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Title Los Mineros / produced and directed by Hector Galan ; Galan Productions, Inc. film for the American experience ; presented by WGBH/Boston, WNET/New York, and KCET/Los Angeles ; story by Hector Galan ; telescript by Paul Espinosa, Hector Galan.

Publication Info. [Austin, Tex.?] : Gálan, [between 2000 and 2009?]

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 Moore Video  HD8039.M72 U6675 2000z    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 1 DVD (58 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Performer Narrator, Luis Valdez ; with David McCullough.
Credits Cinematography, David J. DeWitt ; editing, Tricia Reidy ; music, Ben Tavera and Frank Corrales.
System Details DVD-R format.
Note Videodisc release of a 1991 television program in the series The American experience.
Summary Shows and tells the history, spanning nearly fifty years, of the Mexican American miners in the Morenci and Clifton region, Arizona, and their union's battle for non-discriminatory, fair labor practices in the copper industry, including their efforts to receive wages and benefits equal to those of white workers resulted in strikes, forcing the Phelps-Dodge Corporation to recognize their union after World War II.
Language In English.
Subject Phelps Dodge Corporation -- History.
Phelps Dodge Corporation.
History.
Mexican Americans -- Arizona -- Clifton Region -- History.
Mexican Americans.
Arizona.
Strikes and lockouts -- Copper mining -- Arizona.
Strikes and lockouts -- Copper mining.
Minority miners -- Arizona -- Clifton Region -- History.
Minority miners.
Copper miners -- Labor unions -- Arizona -- Clifton Region -- History.
Copper miners -- Labor unions.
Mexican Americans -- Civil rights.
Mexican Americans -- Civil rights.
Morenci (Ariz.) -- History.
Arizona -- Morenci.
Genre/Form Documentary films.
Documentary films.
Historical films and video (Nonfiction)
History.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Added Author Valdez, Luis, narration.
Galán, Héctor, direction, production, writing.
McCullough, David G., host.
Espinosa, Paul.
King, Ben Tavera.
Corrales, Frank.
Galan Productions.
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Added Title American experience (Television program)