Cesar Chavez Page #5

And that is why I love

The great loves of many colors

(ALL CHANTING)

(CHEERING)

MAN:
My union, the U.A.W.

and the Industrial Union Department

will pledge $5,000 a month to these workers

for as long as it takes to win their strike.

The average farm worker only lives to 49.

They say they won't

give you bathrooms in the fields

because Mexicans don't know

how to use them.

I'm Jackie Stringer.

We just drove down from Portland.

CESAR". That's a long drive.

I've been watching the news.

I saw pictures of the children

working in the fields...

We'd like to help in some way.

Well you can do this, don't buy

any more Victorre products.

No more Victorre wine at dinner.

- And then have your friends do the same.

- I will.

Excuse me, sir, can I help you?

You have to sit on your damn booze,

you hear me?

I don't care if you have

to sit on it for a year.

We need you to stay strong.

We need you to hold the line.

We're all counting on you. All of us.

Excuse us.

Strong? Stay strong?

This boycott is killing us!

Have you seen the headlines

they're getting?

Not just in San Francisco,

but in L.A. and San Diego

and Fresno and Sacramento.

They're pulling our products

all over the damn state!

That's costing us money, real money,

Mr. Bogdanovich.

You wanna come in here and explain that

to our shareholders?

You wanna reimburse us those losses

so our stock price doesn't dip?

Can we sit?

NEWSCASTER:
A 340 mile pilgrimage

started in Delano by 67 strikers,

concluded today on the steps

of the State Capitol in Sacramento,

where more than 10,000 supporters

welcomed Cesar Chavez and his procession.

The march has strengthened the boycott

and efforts by the strikers

to put pressure on the

label Victorre Wines.

ALL:
(CHANTING) Huelga! Huelga!

Cesar!

Cesar!

There's a guy on the phone,

he says he's from Victorre.

And he wants to negotiate.

(SIGHS)

He's called three times.

Get Jerry up here!

Okay!

Fine, you've got your deal,

but if we're gonna pay top dollar,

we expect top dollar work.

That means no one, and I mean no one, is

gonna cut unripe grapes to pad their lugs.

Or stick them full of god damn dirt clods.

Objection.

Objection? What do you mean?

Well, it's a personal objection.

You may not be aware but these people

have been doing this for a very long time.

They don't need you to tell them

how to pick a grape.

Well, you tell them that

when they're packing my grapes...

(URINATING)

Well that was the most eloquent piss

I've ever heard.

NEWSCASTER:
in California,

actor Ronald Reagan and Mrs. Reagan arrive

to cast their votes in the state's

primary election.

He's the Republican nominee for governor.

(CLATTERING)

Helen!

HELEN:
Leave him alone!

- BOY 1:
Hey, you wetback.

- BOY 2:
Beaner, beaner, boy.

Get out of here!

Get the hell out of here!

What are you doing?

I'm standing up for my son.

Because somebody has to.

(DOOR CLOSES)

So what's your plan?

You can't stay at your

grandparents' house forever.

Don't act like all of a sudden

you are interested in what I'm doing.

Of course I'm interested.

You're my son.

Don't worry. I'll be fine.

Can you rethink this?

(ENGINE STARTING)

HELEN:
Fernando is going to be fine

with your parents.

And I'm sure he'll be back soon.

It's going to be fine.

Aren't you going to eat something?

(SNIFFLES)

You want some carrots or broccoli

that your grandpa grows?

You still hungry? Carrot?

I just got word.

Chavez is going to target us next.

Zucchini.

Dad? What should we do?

I don't know, John.

I'm not the one who went to college.

I'm not the one with the Master's Degree.

I'm only the one

who invested a lot of money

(INHALES DEEPLY) in his only son,

hoping that one day, he would be able

to answer one simple question.

How do I not drive my father's business

into the f***ing ground?

I'll, um, talk to the Sheriff.

You're a big man.

Broccoli.

Hmm?

It's time for his nap, Sir.

No, no. You can leave him. He is fine.

(BABY BABBLING)

Yes, sir.

Maria, you know about this Chavez, no?

Do you really think he's one of you?

Yes, sir.

Hmm.

Well, I'm one of you too.

I came from Croatia with nothing.

Everything I got, I built with my own

hands, my own labor, and my own sweat.

I don't see why anyone should be able

to take that away from me.

So now you want me to help you?

No, no. It's very simple.

I want you to do your job.

Patience.

Is that what you told Victorre?

Because this time we actually

need you to do something.

You see, after the senate hearings,

I can't do nothing about nothing.

Unless they break the law.

Did you hear what I just said?

They are targeting my family now.

Do you understand?

Or do you need my father

to repeat it to you, hmm?

I got too much heat on me.

I can turn a blind eye,

but that's as far as I can go on this.

You do that.

Sit on your ass.

(ALL SHOUTING)

(GLASS SHATTERING)

Hey! You okay?

Yes, I'm okay.

Okay, don't move.

(ALL CLAMORING)

Stop it! That's enough!

I said stop! Leave him alone!

You don't want to do this!

You don't wanna hurt this man!

ELI:
What are you doing, Cesar?

Leave him alone.

This son of a b*tch needs to pay

right here, right now.

No, no, no.

The next person who lays a hand on him

is out of the Union!

He's gone!

You don't want to do this!

Not like this!

This is not the way to do things.

Get that piece of sh*t out of here.

What did you say?

Eli! Come on!

- What?

- Stop it!

I said get that piece of sh*t

out of here and throw him in the trash.

Do you need

someone to translate that for you?

(GRUNTING)

Stop! You're out of the Union!

You're out of the Union! You hear me?

You are out! Go! Get out!

CESAR". We have completely lost our way.

How can we condemn

police brutalities in the inner cities,

yet advocate violence

out here in the fields?

How can we criticize the carnage

in Vietnam, yet cry for blood here at home?

This isn't about Vietnam,

this is about Delano,

this is about being a man,

this is about enough is enough!

(APPLAUSE)

No, no, no.

Those of you running around,

destroying things,

giving into your hatred

and your chicken sh*t macho ideals

are seriously sabotaging

the efforts of La Causa,

and I will not stand for it!

I failed you.

I failed you as a leader.

And I have something to tell you.

Three days ago I stopped eating.

I will continue to fast until everyone,

and I mean everyone,

in our beautiful movement

makes a pledge recommitting themselves

to nonviolence.

'Cause we move forward together,

or not at all.

So that's your big solution?

Starvin' yourself?

That helps them more than us!

GILBERT:
Settle down.

Yes or no? Yes or no?

- CROWD:
Yes!

- CROWD:
No!

Settle down. Come on. Please sit down.

The meeting is not over.

RICHARD:
You okay?

I had a bad dream.

Dreamin' about food again?

Mmm-mmm.

No. The ranch...

The horses were screaming.

Like, when the bulldozer came.

I couldn't move my legs

and everyone left me behind.

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