 English-language films Category:2016 Canadian films Category:Films directed by Min Sook Lee Category:Documentary films about immigration to Canada Category:English-language Canadian films Category:Documentary films about labour relations in Canada Category:Documentary films about Ontario Category:English-language documentary films