When boxers Julio Cesar Chavez and Oscar De La Hoya met in the ring on June 7, 1996, it wasn’t just a battle between two exceptional fighters but also a showdown between duelling visions of Mexican ...

Eva Longoria Bastón’s “La Guerra Civil” is no ordinary boxing documentary. Longoria Bastón grapples with the legacies of two boxing greats, Oscar De La Hoya and Julio César Chávez, and how their ...

This entertaining account of the 1996 showdown between Oscar De La Hoya and Julio César Chávez is not quite a knockout, but a thoughtful, spirited consideration of personal identity and cultural pride ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The holiday for Mexican-American icon and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez is on Thursday, March 31. One day before, the 65th San Francisco Film Festival announced its lineup ...

Sundance: A lively look at how boxers Julio Cesar Chávez and Oscar De La Hoya came to represent clashing national and social identities. Scan the title of “La Guerra Civil” and you’d be forgiven for ...

“La Guerra Civil” is a film that would have normally packed the red carpet with A-listers and fans. This year, it was an all-digital event, with Longoria, De La Hoya, and different members of the cast ...

Boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya wanted to make a documentary about his 1996 fight against Julio César Chávez. It was coming up on 25 years since the "Ultimate Glory" showdown and he figured the time ...

DAZN, the world’s leading dedicated sports streaming platform, has amped up its 2022 global original content slate launch with the news that the U.K.-based outfit is launching a new, bespoke ...

Professional boxing has produced some titanic rivalries over the decades: Ali vs. Frazier, Roberto Durán vs. Sugar Ray Leonard, Oscar De La Hoya vs. Julio César Chávez. That latter clash of champions ...

What happens when you fight your hero? That’s just one of the questions addressed by La Guerra Civil, an engaging Sundance Film Festival documentary premiere from Eva Longoria Bastón. The debut ...

Eva Longoria Bastón’s doc recounts the culturally charged 1996 match between boxers Oscar De La Hoya and Julio César Chávez. By John DeFore Never underestimate the ability of a group of people — ...