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Cesar Chavez
The film revolves around the biography of a thinker in the process which he regains rights for workers. Chavez is a Mexican-American, who organized uprisings at the plantations in California in the year 60. Finally, his efforts has been keeping an eye on by the international community, culminating in the uprising received the support from Robert Kennedy.
29 December 1964, Long Island, New York, USA
18 April 1984, Los Angeles, California, USA
9 January 1913, Yorba Linda, California, USA
18 August 1971, Michoacan, Mexico
4 September 1978, Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA
June 16, 2016
Basically, if you need a history lesson, 'Cesar Chavez' is not a bad way to go. We need histories of heroes. However, you can find more history on Wikipedia.March 28, 2014
With Peña, the question is this: Are the movies brave enough to give him the chance he deserves? He's a wonderful Cesar Chavez.April 17, 2014
Labor struggles and mass movements are the most difficult to pull off in this strictly status quo society, and the same could be said for movies re-enacting any of that suppressed US history. But this heroic and healing yet candid biopic does just that.July 21, 2014
While Cesar Chavez was an important figure in the fight for farmworkers' rights, a film adaptation of his work simply doesn't make for a very compelling experience, especially when it doesn't deliver the emotional impact that it should.September 08, 2014
Cesar Chavez is perhaps an abridged history lesson, but given the amount of material it needed to convey, it does a commendable and stirring job.March 28, 2014
Michael Peña brings a centered, beckoning beauty to the title character that manages to speak to Chávez nonviolent approach without becoming hagiographic.April 18, 2014
Truncated bio-pic doesn't dig deepMarch 28, 2014
Biopics about civil rights icons are usually staid affairs. Cesar Chavez, directed by Diego Luna, is no exception.March 28, 2014
It's reverential rather than revealing, predictably admiring where it needs to be nuanced and challenging.March 28, 2014
Cesar Chavez makes for a fine history lesson, but as drama, it leaves something to be desired.June 07, 2016
For better or worse, the film is a call to action, but I want to know more.