The Hand That Feeds

Name: The Hand That Feeds
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Documentary, News
Released: April 3, 2015
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 63

2015

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Film Collaborative, The | Release Date: April 3, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: At a popular bakery café, residents of New York’s Upper East Side get bagels and coffee served with a smile 24 hours a day. But behind the scenes, undocumented immigrant workers face sub-legal wages, dangerous machinery, and abusive managers who will fire them for calling in sick. Mild-mannered sandwich maker Mahoma López has never beenAt a popular bakery café, residents of New York’s Upper East Side get bagels and coffee served with a smile 24 hours a day. But behind the scenes, undocumented immigrant workers face sub-legal wages, dangerous machinery, and abusive managers who will fire them for calling in sick. Mild-mannered sandwich maker Mahoma López has never been interested in politics, but in January 2012, he convinces a small group of his co-workers to fight back.… Expand

Director: Rachel Lears and Robin Blotnick

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Documentary, News

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 85 min

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The Playlist Kevin Jagernauth

Apr 15, 2015

Throughout, in an approach that gets close to the workers, activists, and more who help the staff at Hot And Crusty, Blotnick and Lears excellently merge the personal and political, but in a manner that never feels like it's proselytizing. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Odie Henderson

Apr 3, 2015

It has a beautiful, low-key approach that earns its cheers and tears without resorting to the manipulative or dramatic tricks of a typical feature film. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Apr 1, 2015

The film provides a vivid reminder that even undocumented workers deserve fair compensation from their employers. Read full review

Diana Clarke

Apr 1, 2015

López is a singularly tender, compelling, and articulate campaigner in this high-stakes struggle for justice, filmed with the urgency and suspense of a Hitchcock thriller. Read full review

Jen Chaney

Apr 1, 2015

By building the documentary around an ensemble cast, Lears and Blotnick demonstrate, in terms of content as well as filmmaking, that the voices of a few can galvanize the voices of many. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Apr 2, 2015

The Hand That Feeds is an effective portrayal of the intricacies of activism — and of a situation in which victories seem all too brief. Read full review

Martin Tsai

Apr 9, 2015

Unfortunately, directors Rachel Lears and Robin Blotnick have squandered a worthy subject. Read full review

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