The Fight In The Fields (1997)

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 nonviolence 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 Chavezs 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