Que Pasa you fabulous fantastic fanatics and fans of Latino culture and art! And don’t forget literature, cine, teatro, musica y comida–all the great themes you’ll find on Latinopia.com
Well, this week we have great postings from the world of cinema, art and literature. In CINEMA we visit with Mexican filmmaker Roberto Olivares. He works with the film collective “Ojo de Agua” (Eye of Water) in Oaxaca, Mexico. They make documentaries about indigenous communities but also teach people from these communities how to operate video cameras and edit so they can tell their own stories. In ART we have the first of a two-parter on Chicana artist Elsa Flores Almaráz. Elsa is the widow of renowned artist Carlos Almaráz (1941-1989) and an artist in her own right. In this first interview she speaks about what life has been like managing the Carlos Almaráz estate and raising their daughter while trying to sustain her own creative output. Next week we post the second part of the interview, visiting her one-woman show that covers more than 30 years of awesome artistic work! And in LITERATURE, we have another review by Luis R. Torres, this time on the book,“The Chinese in Mexico: 1882-1940.”
Before signing off I must tell you about an awesome performance reading by three extraordinary Chicanos that your Tia attended. I’m talking about “The Three Louies” at the Vincent Price Museum at East Los Angeles College on Saturday, November 12th. The three Louies are Louie Pérez drummer and songwriter of the legendary rock group Los Lobos, Luis J. Rodriguez author of “Always Running” and other important works, and Luis “Benny” Torres, award-winning journalist (who also reviews books for Latinpia). The performance conversation by the three Louies was rocking, at times poignant and sad, at times hilarious. A whos who of cultura Latina was in the house: authors Ricardo Acuna and Harry Gamboa Jr., musicians Ruben Guevara and John Densmore, producer and performer Dan Guerrero, theater director and actress Rose Portillo, artists Judith Hernandez and Wayne Healy. If you don’t know some of these folks, just look them up in Latinopia–they’re all represented here! Enjoy this week’s postings! OOXX Tia Tenopia