Fighting for Our Lives

Fighting for Our Lives

59 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1975

Fighting for Our Lives is a 1975 documentary film produced and directed by Glen Pearcy. The film documents the striking of California grape workers from Coachella to Fresno as they negotiate for a United Farm Workers (UFW) contract in 1973. The film also depicts their non-violent struggle against police brutality on the picket lines. It was nominated for the 1976 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Fighting for Our Lives

59 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1975

Fighting for Our Lives
Fighting for Our Lives is a 1975 documentary film produced and directed by Glen Pearcy. The film documents the striking of California grape workers from Coachella to Fresno as they negotiate for a United Farm Workers (UFW) contract in 1973. The film also depicts their non-violent struggle against police brutality on the picket lines. It was nominated for the 1976 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Producers National Farm Workers Service Center, Inc.
Original title Fighting for Our Lives
Directors Glen Pearcy
Writers Glen Pearcy, Peter Matthiessen, Luis Valdez

Cast

Luis Valdez

as Narrator