Farewell Ferris Wheel (2016)
• November 4th, 2016 • 1h 12min
Documentary
Overview
Farewell Ferris Wheel explores how the U.S. Carnival industry fights to keep itself alive by legally employing Mexican migrant workers with the controversial H-2B guestworker visa.
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