From the picket lines to the projectors, the Chicano Cinema Movement of the ’70s and ’80s was raw, bilingual, and unapologetically political. Born out of the Chicano civil rights struggle, filmmakers like Luis Valdez used DIY grit to take back the screen from Hollywood’s whitewashed lens—mixing barrio realism, myth, and rebellion. This episode dives into the films, the fights, and the underground spirit that made Chicano cinema pure punk resistance.

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