Cesar's Last Fast

Cesar's Last Fast (2014)

April 17th, 20141h 40min

Documentary
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Overview

Inspired by Catholic social teaching, Cesar Chavez risked his life fighting for America’s poorest workers. The film illuminates the intensity of one man’s devotion and personal sacrifice, the birth of an economic justice movement, and tells an untold chapter in the story of civil rights in America.


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