The fight in the fields [videorecording] : Cesar Chavez and the farmworkers' struggle

Title:

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[videorecording] : a production of Paradigm Productions Inc. in association with Independent Television Service ; produced and directed by Ray Telles, Rick Tejada-Flores.

Publication Information:

New York : Distributed by Cinema Guild, c2007.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

ISBN:

9780781512398

General Note:

Warning: This DVD may not play on all DVD players.

Originally broadcast on PBS as a documentary in 1996.

Abstract:

The story of Cesar Chavez, founder of the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers. Examines the grape and lettuce boycotts and the non-violent movements of the 1960s and 1970s; they confronted conservative politicians and the Teamsters Union and inspired Chicano activism. Uses archival footage, newsreels, and contemporary interviews with activists, politicians, and Chavez family members.

Local Note:

UAS Egan Library copy purchased with some public performance rights for UAS affiliates on UAS campus. Additional information on file at Egan Library Reference Desk.

Personal Subject:

Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993.

Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993-Family.

Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993-Friends and associates.

Corporate Subject:

United Farm Workers Organizing Committee -- History.

United Farm Workers -- History.

Subject Term:

Labor leaders -- United States -- Biography.

Migrant agricultural laborers -- Labor unions -- United States -- History.

Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers -- History.

Labor disputes -- United States -- History.