Singing our way to freedom / produced, directed and written by Paul Espinosa.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Espinosa, Paul, film director, film producer, screenwriter.

Martinez, Alma, narrator.

Espinosa Productions (Firm), production company, publisher.

Herman V. Ames Fund.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Sánchez, Chunky, 1951-2016.

Sánchez, Chunky.

Chicano movement--California--San Diego--History--20th century.

Chicano movement.

Mexican Americans--Civil rights--California--History.

Mexican Americans.

Mexican Americans--California--History--20th century.

Protest songs.

History.

Mexican Americans--Civil rights.

California.

California--San Diego.

Genre:

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (86 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences

Place of Publication:

[San Diego, California] : Espinosa Productions, 2018.

Language Note:

English; Spanish lyrics with English subtitles

System Details:

digital

data file

Summary:

Singing Our Way to Freedom is a vibrant, multilayered look at the life of Chicano musician, composer and community activist, Ramon "Chunky" Sanchez. The film chronicles Chunky's life 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 in 2013. As a young man in the 1960s, Chunky joined the picket lines in the California fields with Cesar Chavez, demanding justice and better wages for farmworkers. Early on, he discovered that the music he was creating could be a powerful weapon in creating social change and overcoming prejudice and racism. He would eventually become Cesar Chavez's favorite musician.--www.ChunkyFilm.com

Contents:

1. Introducing Chunky

2. Chicano Movement

3. Chicano Park

4. La Rondalla

5. Mexico City

6. Los Alacranes Mojados

7. Pocho and first album

8. Finding the audience

9. Ami I doing the right thing?

10. Still doing what he did

Participant:

Narrator: Alma Martinez

Credits:

Producers: Mark Day, Michael Bovee ; editor: Maria Zeiss ; cinematography: Vicente Franco, Simone Hogan

Notes:

Documentary

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Herman V. Ames Fund.

OCLC:

1159710581

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.