A crew of 12 Mexican tree planters travel the United States re-growing America’s forests.
Independent Lens: A Thousand Pines premieres Monday, April 1 at 10 p.m. on WXXI-TV.
Over the course of a grueling eight months, a crew of Oaxacan guest workers plant trees throughout the United States. This intimate portrait shows how hard it is to balance the physical demands of reforestation and extreme isolation while staying connected to the family back home.
Caption: Planter at work during the “golden hour”
Credit: Noam Osband