La Bamba

This FREE SCREENING will be held outdoors at The Sosa-Carrillo House, 151 S. Granada Ave, Tucson, AZ 85701. Please bring your own seating.

Presented by Los Descendientes de Tucson

The brief but incandescent life of rock-and-roll trailblazer Ritchie Valens is immortalized in this enthralling biopic from another Mexican American icon, Luis Valdez, the father of Chicano cinema. With sweetness and swagger, Lou Diamond Phillips embodies the 1950s California teenager who, forged by his fiercely supportive mother (Rosana DeSoto) and rebellious brother (Esai Morales), rises from his farm-working roots to chart-topping fame in the early days of rock—until one fateful night that haunts music history. Propelled by a hip-shaking soundtrack featuring Los Lobos and Carlos Santana, La Bamba captures the electric vitality of an artist who bridged cultures to create his own American dream. (Dir. by Luis Valdez, 1987, USA, 108 mins., Rated PG-13)

This screening is part of Loft Film Fest on the Road, made possible by a grant from National Endowment for the Arts with support from Desert Diamond Casinos and Entertainment.