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La Bamba
Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of singer Ritchie Valens whose life was cut short by a plane crash.
Luis Valdez
Luis Valdez
Casts & Crew
Lou Diamond Phillips
Danielle von Zerneck
Elizabeth Peña
Rosanna DeSoto
Esai Morales
Joe Pantoliano
Marshall Crenshaw
Brian Setzer
Daniel Valdez
Howard Huntsberry
Felipe Cantu
Eddie Frias
Mike Moroff
Geoffrey Rivas
Sam Anderson
Maggie Gwinn
Jeffrey Alan Chandler
Stephen Lee
John Quade
Lettie Ibarra
Diane Rodriguez
Katie Valdez
Gloria Balcorta
Ernesto Hernández
Noble Willingham
Thom Pintello
Stephen F. Schmidt
Rosanna Locke
Kim Sebastian
Dyana Ortelli
Andy Griggs
Art K. Koustik
Tony Genaro
Allison Robinson
Hunter Payne
Joe Miller
Mary Ann Tanedo
Barb Jittner
Brian Russell
Yolanda Martinez Olivarri
Frank Aragon
Linda Holdahl
Thomas Rosales Jr.
Matthew Shields
Reynaldo Silva
Connie Valenzuela
Rick Dees
Also Directed by Luis Valdez
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.
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.
Experimental film woven around a poem about Chicano culture in the U.S.
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 family. During a surrealistic dream, which brings to mind "The Wizard of Oz," the young chicana makes a fantastical journey with the shepherds and along the way; witnesses the triumph of God's Angels over Satan's diablo's. Full of drama, comedy, fantasy and wonderful music; this is a rare film the whole family can enjoy together.
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 being sent to San Quentin without substantial evidence for the death of a man at Sleepy Lagoon. As part of the defense committee, Alice Bloomfield and George Shearer fight the blatant miscarriage of justice for the freedom of Henry and his friends.