About the Film:
Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire
2019
85 mins.
English, LGBTQ Documentary
Cast: Edward Olmos, Cheech Marin, Shepard Fairey, Dolores Huerta.
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
7:00 – 10:00 pm
at Santa Cruz Theater
1805 East 7th Street, Austin TX 78702
Free and Open to the Public
Q&A with Co-Director Elsa Flores Almaraz.
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About Carlos Almaraz
Carlos Almaraz was a first in many regards: first Chicano artist to cross the bridges of the LA River into the art galleries and museums of ... view more »
About the Film:
Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire
2019
85 mins.
English, LGBTQ Documentary
Cast: Edward Olmos, Cheech Marin, Shepard Fairey, Dolores Huerta.
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
7:00 – 10:00 pm
at Santa Cruz Theater
1805 East 7th Street, Austin TX 78702
Free and Open to the Public
Q&A with Co-Director Elsa Flores Almaraz.
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About Carlos Almaraz
Carlos Almaraz was a first in many regards: first Chicano artist to cross the bridges of the LA River into the art galleries and museums of LA’s Westside; first to live in New York City, China, and Cuba; first openly gay artist; and first well-known Chicano visual artist to die as a result of AIDS. After migrating from Mexico to America as a child, Carlos became a distinguished leader of the Chicano Art Movement. Creating larger-than-life paintings filled with passion, he showed his commitment to East LA’s emerging civil rights movements.
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La Peña is funded and supported in part by the City of Austin through the Economic Growth & Redevelopment Services Office/Cultural Arts Division and by grants from the Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation, the Texas Commission of the Arts, CoYoTe Phoenix, and an award from the National Endowment on the Arts, believing an investment in the Arts is an investment in Austin’s future. Visit Austin at NowPlayingAustin.com.
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