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75As entertainment, this approach might be questionable. As a service, it would be valuable.
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70As an analysis of the causes of migration, it is one-dimensional and unconvincing. But as a social history of Latinos in America, it is provocative and fascinating. And as an indictment of decades of economic injustice and covert military action committed in the name of freedom, it is devastating.
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60Cogent documentary makes the persuasive argument for the role that U.S. military and corporate interests have played in the influx of immigration from Latin American countries.
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Sep 27, 201260Though its snapshot approach is uneven, Harvest is itself a valuable resource: a good starting point for a fuller perspective on this nation of immigrants.
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70The filmmakers retain a touching faith that most Americans won't tolerate injustice when they know about it. This film is meant to teach them.
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80In an era of anti-immigrant fervor, this sobering and much-needed look at Latino migration is built on an undeniably optimistic premise: that once Americans have accurate facts, "they rarely allow injustices to stand."
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Sep 25, 201260Harvest of Empire is never quite wrong, but it's effectiveness is inversely proportional to how hard it's trying.
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