The Gleaners - 2000 - 7/10

Neutral documentary on the ancient, yet still surviving, practice of gleaning.
Picking through leftover crops after harvest.
Sifting through grocery store discards.
Scavenging curbside trash.
Director Agnes Vargas shows some of the problems involved, without judging.
Homeless who empty trash cans into the alley when searching.
Gleaners who plunder too close to oyster beds, or pick too young specimens.
Not addressed are when camps swell adjacent to farms or vineyards.
Commented on is what was once a communal event is now mostly solitary.