“Cesar’s Last Fast” screening with director – Nov. 3

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Join us for a special screening of the film Cesar’s Last Fast with the director of the film Richard Perez.  The director and film screening will be on Monday, November 3rd at 1:00 pm at the MidValley campus, and at the Pecan campus library at 6:00 pm.

Cesar’s Last Fast is a multi-platform feature documentary film about the private sacrifice and spiritual conviction behind Cesar Chavez’s struggle for the humane treatment of America’s farm workers, and the impact Chavez’s legacy has on today’s generation of organizers fighting for farm worker rights. The film is built around powerful, never-before-seen footage of Chavez’s 1988 “Fast for Life,” a 36-day act of penance for not having done enough to stop growers from spraying pesticides on farm workers. The story of this water-only fast is the film’s dramatic arc into which the filmmakers interweave the historic events that defined the life mission of America’s most inspiring Latino leader and the struggles confronting today’s farm workers.

Monday, November 3

1:00 PM –
MidValley Library
Auditorium
400 N. Border, Weslaco, TX
6:00 PM –
Pecan Library
Build – F   Rainbow Room
3201 W. Pecan Blvd., McAllen, TX

For more information contact call 872-2070.