Cesar Chaves (2014) part 2

If you put eight kids in that one car,|you can put them in that house!

We can find a bigger one|in a couple of months.

And then we gotta|move all over again?

Forty-eight, forty-nine,

fifty, fifty-one,

fifty-two,

fifty-three!

That's all for today!

I hear they are looking for bodies|at the onion fields.

I found the same thing in Hanford.

The workers are scared.

Then we need to hold twice as many|house meetings than we did in Selma.

- What's the matter?|- It's my back.

You can't take real work anymore.

It hurts even when I don't work.

You should take it easy.

What, and live on just|what Helen makes? No.

We are going to make the kids work|on the weekends now.

but she went and told everybody|at the church,

and now everybody has...

Look who is here.

And very dirty.

Did you walk here from Oxnard?

Ola.

I thought maybe you weren't coming back.

- It's only been two weeks.|- It's been 18 days.

Eighteen days...

Cesar.

Dolores!

Look at you.|You definitely got your hands dirty.

This is Angela. Say, "Hi, Cesar."

Hey, mamita.

I'm gonna put her to bed.

How long are you guys visiting us?

Oh, well, word is you can't|do this without me, so...

You are staying?

Well, of course. You think I'm going to|let you mess up what you've started here?

But before you do anything,|you need to go talk to Fernando.

I need to go talk to Fernando?

Okay.

Hi, Poli.

What happened to your eye?

Nothing.

You wanna talk about this nothing?

Nope.

The kids here are idiots.

They hate us, you know?

They came up on me and Chats,|a bunch of them.

They wouldn't stop calling us "beaners."

Beaners? Is that the best they got?

I've been called much worse.

“Greaser,

"wetback,

"spic."

That one doesn't even make sense.

I never heard that one.

Uh-huh.

I learned a lot in the Navy.

Here, put this on your eye.

Who started it?

I told you, they started calling us names.

No, who started the fight?

We didn't have a choice.

You always have a choice.

I knew you wouldn't get it.

although the|official military word is that

these are only mopping up operations,

in five separate actions...

We need to bring the|people together, like a convention.

We need to get|everybody together in one place

so they can see how strong we are.

We should start a credit union.

To loan people money?

It'll give us credibility|and it will help people during the winter.

Hey, remember me? Eli Ordonez.

I saw you in Salinas at that other meeting|you were doing.

If you want, I can help pass those around.

I have a cousin who has no papers.

You tell your cousin,|if he works in the fields,

he has the right to representation.

What is happening here in Delano

is the same thing that is happening|in Salinas or in Stockton.

If we don't get organized,|the bosses are going to treat us like...

Excuse me.

Who are you?

Cesar Chavez.

How much are you|asking for, Chucho?

Twenty-five dollars.

How about 10, Chucho?

Look at all these other people|who also want money.

My daughter has some questionnaires.

We want to know what concerns you.

Come on, just do that for us.

Here, people can put messages|to their family, or anyone, it's free.

Want to see the union paper?

Sheriff, every night this goes on.

And I have to tell my husband to rush home

because I'm frightened|about what is going on over there.

We are decent folk|and don't want any trouble.

I'm terrified for my children|and who knows where...

Okay... Okay... Ladies... Ladies...|Let me make sure I understand this.

- You say they get together every night?|- Every night.

And there is 50 of them?

Fifty-seven. I count 57.

Fifty-seven?

Mr. Chavez?

Yes?

How are you doin' today?

Fine. How can I help you?

I just wanted to introduce myself.

- I'm Sheriff...|- I know who you are.

You seem to be gathering quite a crowd.

Is there a law against that?

No, not really.

But I would like to ask you some questions

about some of the people around you|and their affiliations.

Affiliations to what?