Cesar Chavez - Hispanic Heritage Month - Film History Livestream

Cesar Chavez / Hispanic Heritage Month - Film History Livestream
We invite you to join us for a film screening of the 2014 bio pic Cesar Chavez, on the life of the labor organizer.
The film is part of our celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month: September 15 - October 15, 2025.

Our program will begin with a brief introduction including contextual information, plot summary, things to look for, and historical accuracy (approximately 15 minutes) followed by a full screening of the film.
During and after the screening you’ll have the opportunity to discuss the film with fellow participants via Zoom.

YouTube Film Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8juoHGzHdfU

Cesar Chavez is a 2014 biographical film produced and directed by Diego Luna about the life of American labor leader Cesar Chavez, who cofounded the United Farm Workers. The film stars Michael Peña as Chavez. John Malkovich co-stars as the owner of a large industrial grape farm who leads the opposition to Chavez's organizing efforts. It premiered in the Berlinale Special Galas section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.
Plot
The film follows Cesar Chavez's efforts to organize 50,000 farm workers in California. Some of them were braceros—temporary workers from Mexico permitted to live and work in the United States in agriculture, and required to return to Mexico if they stopped working. Working conditions are very poor for the farmworkers, who also suffer from racism and brutality at the hands of the employers and local Californians.
To help the workers, Cesar Chavez (Michael Peña) forms a labor union known as the United Farm Workers (UFW). Chavez's efforts are opposed, sometimes violently, by the owners of the large industrial farms where the farmworkers work. The film touches on several major nonviolent campaigns by the UFW: the Delano grape strike, the Salad Bowl strike, and the 1975 Modesto march.
Cast
Michael Peña as Cesar Chavez
America Ferrera as Helen Chávez
Rosario Dawson as Dolores Huerta
John Malkovich as Bogdanovich Senior

Cesario Estrada Chavez (March 31, 1927 - April 23, 1993) was an American labor leader and civil rights activist. Along with Dolores Huerta and lesser known Gilbert Padilla, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW) labor union. Ideologically, his worldview combined politics with Catholic social teachings.

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Your host for this program is Robert Kelleman, the founder/director of the non-profit community organizations New York History & Culture and Texas History & Culture.

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