Foreign Pickers Film

‘Foreign Pickers’ was produced by Company Drinks and commissioned by Delfina Foundation
London for their ongoing Food and Politics Programme.

The film was shot in Kent on 23rd and 24th July 2016.

A film by MYVILLAGES and COMPANY DRINKS

Concept: KATHRIN BÖHM

Directors: KATHRIN BÖHM, SUE GIOVANNI

Research: TOM JAMES

Camera: RICHARD GILLESPIE

Editor: SUE GIOVANNI

Archive footage: BRITISH PATHE

With special thanks to

JAMES SIMPSON and Tom Christensen of Adrian Scripps Ltd, for allowing and arranging access to Moat Farm.

Lachezar Zdravkov Dimitrov

Tihomir Kasakov

Monika Valentinova Mladenova

Alan Clark, manager at Reeds Farm and son Adam for allowing us to film in their hop-gardens.

James Buggs at Church Farm in Capel who gave us access to two of his fields

Mr Flockhart who showed us around his hoppers hut.

Violet Charlton

Maureen Hostler

Ron Prendergast

from the Company Drinks’ Happy Hoppers group .

Toby Butler from the University of East London

Susanna Wallis, Cam Jarvis, Pip Field from Company Drinks

Susie Paddock and Shirley Breen at the Hoppers Hospital

muf art/architecture

Martin Garwood

Valence House Local Archives, Dagenham

Commissioned by Delfina Foundation

Politics of Food Programme

With support from the University of East London and Kulturstiftung des Bundes