Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire

May. 01,2019      
Rating:
7.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Mixing archival footage with interviews, this film celebrates one of Los Angeles's most influential painters and Chicano art activists from the 1970s.

Zack De La Rocha as  Self
Shepard Fairey as  Self
Cheech Marin as  Self
Edward James Olmos as  Self

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