American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez - Director David Alvarado
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez chronicles how writer /playwright / director Luis Valdez illuminated the Mexican American experience on stage and screen and transformed the American cultural landscape. Born in Delano, California in 1940, Valdez wrote his first plays in grammar school, had his first play produced when he was a student at San Jose State University, and created El Teatro Campesino alongside the United Farm Workers, helping to inspire a broader Chicano theater movement. His “Zoot Suit” was the first Chicano play on Broadway. Despite critical rejection that killed the…
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