In a powerful reclamation of a historically loaded term, actor, rapper and poet Richard Cabral performs a spoken word love letter to East LA and the Chicano community for short film The Life of a Cholo. Directed by Latino filmmaker David Charles Rodrigues, the film explores the true origin of Cholo culture beyond distortion of its meaning as a pejorative label – from the Nahua tribes, to gang culture, and a new generation carrying the word with pride.…read more at nowness.com

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