SANTA BARBARA — “Hailing Cesar,” a documentary on Cesar Chavez by grandson Eduardo Chavez, will be presented at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30 at the UCSB Multicultural Center Theatre.
The grandson of civil rights activist Cesar Chavez, Eduardo Chavez, embarks on a journey to better understand his grandfather’s legacy. Like his father and grandfather before him, he begins to work as a farm-worker. Through his reconnection with his family’s legacy, we learn about Cesar Chavez’s plight to create equality for farm-workers and use that knowledge to understand the current conditions that they face in the fields and back at home. Post-film discussion with director, Eduardo Chavez. 60m.
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