Fighting for Our Lives

{{short description|1975 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Fighting for Our Lives

| image = DVD_Cover_of_Fighting_for_Our_Lives.jpg

| caption = DVD Cover

| director = Glen Pearcy

| producer = Glen Pearcy

| writer = Peter Matthiessen
Glen Pearcy
Luis Valdez

| narrator = Luis Valdez

| starring =

| music =

| cinematography = Glen Pearcy

| editing = Glen Pearcy

| studio = National Farm Workers Service Center

| distributor =

| released = {{film date|1975|11}}

| runtime = 59 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150402095947/http://ufwstore.com/x/Fighting-for-Our-Lives-DVD.html Fighting for Our Lives on DVD.] United Farm Workers via Internet Archive. Retrieved March 3, 2015. 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.{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300401/Fighting-For-Our-Lives/details |title=NY Times: Fighting for Our Lives |accessdate=November 15, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521102754/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300401/Fighting-For-Our-Lives/details |archive-date=May 21, 2011 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide |date=2011 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1976 |title=The 48th Academy Awards (1976) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=June 12, 2019 |work=oscars.org}}