Cesar Chavez (film)

Cesar Chavez
Film poster
Directed byDiego Luna
Screenplay byKeir Pearson
Timothy J. Sexton
Story byKeir Pearson
Based onLife of Cesar Chavez
Produced byDiego Luna
Larry Meli
Keir Pearson
Pablo Cruz
StarringMichael Peña
America Ferrera
Rosario Dawson
John Malkovich
CinematographyEnrique Chediak
Edited byDouglas Crise
Miguel Schverdfinger
Music byMichael Brook
Production
companies
Distributed byPantelion Films (through Lionsgate[3]) and Participant Media (United States)
Videocine (Mexico)[3]
Release dates
  • February 12, 2014 (2014-02-12) (Berlin)
  • March 28, 2014 (2014-03-28) (United States)[1]
Running time
102 minutes
CountriesMexico
United States
LanguagesEnglish
Spanish
Budget$10 million
Box office$6.7 million[3]

Cesar Chavez is a 2014 biographical film produced and directed by Diego Luna about the life of American labor leader Cesar Chavez, who cofounded the United Farm Workers. The film stars Michael Peña as Chavez. John Malkovich co-stars as the owner of a large industrial grape farm who leads the opposition to Chavez's organizing efforts. It premiered in the Berlinale Special Galas section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.[4]

  1. ^ "Cesar Chavez - 2014". ComingSoon.net. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Cesar Chavez (2014)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Cesar Chavez (2014)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Berlinale Special 2014". berlinale. Archived from the original on 2014-01-22. Retrieved 2014-01-18.