Cruz Reynoso, the first Latino on the California Supreme Court.

Cruz Reynoso: Sowing the Seeds of Justice is a compelling portrait of former California Supreme Court Justice and winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Abby Ginzberg produced the documentary film.

Reynoso personifies the Mexican American generation in California. A former farm worker, he served in the military and then went to college and law school at UC Berkeley. After graduation, Reynoso moved to El Centro, a small agricultural community not far from the California-Mexican border.

While in Imperial County in the 1950s and early 1960s, Reynoso became a leader in the Latino community, first in the Community Services Organization (CSO), and then in the Mexican American Political Association (MAPA).

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