Documentary At Sundance Film Festival Showcases Cesar Chavez’s Legacy To A New Generation

By Angela Santos,Fox News Latino

PARK CITY, UTAH –  He is a legend, his name is practically synonymous with farm workers’ rights.

But to much of the American public, Cesar Chavez remains largely an enigma.

A documentary presented at the Sundance film festival aims to change that.

The film, “Cesar’s Last Fast,” tells the story of how Cesar Chavez, who died in 1993, used spirituality and leadership to turn himself from an ordinary farm worker to a labor leader and civil rights advocate who created a movement that fought for better working conditions for farm laborers in California.

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[Photo courtesy of WKU]

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