The new film: Jose Clemente Orozco, Man of Fire

In OROZCO: Man of Fire, Directors Laurie Coyle and Rick Tejada-Flores create a visually arresting and whimsical documentary portrait of Mexican muralist Jose Clemente Orozco (1883-1949), whose dramatic life, iconoclastic personality and dynamic painting changed the way we see art and politics. Shot in widescreen High Definition Video on location in Mexico and the United States. Narrated by Anjelica Huston, with award winning Mexican actor Damián Alcázar as the voice of Orozco.

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RACE IS THE PLACE - artists deal with racism

RACE IS THE PLACE

Poets, actors, comedians and performance artists explore how we deal with race and racism.

A high-definition performance documentary on America’s most explosive social issue...

Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers' Struggle

The Fight in the Fields

“Although neither one of us came from the fields, we found that in many ways, the farmworkers' struggle had shaped who we were and how we viewed the world”

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Re-Released Chicano Cinema Classics

Rivera In America

Rivera In America

Rivera In America tells the story of the great Mexican muralist’s travels in the United States, the epic work that he created here, and his lasting effect on American artists.

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Low 'N Slow

Low ’N Slow

Take an ordinary Detroit car, customize it inside and out, and lower it to the ground. What do you have? It a lowrider, the focus of a Mexican-American social scene that includes cruising on weekend nights, car shows, and hopping contests. The car is driven slowly, the better to be appreciated. It is art. Not museum art, but street art, living art, folk art.

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Santeros

Santeros

In the rugged Spanish colonies of 18th-century New Mexico, local artisans created wood carvings for the chapels and devout homes of their settlements. They were called saint-makers, “Santeros.”

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