Singing Our Way to Freedom (2018)
87 min
"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 receiving one of the nation’s highest musical honors at the Library of Congress in Washington DC in 2013.
- Release date
- May 8, 2018
- Country of origin
- United States, Mexico
Cast
- Ramon 'Chunky' Sanchez as Self
- Alma Martinez as Self - Narrarator
- Virginia Zarp as Self
- Ricardo Sanchez as Self
- Miguel Figueroa as Self
Crew
- Cesar Chavez · Archive footage
- Dolores Huerta · Archive footage
- Robert F. Kennedy · Archive footage
- Fidel Castro · Archive footage
- Corky Gonzales · Archive footage
- Paul Espinosa · Director
- Paul Espinosa · Writer
- Michael Bovee · Producer
- Mark Day · Producer
- Paul Espinosa · Producer
- Quetzal Flores · Composer
- Vicente Franco · Cinematographer
- Simone Hogan · Cinematographer
- Maria Zeiss · Editor