Documentary Series about Latin American MusicAmerican Sabor Matinée Series presents screenings of American Experience: Zoot Suit Riots and
Chicano Rock!: The Sounds of East Los Angeles
Saturday, October 8th
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Free
American Experience: Zoot Suit Riots (2002, 60 min, by Joseph Tovares) explores the complicated ethnic tensions and the changing social and political landscape that led up to Los Angeles's infamous race riots in June 1943, when for 10 straight nights, American sailors armed with make-shift weapons cruised Mexican American neighborhoods in search of "zoot-suiters" -- hip, young Mexican teens dressed in baggy pants and long-tailed coats. Read more on PBS here.
Chicano Rock!: The Sounds of East Los Angeles (2008, 60 min, by John Wilkman) chronicles more than 60 years of America’s largest Mexican American community as generations of artists and audiences defined themselves with music. This film begins with Lalo Guerrero and features the stories of such musicians and bands as Ritchie Valens, Cannibal and the Headhunters, The Brat, Los Lobos (pictured above), Ozomatli, and others.
Chicano Rock!: The Sounds of East Los Angeles (2008, 60 min, by John Wilkman) chronicles more than 60 years of America’s largest Mexican American community as generations of artists and audiences defined themselves with music. This film begins with Lalo Guerrero and features the stories of such musicians and bands as Ritchie Valens, Cannibal and the Headhunters, The Brat, Los Lobos (pictured above), Ozomatli, and others.
Sponsored by the Smithsonian Latino Center
Baird Auditorium, Ground Floor
10th & Constitution Ave, NW
Metro: Federal Triangle or Smithsonian or take the S2 or S4 bus. along 16th St, drops you pretty much at the front of the building
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