El Contrato
| El Contrato | |
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| Directed by | Min Sook Lee |
| Written by | Min Sook Lee |
| Produced by | Karen King-Chigbo |
| Cinematography | David Patrick John Westheuser |
| Edited by | Katharine Asals |
| Music by | Edgardo Moreno |
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Running time | 52 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | English Spanish |
El Contrato (lit. "The Contract") is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Min Sook Lee and released in 2003. The film portrays the harsh living conditions of exploited migrant workers from Mexico who are working as farm labourers in Leamington, Ontario.
The film premiered at the Bloor Cinema on September 24, 2003, but the farmers depicted in the film issued a SLAPP suit which delayed the film's wider release. After the lawsuit was cleared, the film received further film festival screenings in 2004, before being broadcast by TVOntario on January 12, 2005.
Lee subsequently returned to the theme of migrant workers in her 2016 film Migrant Dreams, which centred on similar exploitation of Indonesian temporary migrant workers.