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Song for Cesar, A: The Music and the Movement [Played Apr. 29 as part of AARP's Movies for Grownups and available on various VOD platforms.] Memorable music highlights Abel Sanchez and Andres Algerian's entertaining, captivating, educational, moving, thought-provoking, 85-minute, 2021 documentary that honors tenacious, charismatic, jazz-loving civil rights activist and labor leader Cesar Estrada Chavez who used music, art, poetry, peaceful protest, and fiery speeches to help organize the labor movement (aka Campesino) in California during the 1940s to 1970s for the protection and fair pay of Mexican migrant workers who struggled with racism, violence, and workplace dangers; showcases legendary songs, including Juan De La Cruz, No nos moverán, De Colores, Don't Put Me Down (If I'm Brown), Viva la Huelga, Brown Eyed Children of the Sun, and El Bracero, and inspirational music that originated during the movement; and consists of archival photographs, film clips, and artwork and insightful commentary by writer and activist Dr. Maya Angelou, President Barak Obama, actor and art collector Cheech Marin, musicologists Mark Guerrero and Jesse ‘Chunky' Varela, guitarist Carlos Santana, artists Malaquías Montoya and Esteban Villa, activist Jose Montoya, singers/songwriters (such as Abel Sanchez, Daniel Valdez, Joe Santana, Taj Mahal, Joan Baez, Joel Rafael, Lila Downs, and Emilio Castillo), singers (such as Rick Stevens, Mic Gillette, and David Bustamante), musicians (such as Pete Escovedo, Graham Nash, Jorge Santana, and Raul Pacheco), actor Tommy Chong, United Farm Workers Union cofounder and activist Dolores Huerta, activist and educator Juan Martinez, director and actor Edward James Olmos, attorney Jerry Cohen, striker Ron Trevino, music promoter Jim Cassell, former Supreme Court of California Associate Justice and civil rights lawyer Cruz Reynoso, and Cesar Chavez's brother Richard Chavez, sister Rita Medina, granddaughter Julie Rodríguez, and wife Helen.   Redhead: Year: 2022 Rating:  NR View Song for Cesar, A: The Music and the Movement on the Internet Movie Database