Immokalee U.S.A., directed by Georg Koszulinski, might just be the quintessential show don't tell documentary.
Described as “an account of migrant farmworkers in the U.S.A.” What this film does best is linger. It lingers not only on the people, but also on the machinery, and the sadness that can can grow into madness if the right set of desperate circumstance are in place.
Koszulinski is not interested in story , or any kind of resolution, as much as he is concerned with capturing the reality of daily migrant life.
One reviewer, frustrated by Immokalee USA's approach to storytelling wrote, "... a thoroughly hands-off “see for yourself” approach to filmmaking sidesteps the critical issues. The filmmaker’s responsibility lies in drawing certain conclusions".
I could not disagree more.
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