Bettina Gray speaks with Luis Valdez

Description:

Bettina Gray interviews Luis Valdez, the celebrated founder of the Teatro Campesino, the West Coast theatrical group that has given voice to the struggles of Chicano farm workers. As a child, Valdez picked fruit alongside his father in California's fertile valleys. In this program, he describes how he became a playwright and director and explains how his plays retrace the experience of Chicano families.

subjects: Interviews,  Workers' theater,  Mexican American theater,  Migrant agricultural laborers,  Mexican American dramatists,  Documentary television programs,  Teatro Campesino (Organization)

People: Luis Valdez

Places: California