27th Virtual San Diego Latino Film Festival—A screening of the California Humanities supported film Siqueiros: Walls of Passion by award-winning independent filmmaker Lorena Manríquez. SIQUEIROS: WALLS OF PASSION, a one-hour documentary film about Mexican visual artist David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896–1974) and the resurrection of his Los Angeles mural América Tropical, located at the birthplace of Los Angeles and later championed by the Chicano movement as a symbol of its oppressed culture. One of the great Mexican artists of the 20th century and one of three great Mexican muralists (with Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco), Siqueiros was a controversy-stirring revolutionary and lifetime activist who lived with theatrical flair and painted on an epic scale. ¡Documania! Films Showca Tuesday, September 22 at 5:30 pm PDT
Get tickets here. This film is supported by a California Documentary Project grant.