CESAR CHAVEZ - 1977

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CESAR CHAVEZ:
PAN YOUNG MALE, FEMALE MEXICAN MARIACHI SINGERS
WITH THEIR VIOLINS, GUITARS, LARGE BRIMMED HATS,
PLAY FOR CEASAR CHAVEZ AT OPEN AIR RALLY.
00:12:54
MIGRANT FARMERS USE HAND-HELD HOES TO TOIL GROUND
IN HUGE OPEN FIELD. AS A BOY DURING DEPRESSION,
CHAVEZ SAW MIGRANT WORKERS WORK LONG HOURS IN
FIELD WITH NO SANITARY FACILITIES, MEDICAL CARE,
ACCIDENT OR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, MECHANISM FOR
EXPRESSING GRIEVANCES OR IMPROVING THEIR LOT.
00:12:58
FARM WORKER CLIMBS FRUIT TREE ON LADDER WITH PAIL
IN HAND. ANOTHER CARRIES SMALL CRATE FULL OF FRUIT
AS PARTNER TAKES DRINK OF KOOL-AID FROM COOLER.
MARIACHI SINGERS HEARD IN BG.
00:13:16
FILM OF YOUNG CHAVEZ AFTER FORMING FARM WORKERS
UNION IN 1962, ADDRESSES FARM WORKERS, WHILE
SITTING ATOP LADDER, OUTDOORS. HE RAISES ARMS IN
VICTORY, WORKERS, SOME HOLDING CHILDREN IN ARMS,
RAISE ARMS, CHEER.
00:13:32
MIGRANT WORKERS PICKET ON COUNTRY ROAD ALONGSIDE
FARM. HOLD UP MEXICAN FLAGS, SIGNS IN SPANISH.
PHOTO OF MARTIN LUTHER KING STANDING BY PHOTO OF
MAHATMA GANDHI. PAN TO PHOTOS OF VIRGIN MARY AND
ROBERT KENNEDY, LARGE NUMBER OF BOOKS ON BOOK
SHELF IN CHAVEZ' OFFICE, A SELF-TAUGHT MAN.
00:14:04
CU CHAVEZ, AT HIS UNION OFFICE DESK IN LAPADA,
CALIFORNIA, SPEAKS TO REPORTER. PAN OF TRAILERS
WHERE 170 UNION VOLUNTEERS LIVE, WORK, TO ADVANCE
UNIONS' CAUSE. AL, INCLUDING CHAVEZ, RECEIVE FOOD,
HOUSING, CLOTHING, PLUS SALARY OF $10 A WEEK.
00:14:37
PAN WORKER INSIDE WELL EQUIPPED PRINT SHOP ON
COMPOUND, PLACING PAPER IN PRESS. PRESS ROLLS OUT
PRINT.
00:14:54
CHAVEZ WEARING MARIACHI HAT, IS APPLAUDED BY
MEXICAN WORKERS AT RALLY, AS FEMALE SAYS SOME KIND
WORDS IN SPANISH, KISSES HIM ON CHEEK. CHAVEZ
EXCHANGES IDEAS WITH FARM WORKERS IN AUDIENCE
ABOUT MEDICAL PLAN CALLED ROBERT F. KENNEDY PLAN.
00:15:52
WORKER THUMBS THROUGH THOUSANDS OF FOLDERS ON
SHELVES. CAREFUL RECORDS ARE KEPT SO THAT
INSURANCE COVERAGE FOLLOWS EACH WORKER AS HE MOVES
WITH HARVEST. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1970 SEVEN
MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN PAID IN BENEFITS.
00:16:27
FORMER FARM HAND JAOQUIN MOJIA WALKS TO HIS JIB IN
UNION OFFICE WHERE HE LEARNED TO PROGRAM, OPERATE,
UNIONS' COMPUTERS. HE SITS AT COMPUTER.
00:17:13
YOUNG WORKERS SIT AROUND MEETING TABLE WHERE THEY
ARE GIVEN INTENSIVE NINE MONTH COURSE IN LABOR
HISTORY, CONTRACT MEDIATION, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
00:17:28
PAN VOLUNTEERS TURN OVER SOIL IN COMPOUND GARDEN
WHERE THEY DEVOTE DAY A WEEK TO REDUCE FOOD BILL.
THEY TURN THE HUGE GARDEN INTO A MODEL OF ADVANCED
GROWING TECHNIQUES THAT REQUIRE NO PESTICIDES.
00:17:49 VOLUNTEER TURNS ON PUMP AS ANOTHER INSTALLS PIPE
FOR IRRIGATION SYSTEM. CU CABBAGE, VEGETABLES,
GROWING IN HUGE GARDEN.
00:18:16
PHOTOS OF CHAVEZ WITH HIS MOTHER, FATHER, AT HOME
OF BIRTH IN YUMA, ARIZONA. FAMILY PHOTOS OF EIGHT
CHILDREN, ELEVEN GRAND CHILDREN ON WALL IN LIVING
ROOM. BOTH PARENTS WERE STILL LIVING IN 1979.
00:18:38
CU ZOOM OUT FROM FACE SHOT OF CHAVEZ AT WEDDING OF
HIS STAFF MEMBERS.
00:19:07
PAN MUSICIANS, GUITARS, ACCORDION, PLAYING MEXICAN
MUSIC AT OUTDOOR PICNIC AT EGG RANCH IN VENTURA
COUNTY, CHAVEZ MINGLES, TALKS, TO WORKERS AS THEY
ENJOY LARGE OUTDOOR BUFFET. MUSICIANS PLAY, PEOPLE
DANCE. ELDERLY MAN DANCES WITH INFANT IN ARMS.

[@Dinnerwiththeavilas]

Wow. He helped so many families. ✊🏽

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Very informative !

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in1970 i thot of him as famous as muhammed ali

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