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The Fight in the Fields

Original title: The Fight in the Fields
Year: 1997
Running time: 120 min.
Country: United States
Director: Rick Tejada-Flores, Ray Telles
Screenwriter: Rick Tejada-Flores, Ray Telles
Cast: Documentary
Music: Pete Sears
Producer: Independent Television Service, Paradign Productions Inc
Genre: Documentary | Biography
Synopsis: This documentary traces the history of the United Farmworkers Union and the life of its founder, Cesar Chavez, from his birth in Arizona, his education into organizing and non-violence, his formation of the union, to his death in 1993. It includes newsreel footage of the Delano grape boycott, Senate hearings conducted by Robert F. Kennedy, Chavez's fasts, encounters with growers and rival Teamsters. Recent interviews with Chavez family members, Ethyl Kennedy, Roger Cardinal Mahony, Governor Jerry Brown, and current and past UFW leaders round out the history and assessment of Chavez and the Union.

Awards: 1997: Sundance Film Festival: Nomianted for Grand Jury Prize (Documentary)

1997: Chicago Film Festival: Best Documentary

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The Fight in the Fields

1997

Rick Tejada-Flores, Ray Telles