We want cheap fruit and veg, all year. No problem. The pickers deliver, but they are paying the price for us.
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 – 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.
Duration: 80 minutes
Produced by: Berlin Producers Media GmbH
Director: Elke Sasse
Executive Producer: Kristian Kähler
Cinematographer: Marcus Zahn
Editor: Janine Dauterich
Post Production: Walid Habash
Color Grading: Daniél Spitzenberg
Additional Research: Jonas Seufert
Research and Production Nepal: Bhrikuti Rai
Research Spain: Soumia Benelfatmi Elgarrab
Research Portugal: Joao Tiago, Lopyang Yasuhiro
Research Greece: Daphne Tolls, Ali Shair
A production by Berlin Producers, in coproduction with SP-I, Neda Film, WDR, in collaboration with ARTE, funded by Creative Europe, Journalismfund Europe.
Original website: thepickers.de
