WhenAmerican-bornactorMichaelPenawasayearold,hisparentsweredeported.TheyhadillegallywalkedacrosstheU.S.borderfromMexicoandwhentheywerecaughtbyimmigrationauthorities,theysentPenaandhisbrothertostaywithrelativesintheU.S.“Itwasquiteabitofagambleformyparents,”saysPena,“buttheycamebackayearlater.”Pena?sfather,whohadbeenafarmerinMexico,gotajobatabuttonfactoryinChicagoand,eventually,agreencard.PenastayedinChicagountil,at19,hefledtoLosAngelestopursuehisactingdreams.ThisfamilyhistorymakesPena?slatestroleespeciallypersonal.InCesarChavez,PenaplaysthelaborleaderashestrugglestoorganizeimmigrantCaliforniafarmworkersinthe1960s.Topressuregrowerstoimproveworkingconditionsandwages,Chavezledanationalboycottoftablegrapesthatlastedfrom1965to1970andisrecordedinthefilm.Chavez,likePena,wastheAmerican-bornsonofMexicanfarmerswhoimmigratedtotheU.S.“ Heunderstandsthisduality,thefeelingofbeingborninaplacebuthavingaverybigideaofwhereyourheritagecomesfrom,”saysthefilmdirector,DiegoLuna.“ThisthingofhavingtogotoschoolandlearninEnglishandthengohometospeakSpanishwithyourparents.” AsimmigrationpolicyishotlydebatedonCapitolHillthisyear,LunaandotherswhowereinvolvedwithCesarChavezarehopingthemoviewillsparknewsupportforreformandinspireAmericanLatinostogetinvolved.“ThemessageChavezleftwasthatchangecouldn?thappenwithoutthemassesbeingapartoftheirownchange,”saysFerrera,afirstgenerationHonduranAmericanwhoplaystheunionleader?swifeHelen.RosarioDawson,whoco-foundedtheadvocacygroupVotoLatino,playsChavezallyandlaborleaderDoloresHuerta. Immigrant-rightsissuesintheU.S.haveevolvedsubstantiallyintheyearssinceChavezfoundedtheUnitedFarmWorkers(UFW).UndocumentedworkersnowmakeupafarlargershareoftheagriculturalworkforceinCaliforniathantheydidinthe1960s,accordingtoMiriamPawel,authorofTheCrusadesofCesarChavez,publishedthenextmonth.Chavezwasvehementlyagainstillegalimmigration,believingitmadestrikesdifficulttoexecuteandweakenedtheunion.Heinitiatedaprograminthemid-1970stolocateundocumentedfarmworkersandreportthemtoimmigrationofficials,Pawelwrites.Anddespitehisearlyvictories,Chavez?sUFWunionrepresentsjustasmallpartofthoseworkingonCaliforniafarmstoday.“Chavez?slegacyisnotinthefield,whichissad,”saysPawel.Still,shesays,hisorganizingstrategies,featuredextensivelyinCesarChavez,havebeenadoptedbyotheractivists,includingthoseleadingthemodernimmigrant-rightsmovement.Chavez'smostimportantcontributionmayhavebeenhumanizingtheLatinopopulationfortheAmericanpublic.Farmlaborers,manyofwhombarelyspokeEnglish,traveledacrossthecountryduringthegrapeboycott,standingoutsidegrocerystorestopersuadehousewivesnottobuygrapesandtospreadthewordabouttheirplight.“Theygavetheboycottthisveryhumanface,”saysPawel.“Itwasfamiliestalkingtootherfamilies,”saysLuna.“It?saboutthepowerwehavejustbybeingwhoweare.” WhathasmadePena?sroleasChavezinthemovieCesarChavezsodistinctive?
A.His Mexican immigrant background. B.His Awareness of his Mexican heritage. C.His bilingual life at home and at school. D.His status before legal registration in the US.正确答案C
