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Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers’ Struggle (1997)

118m; U.S.

Director: Rick Tejada-Flores & Raymond (Ray) Telles

Synopsis: More than two years in the making, The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers’ Struggle is the first film to cover the full arc of Cesar Chávez’ life. Using archival footage, newsreel, and present-day interviews with Ethel Kennedy, former California Governor Jerry Brown, Dolores Huerta, and Chávez’ brother, sister, son and daughter, among others, the documentary traces the remarkable contributions of Chávez and others involved in this epic struggle. (http://www.pbs.org/itvs/fightfields/index.html)

Contact: The Cinema Guild Inc. 130 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016-7038 (212) 685-6242 info@cinemaguild.com http://www.cinemaguild.com

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Posted by Metro Council on February 21, 2012 in Documentary, Farm & Food, Immigrants/Immigration, Organizing, Politics, Safety & Health, Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts, Working Class

Fighting Walmartization

21 Feb

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Fighting for Our Lives (1974)

21 Feb

59m

Director: Peter Matthiessen, Glen Pearcy, Luis Valdez

Synopsis: An Oscar nominated portrayal of the UFW’s 1973 strike where grape workers made history by walking off the job from Coachella to Fresno to fight for a UFW contract. A moving testimony to the bravery of the farm workers in their non-violent struggle against police brutality on the picket lines. Cesar Chavez & the UFW grape boycott.

Website: http://www.chavezfoundation.org/zencart/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=84 [purchasing information]

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Posted by Metro Council on February 21, 2012 in Documentary, Farm & Food, Immigrants/Immigration, Organizing, Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts, Working Class

Fighting for a Breath (1995)

21 Feb

Synopsis: Profiles one of the lay representatives who have continued to help coal miners seeking black lung benefits in the face of overwhelming odds.

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Posted by Metro Council on February 21, 2012 in Documentary, Safety & Health

Tags: Mining

Filling in the Holes

21 Feb

Director: Joan Micklin Silver

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Film-Work (1981)

21 Feb

43m; Australia

Synopsis: Labor issues in Australia from 1953-1958.

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Final Offer (1985)

21 Feb

78m; Canada

Director: Robert Collison, Sturla Gunnarsson

Cast: Henry Ramer, Rod Andrew and Owen Beaver

Synopsis (IMDB): Documentary on the 1984 contract negotiations between the Canadian branch of the UAW and General Motors.

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Posted by Metro Council on February 21, 2012 in Documentary, Industrial/Mine/Manufacturing, Organizing, Transportation, Working Class

Finally Got the News (1970)

21 Feb

55m; U.S.

Director: Bird, Gessner, Lichtman, Louis

Synopsis: FINALLY GOT THE NEWS is a forceful, unique documentary that reveals the activities of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers inside and outside the auto factories of Detroit.

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Posted by Metro Council on February 21, 2012 in Blacks, Documentary, Industrial/Mine/Manufacturing, Organizing, Politics, Transportation