In Dubious Battle 2016
In the film, 900 migrant workers in California, led by prisoner Jim Nolan, wage an “uncertain battle” against landowners. Their group is stronger and scarier than their own members, living a tough life. The strike is based on a tragic idealism, “Courage never gives in or surrenders.” Published in 1936, In Dubious Battle is considered Pulitzer Prize winner John Steinbeck’s first major work.
