Watch The Fight in the Fields

This non-traditional biography of Chicano labor activist Cesar Chavez follows the first successful organizing drive of farmworkers in the United States, while recounting the many failed and dramatic attempts to unionize that led up to this victory. It is a social history with Chavez as the central figure, featuring the stories of many ordinary people who were part of the movement.

The Fight in the Fields is a 1997 documentary with a runtime of 1 hour and 54 minutes. It has received mostly positive reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 7.9.