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History Channel Celebrates Cesar Chavez

4:32 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|history|TV

28 Mar 2006

statues_chavez1.jpgThis Friday, March 31, marks the birthday of legendary farmworkers’ rights leader Cesar Chavez. To commemorate the date, The History Channel en Español will be featuring a documentary about Chavez’s life, called “La lucha en el campo” (“The Fight in the Fields”):

The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers’ Struggle, produced, directed and written by Rick Tejada-Flores and Ray Telles, covers the full arc of Cesar Chavez’s life.

A social history using archival footage, newsreel, and interviews with Ethel Kennedy, former California Governor Jerry Brown, Dolores Huerta, and Chavez’s brother, sister, son and daughter, among others, the documentary traces the remarkable contributions of Chavez and others involved in this epic struggle for safer working conditions, equality, and better pay for farm workers.

The compelling two-hour documentary, which originally premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, garnered numerous awards including a CINE Golden Eagle, a Gold Apple from the National Educational Media Network, an ALMA award from National Council of La Raza, and was also named Best Documentary at the San Antonio CineFestival.

It’s nice to see cable networks such as HBO and The History Channel honoring Latino history for once. I’m used to having to rely on PBS for that.

The film airs on The History Channel en Español this Friday at 8:00 pm EST – 5:00 pm PST

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