Weaving The Past Featured in Pop Goes The Week

Walter-Dominguez

Brian Balthazar of Pop Goes The Week wrote a great piece on Weaving the Past and Walter reveals more about what inspired him to make it.

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Audio - KPFK interviews Walter and Shelley

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Downloadable Audio Interview:

Julio Martinez interviews Producer/Director/Writer Walter Dominguez and Executive Producer Shelley Morrison about their documentary film, “Weaving the Past: Journey of Discovery.”

Dancer, actor, musician, journalist, critic, playwright… multi-talented and accomplished Julio Martinez is host of “Arts in . . . → Read More: Audio – KPFK interviews Walter and Shelley

A Time of Justice - Praxedis Guerrero

Portrait of Praxedis Guerrero

Praxedis Gilberto Guerrero died one hundred and three years ago on the morning of December 30, 1910. He died a hero for the cause of revolution in his deeply troubled homeland, Mexico. See More…

Audience Responds to Weaving the Past: Journey of Discovery!

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On March 17th we held a screening for Weaving the Past: Journey of Discovery at Raleigh Studios’ Chaplin Theater.

The film received tears of joy and a rousing standing ovation from the audience.  In attendance were people who worked on the film, friends of . . . → Read More: Audience Responds to Weaving the Past: Journey of Discovery!

Weaving the Past Receives its First Review!

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On February 6, the media team for Weaving the Past: Journey of Discovery had a private screening of the film at Santa Monica Screening in Santa Monica, CA.  There was a deep sense of accomplishment among our team, as the film is what we set . . . → Read More: Weaving the Past Receives its First Review!

Historic formal apology Ceremony For the 1930s Mexican American Deportations

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Sunday February 26, 2012, La Plaza de Cultura y Artes, 501 North Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012-2828: Historic formal apology ceremony and plaque installation to survivors and or family members of the 1930s Mexican American deportations

and repatriation which is part of Calif. . . . → Read More: Historic formal apology Ceremony For the 1930s Mexican American Deportations

Vaclev Havel 1936-2011

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This holiday week also marks the passing of one of the great freedom fighters of the last fifty years. As a dissident playwright in what was then the satellite country of Czechoslovakia in the Soviet Union – an empire of incre

dible and brutal . . . → Read More: Vaclev Havel 1936-2011

Michael Heralda: Passing on a Native Philosphy Through Stories

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The story of Weaving the Past: Journey of Discovery is also a story of heritage and ethnic roots. On this Saturday at 4:30pm at the Autry National Museum (Griffith Park, LA) do not miss an opportunity to learn how to access your own “indigenous” . . . → Read More: Michael Heralda: Passing on a Native Philosphy Through Stories

The Power of the Word

Gizeh Pyramids, Egypt

Gizeh Pyramids, Egypt

“The pen is mightier than the sword” is an old saying that rings truer than ever as we witness the people of Egypt rise up, facing tanks, bullets and armed thugs, to bring an end to the decades-long tyranny of . . . → Read More: The Power of the Word

The Treaty That Changed California

Site of Treaty

Site of Treaty

Albert Camarillo, PhD, Historical Consultant for Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles has written in his groundbreaking history book, Chicanos in a Changing Society: “The search by Americans for their ethnic, cultural, and family roots has become especially prevalent . . . → Read More: The Treaty That Changed California