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¡Huelga!

¡Huelga!
Ralph McGrew
Retrospective: Un-American Activities 2025
Documentary Film
USA
1967
54 minutes
English
Subtitles: 
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In 1965, the longest farm workers’ strike in US-American history unrolled in Delano, California. Led by Cesar Chavez, the as yet unorganised Mexican seasonal labourers fought successfully for better working conditions and the right to found a union of their own, the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA). “¡Huelga!” is the partisan portrait of an emerging solidarity group that not only stood up against the unregulated capitalism in the agricultural sector but also declared war on the racism of the white landowners. In addition to depicting the mechanisms of the strike, the mobile camera also makes a point of documenting the degrading living conditions of the people who kept one of the most powerful industries in the country going.

Tobias Hering, Tilman Schumacher

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Director
Ralph McGrew
Script
Mark Harris
Cinematographer
Richard Pearce, John Haney
Editor
Ralph McGrew, Dick Gilbert
Producer
Mark Harris
Score
Augustin Lira, El Teatro Campesino