Daniel Valdez

A young man is scammed by an engineer and an ex-hippie who promise to sell a glue that binds any surface he had invented and goes on a journey to the planet of the hippies

Twelve-year-old Mexican-American Marcos (Jose Alcala) recalls the hardships of the previous year, reflecting on the arduous trek his migrant-worker family made from Texas to the Midwest during harvest season. Along the way, Marcos learns plenty about the harsh realities of bigotry and the power of family in America of the 1950s. The coming-of-age Chicano drama is based on Tomas Rivera's semiautobiographical 1971 novella.

La Bamba descreve a ascenção meteórica de um rapaz de 17 anos, de descendência mexicana, desde seu trabalho no campo até ser um astro do rock nos Estados Unidos, mostrando seus grandes sucessos e o seu encontro com o destino. Impulsionado pelos hits de Richie Valens, nas interpretações ganhadoras de um Grammy pela banda Los Lobos, bem como de clássicas dos anos 1950, La Bamba recria os emocionantes primeiros dias do rock e presta uma homenagem ao legado de um inesquecível talento, cuja música ultrapassou todas as fronteiras.

La Bamba descreve a ascenção meteórica de um rapaz de 17 anos, de descendência mexicana, desde seu trabalho no campo até ser um astro do rock nos Estados Unidos, mostrando seus grandes sucessos e o seu encontro com o destino. Impulsionado pelos hits de Richie Valens, nas interpretações ganhadoras de um Grammy pela banda Los Lobos, bem como de clássicas dos anos 1950, La Bamba recria os emocionantes primeiros dias do rock e presta uma homenagem ao legado de um inesquecível talento, cuja música ultrapassou todas as fronteiras.

This musical adaptation of the Studs Terkel book examines the average worker's viewpoint--showing that he or she is anything but average. Based on a series of interviews with real working people--construction workers, waitresses, firemen, secretaries, and cleaning women, Working is both an exploration of the individuals' occupations and a lament for lost hopes and dreams.

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.

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.

Kimberly Wells e Richard Adams são jornalistas que filmam um acontecimento irregular em visita a uma usina nuclear, mas a matéria não vai ao ar. Intrigados, os dois decidem investigar o caso, e a verdade pode ser mais grave do que eles imaginavam.

Fighting for Our Lives is a 1975 documentary film produced and directed by Glen Pearcy. The film documents the striking of California grape workers from Coachella to Fresno as they negotiate for a United Farm Workers (UFW) contract in 1973. The film also depicts their non-violent struggle against police brutality on the picket lines. It was nominated for the 1976 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.