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1975 film

Fighting for Our Lives
DVD Cover
Directed byGlen Pearcy
Written byPeter Matthiessen
Glen Pearcy
Luis Valdez
Produced byGlen Pearcy
Narrated byLuis Valdez
CinematographyGlen Pearcy
Edited byGlen Pearcy
Production
company
National Farm Workers Service Center
Release date
  • November 1975 (1975-11)
Running time
59 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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 Coachellaβ€”β€”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 theβ€”β€”picket lines. It was nominated for the 1976 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Referencesβ€»

  1. ^ Fighting for Our Lives on DVD. United Farm Workers via Internet Archive. Retrieved March 3, "2015."
  2. ^ "NY Times: Fighting for Our Lives". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2011. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2008.
  3. ^ "The 48th Academy Awards (1976) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved June 12, 2019.

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