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Michigan | February 2-8th.
CHICANO HISTORY
WEEK 2024
The first ever statewide initiative to highlight the contributions of Mexican Americans in the U.S., during Chicano History Week. Michigan has recognized Chicano History Week since the 1960’s. This series aims to celebrate and promote the rich and diverse culture of the Mexican American community through the medium of film.
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American Homeboy is a documentary film that explores the complex origins of pachuco and cholo culture which sprouted from American soil in response to wartime sentiment, social alienation, and government discrimination only to become a pop culture phenomenon. The film draws from rare interviews shot on 5k with leading Mexican American historians, academics, artists, activists, cholos, and former law enforcement officers against a backdrop of 50 hours of restored archival footage.
Cast: Estevan Oriol (Netflix’s L.A. Originals), Luis J. Rodriguez (Always Running), Charley Trujillo (PBS’s Soldados In Vietnam), David “Compton” Oropeza (Tattoo Nation), John Ulloa (Low Creations C.C.), Eduardo Obregón Pagán (Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon), James Diego Vigil (From Indians To Chicanos), Denise Sandoval (The Art Of Riding Low), Kenneth Castillo (Counterpunch), Richard Valdemar (Gangland), Sandy Avila (Lady Lowriders C.C.), Chuco Moreno (Viceland), Jose Valle (Raza del Soul), Jose “Barrio Archaeologist” Joaquin, Jerry Ramirez (This Fool), and more.
