How Oscar De La Hoya Convinced Eva Longoria Bastón to Direct ‘La Guerra Civil’ (Video)

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el campeon de Mexico, you don’t touch Julio Cesar Chavez. So my dad and my grandpa, like everybody was for Julio, and me and all my cousins, we were all for Oscar because we were Mexican American.

And so I just remember, I remember my feeling. You don’t remember people, you remember how you felt — that I said, that I would be interesting to use this fight to explore that theme of what does it mean to be Mexican enough and who gets to decide that.”Once Longoria Bastón found a way into the project, she decided to focus on the division within the Mexican community.“You don’t have to be a boxing fan, this films is about humanity, it was really the story behind the fight and this passing of the torch that almost didn’t happen because of this cultural fight within our our community.

That’s why we called it ‘La Guerra Civil’ (the Civil War),” she said. With Longoria Bastón aboard, how did De La Hoya feel about her approach in framing the story? “The fact that I know Eva for so long, and what she what she has put together in the past several years has been just amazing, amazing work,” De La Hoya said. “And so she was she was the perfect one because she not only is a great director but also lived that moment amongst her family.”De La Hoya added: “And so it was very important for us to to make sure that whoever’s going to tell the story, not only tells it through the lens, but it’s also feeling it, so she did a an incredible job.”De la Hoya has seen the documentary six times and said that each time, it brings up memories. “Every single time you see a moment that took place and it takes me back.