Advance Screening of 'Cesar Chavez' with Panel Discussion

The CSRC is pleased to present an advance screening of Cesar Chavez, directed by Diego Luna, at the James Bridges Theater in Melnitz Hall on Friday, March 7. The evening will begin with a reception at 6:15 p.m., and the screening will begin at 7:15 p.m. Following the screening will be a panel discussion, “Mexican Cinema, UFW, Mexican Labor, and the Chicana/o Movement,” with Luna; Pablo Cruz, producer; Arturo Rodríguez, UFW president; and Héctor Calderón, professor of Spanish and Portuguese. Calderón is the organizer of this event, in collaboration with the CSRC. The event is co-sponsored by the UCLA César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o Studies, the UCLA Department of Spanish and Portuguese, the UCLA Office for Diversity and Faculty Development, Melnitz Movies, and CANANA. Tickets are free, but an RSVP is required and seats are limited. RSVP to csrcinfo@chicano.ucla.edu. A name and email address must be provided for each RSVP; 2 tickets maximum per request. The panel discussion will be videotaped and available in coming weeks on CSRC YouTube.

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Watch the video of this event here.