The Inheritors (2011)

The most highly praised and awarded Mexican documentary in many years, The Inheritors immerses us in the daily lives of children who, with their families, survive only by their unrelenting labor. Polgovsky spent two years filming in many of the poorest rural areas of Mexico, where children barely bigger than the buckets they carry work long hours, in often hazardous conditions, picking tomatoes, peppers, or beans, for which they are paid byweight. Documenting a world in which everyone, from the frailest elders to the smallest of toddlers, must work, The Inheritors explores how the cycle of poverty is passed on, from one generation to another. -- (C)Anthology