Choose to Be Happy (2013)

Writer/Activist/Teacher/Filmmaker Carolfrances Likins shares her life experience growing up in Sunland, CA. While in the safety of the 1950's Sunland suburbs, she learned to be a good patriot and never met anyone who had experienced oppression. As time went on (in the 1960's), Carolfrances attended a meeting for the United Farm Workers. That one meeting was a turning point in her life and shifted how she viewed the world. Carolfrances began informing people about Cesar Chavez and the working conditions of farm workers, leading her to teach in Compton, CA. She was warned that people in the "inner city" would object to her being there and cause problems. However, instead she found anything but this. This experience led to her teaching for 25 years in Watts. Retired from teaching, Carolfrances continues her passion for activism, screenwriting and the joy of children.