Facundo the Great

Directed by Mike Rauch, Tim Rauch · Starring Ramon 'Chunky' Sanchez · 2013

Ramon "Chunky" Sanchez recalls 1950s school days when teachers Anglicized Mexican American names, and one new classmate whose name proved impossible to change.

A funny, warm two-minute true story about names, identity and quiet defiance.

Ramon "Chunky" Sanchez was raised in a small farming community in southern California in the 1950s. As was common practice at that time, teachers at his local elementary school Anglicized the Mexican American students' n

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