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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
CONTACT: Russell Guerrero
Oct. 11, 2006
Film on Mexican-American Balladeer Lalo Guerrero to Have Texas Premiere at Trinity University
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SAN ANTONIO – Trinity University will host the Texas premiere of Lalo Guerrero: The Original Chicano, a one-hour documentary on the life and career of the legendary Mexican-American songwriter and performer. The film will be shown at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 18, in Trinity’s Chapman Auditorium. Dan Guerrero, son of the artist and one of the film’s co-producers, will be at the screening to introduce and discuss the film. A reception will be held at 6:30 p.m. prior to the screening. The event is free and open to all.
Perhaps no other performer is as closely linked to the contemporary history of Mexican-Americans and the rise of the Chicano movement than Lalo Guerrero. Born in Tucson, Ariz. in 1916, Guerrero began writing music for his guitar when he was in his teens. His first international hit, a song titled “Canción Mexicana,” was composed when he was 19 years old and has since become a musical standard.
Later in his career, Guerrero became famous for mixing social commentary and satire into his music. Several of his song titles reveal his sly wit: “La Minifalda de Renalda” (Renalda’s mini-skirt), “Battle Hymn of the Chicano,” “ Mexican Mama’s, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Bus Boys,” and “No Chicanos on TV.”
He received numerous honors during his lengthy career, including a Grammy nomination for the children’s album Papa’s Dream (recorded with the rock group Los Lobos). He also received the National Medal for the Arts, the first Mexican-American performer to be awarded the nation’s highest honor for an artist.
The event is sponsored by the departments of economics, music, modern languages and literatures, communication, and speech and drama as well by the Lectures and Visiting Scholars Committee, the Office of International Programs, and Arturo Madrid, Murchison Distinguished Professor of the Humanities in Modern Languages and Literatures.
For more information, contact Rita E. Urquijo-Ruiz, assistant professor of modern languages and literatures at 210-999-7898.
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