The Fight In The Fields

1997 120 min

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Countries

United States of America

Spoken Languages

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Cast

Cesar Chavez

Self

Henry Darrow

Narrator

Jerry Brown

Self

Crew

Rick Tejada-Flores

Producer

Rick Tejada-Flores

Writer

Rick Tejada-Flores

Director

Ray Telles

Writer

Ray Telles

Producer

Ray Telles

Director

Peter Sears

Music

Posters

External Links

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