Chicano film legend Luis Valdez, of "La Bamba" is in El Paso sharing stories behind two films including "Zoot Suit." ...

Psychedelic soul and funk band Chicano Batman have been rocking the Dark Knight moniker since long before Ben Affleck received the nod to be the next Hollywood man to don the legendary cape and cowl.

In Mexican-American literature, "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya is a classic. Anaya's novel, which came out in 1972, has just been turned into a movie. Film critic Kenneth Turan has this review.

A New Mexico county where the union activism of mine workers served as the backdrop for a film that became a feminist and Chicano Studies classic has lost its last miners' union after workers voted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chicano film legend Luis Valdez was honored to be in El Paso, which he said sits in the corazon of America, on Friday, July 18, at ...

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Rudolpho Anaya's 1972 novel Bless Me, Ultima is a classic of Chicano literature. The story begins for Antonio, 6, when Ultima comes to live with his New Mexico family in 1944. Ultima is called a witch ...