Harvest of shame
By: CBS ; executive producers, Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly
Contributors: Lowe, David, 1913-1965, screenwriter, television producer; Rather, Dan, on-screen presenter; Birnbaum, Bernard, film producer; Bensley, Russ, screenwriter; CBS News; Docurama (Firm); New Video Group
Series: "Good night and good luck" : the Edward R. Murrow television collection; Edward R. Murrow collection; Edward R. Murrow collection
Publisher: Docurama; New Video Group
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York]
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 55
ISBN-13: 9780767080798
Subjects: Labor camps; Hunger; Seasonal labor; Agriculture and state; Television broadcasting of news; Rural poor; Rural families; Labor unions; Social conditions; Migrant agricultural laborers; Broadcast journalism; Children of migrant laborers; Migrant labor
Other titles: Edward R. Murrow collection.; CBS Reports:; Edward R. Murrow television collection:
Work titles: CBS reports (Television program). Harvest of shame
Description: Presented by CBS News correspondent Dan Rather, Murrow's Harvest of Shame is among the most famous television documentaries of all time. Richly photographed and arrestingly poignant, this long-acclaimed 1960 exposé on the degradation and exploitation of migrant farmworkers in the United States, some of whom worked for as little as a dollar a day, resonated deeply for a nation unfamiliar with such brutally honest depictions of living conditions that, as Murrow remarks, "wrong the dignity of man." Spokesmen for various groups present their views both for and against the use of migratory workers under the conditions seen. Televised to millions of Americans the day after Thanksgiving to better tap into their emotions, this documentary led to permanent changes in the laws protecting workers' rights and set the tone for a generation of investigative journalists. Harvest of shame was the final documentary of Murrow's career.
Notes: Originally broadcast on Thanksgiving Day, 1960, as an episode of the CBS News program CBS reports.

Extras include biography and timeline.

Harvest of shame: Producer, David Lowe ; editor, John Schultz.

"Good night and good luck" : the Edward R. Murrow television collection: Producer, Bernard Birnbaum ; writer, Russ Bensley ; editor, Peter Eliscu.

Harvest of shame: Correspondent/narrator, Edward R. Murrow.

"Good night and good luck" : the Edward R. Murrow television collection: Presented by Dan Rather.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD, NTSC, region 1; Dolby Digital 2.0.

English dialogue.

Peabody Award winner.
Table of contents: title: Sweatshops of soil; title: Northern migration; title: Fertile fields; title: Academic pursuits; title: United action.