Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire (2019)
• May 1st, 2019 • 1h 25min
Documentary
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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