Babe, I Hate to Go is a 2017 Canadian documentary film directed by Andrew Moir."London filmmaker documents the life and death of a migrant worker in Southwestern Ontario". CBC News London, July 19, 2017. The film centres on Delroy Dunkley, a migrant worker from Jamaica who works on a farm in Southwestern Ontario to support his family, but is trying to shield them from his own cancer diagnosis.
The film premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in 2017,"Delroy Dunkley worked on tobacco farms in Southwestern Ontario until diagnosed with cancer". St. Thomas Times-Journal, April 19, 2017. before being distributed primarily on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Short Docs web platform.
The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Short Documentary Film at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards.Jordan Pinto, "CSAs ’18: Never Steady Never Still, Ava top CSA film noms". Playback, January 16, 2018.
A full-length version of the film, Don't Come Searching, was released in 2022.Pat Mullen, "Don’t Come Searching and the Art of Letting Go". Point of View, May 2, 2022.
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Babe, I Hate to Go at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation