Inspired!
Inspired!
That’s how I can best describe my overall feeling being here at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
I’m inspired by the response Molly and I have received by our film-in-progress. Cara Mertes, Director of the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program and the Sundance Documentary Fund, stressed that the time is now for a [...]
Community-building, and what it means to Cesar’s Last Fast
In these final days leading up to our 2009 Fundraising Party, I’m reminded of the opportunity we have to build a community around an important cause: honoring Cesar’s commitment to building a farmworker’s union and a civil rights movement.
Our cause is much smaller than building a union, but in a way it mirrors the legacy [...]
Rick Perez on Pocho Hour of Power
Got a few minutes?
Check out Director Rick Perez on the Friday Oct 30th episode of KPFK’s Pocho Hour of Power.
An Early Step on the Journey to Making Cesar’s Last Fast
One of the key events on my journey to making this film occurred in 1969, when I was 4 years old. It happened when I was sitting in a Head Start classroom in my hometown of San Fernando, California.
At lunchtime my classmates and I all sat side-by-side to eat a free lunch the federal government [...]
