It’s Time to Make The Epic Cesar Chavez Movie

It’s Time to Make The Epic Cesar Chavez Movie

NewsTaco April 4, 2014

*I went to see the Chavez movie out of curiosity and a tinge of obligation. I should spend my money, I thought, to send a message about Latino-themed movies. The […]

César Chávez: An American Legend Remembered

Mary Mata April 2, 2014

*This is what I like best about the Cesar Chavez movie, the fact that it’s given us a reason to discuss important U.S. Latino history. This article brings up the […]

Presidential Proclamation of Cesar Chavez Day

NewsTaco March 31, 2014

*Here’s the official White House “Cesar Chavez Day” proclamation. VL THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release March 28, 2014 CESAR CHAVEZ DAY, 2014 – – […]

Interview: Director Diego Luna & ‘Cesar Chavez’

NewsTaco March 28, 2014

By Kiko Martinez, Gozamos Although it had taken the family of César Chávez a few long years to release the late civil rights leader’s story to a filmmaker they felt could […]

Cesar Chavez the Only Latino-Centric Studio Film Opening This Year

Mary Mata March 25, 2014

By Dodai Stewart, Jezebel Directed by Diego Luna — whom you may remember as one of the stars of Y Tu Mamá También — Cesar Chavez, a biopic about the farm worker turned civil […]

Cesar Chavez, the Undocumented and the Chicano Movement

Mary Mata March 18, 2014

By Alfredo Gutierrez, NewsTaco (Cesar Chavez, the Undocumented and the Chicano Movement is excerpted from To Sin Against Hope, by Alfredo Gutierrez, Verso Books, 1010 Jay Street, Brooklyn New York 11201. First […]

Film review: ‘Cesar Chavez’

Mary Mata March 14, 2014

By Arnold Garcia Jr.,Popular Hispanics Say “Cesar Chavez,” for instance, and a graying generation of Chicanos will remember the movement inspired by events in the fields of California in the […]

Diego Luna’s CHAVEZ! Official Trailer

Mary Mata October 31, 2013

      From the textmex obsessed imagination of  William A. Nericcio This article was originally published in textmex galleryblog. [Screenshot courtesy of Lionsgate]

Diego Luna Discusses Cesar Chavez Biopic And Current ‘Prejudice’ Toward Mexican-Americans

Mary Mata August 9, 2013

By Carolina Moreno, Huffington Post Latino Voices Diego Luna may have traveled into the future for his role in the sci-fi action movie “Elysium” but the Mexican actor recently also went back in time […]

The Cesar Chavez film walking a tightrope to succeed

Mary Mata June 19, 2013

By Tony Castro, Voxxi When actor Michael Peña landed the role of Cesar Chavez, he had knew his name but little about the legendary farm labor organizing leader. “But my […]