For the last few years, La Santa Cecilia, a Mexican-American band, based in Los Angeles, California, has not only made excellent music, but has also championed the plight on undocumented immigrants in the U.S. Their 2013 song “Hielo” told the stories of intertwined lives in the immigrant community. The video for Hielo included many undocumented immigrant activists including Erika Andiola and her nearly-deported mother. When La Santa Cecilia won a Grammy, they dedicated it to undocumented workers in the U.S.
Now, they have released a beautiful version of the classic Beatles song “Strawberry Fields Forever,” with a video that pays homage to the workers who get the strawberry from farm to table. Naturally, we would not bother you with a political music video if the music was not superb, so enjoy La Santa Cecilia’s lovely take on this classic.
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