Fighting for Our Lives
MovieTitle | Fighting for Our Lives |
User score | 5.5 |
Release date | Jan 1, 1975 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Glen Pearcy |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | National Farm Workers Service Center, Inc. |
Run time | 59 min. |
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.