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Farewell Ferris Wheel
Farewell Ferris Wheel

Farewell Ferris Wheel

Genres

Documentary

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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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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

72 mins

Rating

7.3/10

Release Date

04 November 2016

Country

Mexico

Cast

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