Movie Details
Original Language:English
Cast & Crew
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Ray Telles
Producer
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Ray Telles
Director
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Rick Tejada-Flores
Writer
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Ray Telles
Writer
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Rick Tejada-Flores
Director
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Herb Ferrette
Editor
The Fight In The Fields (1997)
DirectorsRay TellesRick Tejada-Flores
WritersRick Tejada-Flores
Plot
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.