Cesar Chavez
(2014)
Regisseur:
Diego LunaSchauspieler:
Michael Peña, Rosario Dawson, America Ferrera, Jacob Vargas, Gabriel Mann, Lisa Brenner, John Malkovich, Kevin Dunn, Mark Moses, Julian Sands, Maynor Alvarado, Yancey Arias, Wes Bentley, Lorena McGregor, Darion Basco, Claudia de VascoCésar Estrada Chávez, kurz: Cesar Chavez (Michael Peña), will der Ungerechtigkeit ein Ende setzen. In den 1960ern und 1970ern setzt er sich für die Rechte der Landarbeiter ein und gründet gemeinsam mit Dolores Huerta (Rosario Dawson) die Gewerkschaft National Farm Workers Association (später: United Farm Workers). Cesar Chavez organisiert den bis dato größten friedlichen Protest in der US-Geschichte und kämpft für die Menschenrechte von über 50 000 Farmarbeitern in Kalifornien und Florida.
A biography of the civil-rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez. Chronicling the birth of a modern American labour movement, Cesar Chavez tells the story of the famed civil rights leader and labour organiser torn between his duties as a husband and father and his commitment to securing a living wage for farm workers. Passionate but soft-spoken, Chavez embraced non-violence as he battled greed and prejudice in his struggle to bring dignity to working people.
A biography of the civil-rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez. Chronicling the birth of a modern American labour movement, Cesar Chavez tells the story of the famed civil rights leader and labour organiser torn between his duties as a husband and father and his commitment to securing a living wage for farm workers. Passionate but soft-spoken, Chavez embraced non-violence as he battled greed and prejudice in his struggle to bring dignity to working people.
