Roots of Blood (1979)

Drama Hailed as the first film to portray the Chicano experience and the first Chicano film to be financed by the Mexican government Raíces de Sangre tells the story of immigrant workers exploited on both sides of the border Facing unsafe conditions a group of young Chicano workers tries to organize for better conditions but are thwarted by their own coworkers whove accepted bribes from the Americans in turn for stymieing the effort Richard Yniguez León Singer Enrique Muñoz