Luis Valdez was just a young boy when he landed his first theatrical role. Before he could join his classmates on stage, ...

Luis Valdez, the screenwriter, director and theater force best known for 1987's 'La Bamba' gets an explosively engaging and ...

Director David Alvarado and playwright Luis Valdez tell IndieWire about turning Valdez's story as the godfather of Chicano ...

Sundance double prize-winning documentary American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez, the story of the groundbreaking ...

Phyllis Estrella, remembers hearing the word "Pachuco" for the first time when she was just five years old. It was during the 1940's, and she recalls the word "Pachuco" being used with neither a ...

Why did you start this business? In 1978, after seeing the play “Zoot Suit” I tried to purchase a zoot suit for my then 16-year-old brother, and could not find one anywhere. I then decided to bring ...

Between puffs off a menthol cigarette, director Kinan Valdez coolly considers whether “Zoot Suit,” a play written by his father Luis Valdez, is the most popular Chicano play of all time. After a brief ...

Phyllis Estrella turned to her husband Ray after seeing the play Zoot Suit at the Mark Taper Forum one night in 1978 with a new passion for the fashion. A young Edward James Olmos, donning a red dress ...