The Iron Reapers
It follows the lives of two differant groups of chinese farmers who travel a long distance to find work during the wheat harvest. The first group are farmers who own self propelled combines. The second group is a very poor group of farmers who hire them selves out to harvest wheat by hand.
Having a great understanding of agriculture practices in North America. I found this documentary fascinating. The combines the chinese farmers use are the same as a plot combine over here (very small). The owners of the combines travel 800 miles to find work custom combining in a part of the country that has an earlier wheat harvest and a lack of combines.
The hand reapers must travel on a budget to reach the same area. They try to bargin for bus rides, jump aboard freight trains, anything they can to get to the wheat harvest. Then when they arrive, they are treated like dirt and taken advantage of.
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