Movies: Harry Gamboa Jr.

Venturing from Venice Beach to Watts, Varda looks at the murals of LA as backdrop to and mirror of the city’s many cultures. She casts a curious eye on graffiti and photorealism, roller disco & gang violence, evangelical Christians, Hare Krishnas, ar...

"ASCO: Without Permission" is a genre-defying film that profiles the extraordinary, Los Angeles based, Chicano art group of the 70's-80's, ASCO, who merged activism and art as they challenged representation in the art world, Hollywood and the news me...

Spies have too many eyes looking out where they don't belong. (3/4 in. video; color)...

A man declares his humanity as he struggles to push psychological boulders from his path. (SVHS; color)...

The Chicano nuclear family experiences a meltdown at ground zero of urban L.A. Included in the 1995 Whitney Biennial. (SVHS; color)...

Marie Antoinette offers to babysit a difficult child while a single mother tries to regain her happiness and identity. (3/4 in. video; color)...

A couple disengage in silent bordom. (3/4 in. video; color)...

A rude awakening for a man who battles the world on his way to a permanent deep sleep. (3/4 in. video; color)...

Humberto Sandoval searches for reasons why there are no pyramids in Aztlan. (SVHS; color)...

The Chicano nuclear family dines on angst, cold cuts, and fishy propositions. (3/4 in. video; color)...

Film by the Chicano performance and conceptual art group ASCO....

Rotten eggs make the marriage as love is scrambled beyond repair. (SVHS; color)...

A woman reveals her recipe for burnt relationships as she bakes her cake and eats it too. Premiered at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. (SVHS; color)...

A street artist alters the urbanscape with images of guns as he paints his way towards peace. (SVHS; color)...

A possessive relationship results in passive/aggressive rejection and destruction (in memory of Lorraine Ordaz). (3/4 in. video; black and white)...

Crossing-over is never accomplished when bridges crumble early as fragile ideals. In memory of Lorraine Ordaz. (SVHS; color)...

The search for the truth takes a man through the abyss of urban falsehoods where he encounters those who would follow him to the nearest social exit. (3/4 in. video; color)...