Fighting for Our Lives (1975)

Directed by

Glen Pearcy

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

59 min

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A documentary follows farm workers in California as they go on strike in 1973. It shows their negotiations for a union contract and their non-violent resistance against police violence on the picket lines.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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