Boilerplate as it can be, David Alvarada's documentary nevertheless offers a rousing assertion that Chicano art is as ...

Film aficionados will know Valdez best as the director of “Zoot Suit” and “La Bamba,” where he captured the hallmarks and struggles of Chicano culture in the 1940s and 1950s. “American Pachuco” gives ...

The Legend of Luis Valdez review - the story of the filmmaker who brought renewed attention to Ritchie Valens in La Bamba gets his due.

Ahead of its world premiere at Sundance, De Los spoke to David Alvarado and Edward James Olmos about 'American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez.' ...

Most people claim to know what "American" means, but few probably know the meaning of "Pachuco," nor the name of the playwright and director who helped introduce Pachucos into popular culture. For ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Juárez city council has declared Sept. 19 as "Día del Pachuco," or Pachuco Day, in honor of the late star of the Mexican ...

There are two ways that people look at what filmmaker Brandon Loran Maxwell calls “homeboy culture,” that of the pachucos, cholos, and lowriders who’ve long been a part of the L.A. fabric. “They look ...

Los Angeles – The dance floor at “Barrio Boogie Sunday” is filled with sharply dressed women in flouncy skirts and brightly colored fitted blouses, being twirled in perfect swing rhythm by their ...

Pachuco boogie, the postwar, Mexican-American adaptation of jump blues named after the 1948 Don Tosti single that launched the subgenre, came to fruition in East L.A., but its roots are in El Paso, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A “brujo,” a “magician,” “a social arsonist” and the “father of Chicano Theater” — these are just a few of the ...