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Luis Valdez

Luis Valdez

Luis Valdez (born June 26, 1940) is an American playwright, writer and film director.

He is regarded as the father of Chicano theater in the United States.

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Movies Made By Luis Valdez (8)

The Cisco Kid (1994)

This update of the 1950 western TV series changes Cisco and Pancho from wandering heroes of the old west to somewhat anti-"gringo" Mexican revolutionaries. ...

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La Pastorela: The Shepherd's Tale (1991)

Originally produced for PBS's Great Performances Series, La Pastorela is a musical retelling of the shepherds' journey to Bethlehem to see the Christ Child. We see the tale through the eyes of a modern young girl, the oldest child in a large rural Tex-Mex ...

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La Bamba (1987)

Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his girlfriend. But as his star rises, Valens has conflicts with his jealous brother, Bob, and becomes haunted ...

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Zoot Suit (1981)

Part fact and part fiction, Zoot Suit is the film version of Luis Valdez's critically acclaimed play, based on the actual Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the zoot suit riots of 1940s Los Angeles. Henry Reyna is the leader of a group of Mexican-Americans bein ...

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El Corrido: Ballad of a Farmworker (1976)

The film stars Felix Alvarez as Jesus Pelado Rasquachi, a young Mexican man who travels to the United States in search of work, suffering various unfortunate and comical events along the way. ...

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Fighting for Our Lives (1975)

Fighting for Our Lives is a 1975 documentary film produced and directed by Glen Pearcy. The film documents the striking of California grape workers from Coachella to Fresno as they negotiate for a United Farm Workers (UFW) contract in 1973. The film also d ...

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The Sellouts (1972)

A 1972 television adaptation of Los Vendidos, a one-act play by Chicano playwright Luis Valdez, a founding member of El Teatro Campesino. The play examines and dramatizes stereotypes of Mexican Americans in California and how they are treated by local, sta ...

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I Am Joaquin (1969)

Experimental film woven around a poem about Chicano culture in the U.S. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017. ...

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Movies Starring Luis Valdez (5)

Coco (2017)

Despite his family's baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a ...

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Cruz Reynoso: Sowing the Seeds of Justice (2010)

A compelling portrait of one of America's unsung heroes and the turbulent times in which he lived. ...

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One for the Money: The Birth of Rock & Roll (2006)

For many music fans, history is divided into the long, dull centuries before rock 'n' roll was born and the exciting decades since, when the influential musical form changed the world. This documentary traces the early years of this audio revolution, featu ...

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The Cisco Kid (1994)

This update of the 1950 western TV series changes Cisco and Pancho from wandering heroes of the old west to somewhat anti-"gringo" Mexican revolutionaries. ...

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Which Way Is Up? (1977)

Orange picker Leroy Jones inadvertently becomes a union leader and is forced out of town, leaving behind his sex-obsessed father, Rufus, and timid spouse, Annie Mae. He heads for Los Angeles, where he falls for union organizer Vanetta. Annie Mae seeks sola ...

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