Bitter Harvest

Synopsis

A drama portraying a British volunteer’s experience of grassroots development work. It asks important qauestions about the role of agencies and fieldworkers in areas of political conflict. Set in the Dominican Republic where very poor migrant workers cut the sugar cane, the laywer Viv gets dangeously involved with the people and the issues.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 73 min.

Year of production

1992

Availability

Sale; 1993 sale: £25.00

Notes

Broadcast on BBC2 July 92. Reviewed by Naghmeh Shirkhan in ‘Fast Forward’ No 23 (Spring 93), p9.

Subjects

Development studies; Drama

Keywords

developing countries; Dominican Republic; drama; international aid; Latin America

Credits

Writer

Charles Pattinson; Winsome Pinnock

Cast

Josette Simon
Rudolph Walker

Production Company

Name

BBC Television

Name

International Broadcasting Trust

Phone

020 7482 2847

Fax

020 7284 3374

Address

London
NW1 8EE

Distributor

Name

Concord Media

Email

sales@concordmedia.org.uk

Web

http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window

Phone

01473 726 012

Address

Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG

Notes

A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.