Introduction by United Lowrider Coalition before our 4:30 PM screening on Friday, July 31.

Introduction by the Centro Cultural de la Raza before our SOLD OUT 3:30 PM screening on Sunday, August 2. 

Introduction by The Chicano Park Museum  and Teatro Izcalli   before our 4:45PM screening on Wednesday, August 5.

Introduction by Xavier the X-Man ®, nationally recognized radio personality, community leader, cultural ambassador and host of the popular Sunday Night Oldies show on San Diego’s Magic 92.5, before our 8:00PM screening on Thursday, August 6.

Synopsis: People may best remember director and screenwriter Luis Valdez as the maker of the 1987 biographical drama La Bamba, starring Lou Diamond Phillips as Chicano rock and roll star Ritchie Valens. But Valdez is also regarded as a founder of Chicano theater and a pioneer of the Chicano movement of the ’60s and ’70s. Growing up as one of ten children to Mexican migrant farmworkers, he was originally set to become an engineer like his older brother. But by his sophomore year of college, Valdez had switched his major to English and was writing scathing satirical plays about the experiences of Mexican Americans and the racism and prejudice they face. This earned him the title “pachuco,” which refers to the zoot-suit-wearing, caló-speaking youth of a 1930s Mexican American counterculture that rejected assimilation into Anglo American society. Narrated by Edward James Olmos, American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez uses archival footage and interviews with such Chicano icons as Dolores Huerta, Rose Portillo, and Cheech Marin to highlight Valdez’s lasting impact on American history.

Showtimes:
Friday, July 31, 2026: 4:30 PM (SOLD OUT)
Saturday, August 1, 2026: 2:15 PM, 7:00 PM (VERY LOW TICKETS)
Sunday, August 2, 2026: 1:00 PM, 3:30 PM (SOLD OUT)
Monday, August 3, 2026: 2:15 PM, 7:00 PM
Tuesday, August 4, 2026: 4:30 PM
Wednesday, August 5, 2026: 4:45 PM
Thursday, August 6, 2026: 1:00 PM, 8:00 PM
Ticket Prices: $13 Regular / $11 Students & Seniors / $9 Members
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzV-rScvPEQ 

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