Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire

Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire (2019)

May 1st, 20191h 25min

Documentary
45%

Overview

Mixing archival footage with interviews, this film celebrates one of Los Angeles's most influential painters and Chicano art activists from the 1970s.


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