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Rick Tejada-Flores

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Water for LifeWater for Life · 2023
Water for Life
2023
MovieDocumentary
It explores the collision of water rights, Indigenous beliefs and resource extraction through the lives of three community leaders in Chile, Honduras and El Salvador.
Fighting for Our LivesFighting for Our Lives · 1975
Fighting for Our Lives
6.51975
MovieDocumentary
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.
The Fight In The FieldsThe Fight In The Fields · 1997
The Fight In The Fields
9.01997
MovieDocumentary
This documentary traces the history of the United Farmworkers Union and the life of its founder, Cesar Chavez, from his birth in Arizona, his education into organizing and non-violence, his formation of the union, to his death in 1993. It includes newsreel footage of the Delano grape boycott, Senate hearings conducted by Robert F. Kennedy, Chavez's fasts, encounters with growers and rival Teamsters. Recent interviews with Chavez family members, Ethyl Kennedy, Roger Cardinal Mahony, Governor Jerry Brown, and current and past UFW leaders round out the history and assessment of Chavez and the Union.
The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight ItThe Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It · 2002
The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It
7.52002
MovieDocumentary
A documentary focusing on American conscientious objectors during WWII.
Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand UpWill the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up · 2010
Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up
5.02010
MovieDocumentary
This documentary chronicles half a century of hostile U.S.-Cuba relations. The film highlights decades of assassinations and sabotage at first backed by Washington, then ignored by the very government that launched a "war against terrorism."
Jasper Johns: Ideas in PaintJasper Johns: Ideas in Paint · 1989
Jasper Johns: Ideas in Paint
1989
MovieDocumentary
In the late 1950's, Jasper Johns emerged as force in the American art scene. His richly worked paintings of maps, flags, and targets led the artistic community away from Abstract Expressionism toward a new emphasis on the concrete

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