(film projector whirs)
(reflective music)
- (Narrator) I sat along
the banks of El Canal
watching Mother Nature grow.
Flores blooming, higos ripening.
SPANISH: Mujeres con cubetas cantando
Esposos gritando,
gritando y
gritando y
y gritandoles que se apuren a trabajar
y no chismear
Along the canal, I found flat rocks
to toss and skip on the canal.
I found many bugs hiding in moss.
I found women sitting underneath
the shade of big trees.
- All the people that I know,
who I grew up with in this town, who
make everything a better place.
Like, they're good people.
Something that I've heard
throughout this project
is how everyone sees each other
at, like, family, and I love that
because it's really true, you know.
There's something about
knowing who your neighbor is
and knowing who the person sitting
at the desk next to you is, right,
so growing up, going to school,
the fact that I could be, like,
"I know who your mom, your sisters are,"
it made those connections really strong.
- (Narrator) Feeding their newborn child
during their breaks and lonche.
Mujeres with newborn children
breathing in the fresh air of tierra,
of tierra and pesticides.
De primero cuando uno va, que no sabe,
Se pone su ropa lijera
y al ultimo anda bien
quemado uno del estomago
por la leche del higo
Pero ya cuando uno ya experimento una vez
pos ya se pone ropa gruesa
y algo pa que no le queme el higo
- (Narrator) Tierra caliente
underneath my barefoot feet
as if Mother Nature was
healing me from such a defeat.
Tiene tiempo. Era un
pueblo chiquito de a tiro
No era tan grande el pueblo.
Y llegamos aqui y en ese tiempo
teniamos todos los campos
Tenia muchos campos la compañía
- (Narrator) On the banks of El Canal,
I witnessed diving lessons,
water ski lessons, and swimming lessons.
I witnessed make-out sessions
as well as blazing sessions
from our local cholitos
- A lot of families came from Texas,
probably Texas this way, maybe Arizona,
and followed the season.
And a lot of families came to the camp
just for the season.
Because they allow you to
let your kids help you,
so for families with a lot of kids,
it was good because
they made a good check.
- (Narrator) On the banks of El Canal,
I could hear my ama and my apa yelling.
Para donde vas Carolina?
Alla voy siguiendola al canal
alla al bordo donde se bañaban.
No te me vayas ir para abajo al canal
Muchacha, alla voy atras de ella.
- (Narrator) Searching for
me and my dog named Killer.
Little did they know that
I sat along the banks
of the canal searching for
a perfect view of nature,
the perfect fig to eat.
(speaking in a foreign language)
- (Narrator) On the banks of El Canal,
I learned that the view from there
is the same view I see
today in our communities.
- Caro was a big joy for
us when she was born.
For us older ones, so she was
like our little baby girl.
We were always gathered
after work and after school,
they were always around, and
hang out in the front yard
and then just socialize
for a little while,
and she was the center of attention
for those few years, while
we're still doing that.
- (Narrator) Flores
blooming, higos ripening,
Mujeres con cubetas cantando
con sus niños llorando
Esposos gritando
And women breathing in the air
of tierra and pesticides.
(reflective music)
