
Variedades: Olvera Street
Season 9 Episode 4 | 53m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
Rubén Martínez explores the 200-year struggle for control of Los Angeles’ Olvera Street.
This look at Los Angeles’ Olvera Street is part-history lesson and part-immersion in stereotype of the birthplace of Los Angeles. Emmy® award-winning journalist, author and musician Rubén Martínez, explores the sometimes-violent, 200-year struggle for the political and symbolic control of the city as told in “Variedades” – an interdisciplinary performance series.
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Variedades: Olvera Street
Season 9 Episode 4 | 53m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
This look at Los Angeles’ Olvera Street is part-history lesson and part-immersion in stereotype of the birthplace of Los Angeles. Emmy® award-winning journalist, author and musician Rubén Martínez, explores the sometimes-violent, 200-year struggle for the political and symbolic control of the city as told in “Variedades” – an interdisciplinary performance series.
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