Wrath of Grapes film reel, 1986?
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Film can is marked with the title, Wrath of Grapes, "return to Joan Preiss," and "Triangle Friends of the United Farmworkers, 2722 McDowell St., Durham, NC."
Appears to be a professionally-produced copy by Image Transform, Inc. of the 1986 documentary film about farmworkers and the grape industry, featuring footage from Cesar Chavez's famous "Wrath of Grapes" speech and campaign against the use of dangerous pesticides, and hazardous working conditions in California agriculture.
A two-part online video of the film is available through the University of San Diego's Farmworker Movement Documentation Project.
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Consists of a 9" reel of 16 mm film, completely filled, in a plastic film can.
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The Into the Fields Student Documentary Projects subseries (boxes 48-51, 99, 100) in the SAF Student Projects series is closed for processing as of July 2025. This subseries is expected to reopen with enhanced description by Dec. 2025.
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