SINGING OUR WAY TO FREEDOM chronicles the life and music of Ramon “Chunky” Sanchez from his humble beginnings as a farmworker in Blythe, California to the dramatic moment when he received one of his nation’s highest musical honors at the Library of Congress in Washington DC. As a young man in the 1970s, Chunky joined the picket lines in California and became Cesar Chavez’s favorite musician. His journey is a remarkable lens on a time when young Mexican Americans became Chicanos. Chunky learned how to employ humor, honesty and music to inspire folks to stand up and speak truth to power. His arc of transformation from marginalized farm kid to charismatic social activist shows how one person can mobilize people to change the world, reminding us that the battle for freedom has to be fought anew by every generation. Date: 2018 Length: 59 minutes
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APA 6th edition Style: Espinosa, P., Day, M., & Bovee, M. (Producers), & Espinosa, P. (Director). (2018). Singing our way to freedom [Streaming video]. Los Angeles: GOOD DOCS. Retrieved October 6, 2023 from https://docuseek2.com/gd-sowtf2.
MLA Style: Singing Our Way to Freedom. Dir. Paul Espinosa. Distributor: GOOD DOCS, 2018. Docuseek2. Web. 6 Oct 2023.
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