New film inspired by The Voice investigation highlights ‘slavery’ on UK fruit farms

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EXCL: New film inspired by The Voice investigation highlights ‘slavery’ on UK fruit farms by S_Fleary1

HARD HITTING: A scene from the film Homegrown exploring how Caribbean migrant workers are treated on UK farms highlighting the ‘slavery’ conditions some Caribbean migrant workers face on UK fruit farms has been made.‘s investigation into ‘exploitation’ of Caribbean migrant workers on British farms.was published in October 2021, and heard from several workers from Barbados, who said they were used as “slave labour” on strawberry farms in Scotland and Norwich.

“I thought it was shocking and outrageous and it tied into a bigger narrative about Brexit, immigration and Windrush, there was so many themes that it seems to speak to.” She said the scheme was for aspiring filmmakers from underrepresented backgrounds, that provided mentoring and training “to apply for BFI short film funding.”STRAWBERRY SLAVERY: A scene from the film Homegrown exploring how Caribbean migrant workers are treated on UK fruit farms Between August and September 2022, Ms Walker was crowdfunding for the rest of the money and eventually raised £7,000.

During the pre-production stage, she wrote the script and worked with a script-editor to develop the story. During lockdown, Ms Walker started doing more writing and wrote her first short film and produced it with Sophie Freeman – who is also the producer of Homegrown.

 

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