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Film/Film Flam: Zoot Suit

Harvard Film Archive – BostonHassle.com – Photo Not Credited Zoot Suit 1981 dir. Luis Valdez 103 min. Part of the ongoing series: Cinema of Resistance 35mm! Read...

By Michelle Threadgould – Racked.com. One of the earliest moments when rosaries appeared in the popular fashion consciousness happened in ’30s and ’40s Los Angeles. Chicano youth, known as pachucas and pachucos, wore rosary beads in part to proudly highlight...

‘They Shoot Mexicans, Don’t They?’ leads a monthlong look at Latino representation

By Vera Castaneda – LATimes.com – Photo Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times Just a couple of months after costarring in the hit L.A. revival of “Zoot Suit,” Rose Portillo is reprising the role of another matriarch — leader of the Ramirez family in “They Shoot...

Vincent Valdez’s Virtuosity

By David S. Rubin – GlassTire.com – Image Kill the Pachuco Bastard!/collection of Cheech Marin Set in an East Los Angeles barroom, “Kill the Pachuco Bastard!” tells the story of the 1943 Zoot Suit Riots, which were spawned by a Los Angeles Times news story...

Luis Valdez: Father of Chicano Theater Resurrects “Zoot Suit”

By Belinda Quesada – LatinHeat.com – Photo Not Credited There is no other figure in the theatrical and film arts who has impacted social change for Latinos as much as Luis Valdez has. He is unique in his role as father of Chicano Theater and community...