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The Fight in the Fields follows the first successful organizing drive of farm workers in the United States, while recounting the many failed and dramatic attempts to unionize that led up to this victory.
The Fight in the Fields: César Chávez and the Farmworkers’ Struggle. Film. Ray Telles and Rick Tejada-Flores. 1997. 116 minutes. A documentary on the farmworker movement told by the organizers and farmworkers themselves. Time Periods: 20th Century. Themes: Labor, Latinx, Organizing. Visit website.
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.
1 janv. 1997 · The Fight in the Fields follows the first successful organizing drive of farm workers in the United States, while recounting the many failed and dramatic attempts to unionize that led up to this victory.
This is the story of the United Farmworkers Union (UFW) and its leader Cesar Chavez, who inspired Latino activism of the ’60s and ’70s, and involved millions in a nonviolent struggle for social justice.
A biography of Cesar Chavez, part of the Fight in the Fields film site. Presented by The folowing essay will appear in the Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States, scheduled for publication in 2004.
When a new generation of farm worker leaders emerged during the strikes of 1979 and 1980, Chavez slapped them down. In a series of purges, he drove many skilled and dedicated members out of the union. Writing about these controversies was painful.
