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The Making of Documentary Con Safos on Legendary Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara In-Person
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Artist and Performer: Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara is a pioneer of Chicano artist and rock performer. He performed with Frank Zappa, Johnny Otis, Bo Diddley, Tina Turner, and Celia Cruz, though he is best known as the frontman of the 1970s experimental rock band Ruben And The Jets. Recognizing racial identity as composite, contested, and complex, Guevara—an American artist of Mexican descent—embraces a Chicano identity of his own design, calling himself a Chicano “culture sculptor” who has worked to transform the aspirations, alienations, and indignities of the
Director: Rubén Guevara III is an Emmy Award-nominated Chicano filmmaker based in Los Angeles. His most recent project, Con Safos, aired on PBS SoCal’s Artbound, and received two National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards. He is a National Endowment for the Humanities and ITVS Development Fellow, and a California Humanities CDP Grant recipient.
- Date:
- Tuesday, April 29, 2025
- Time:
- 4:00pm - 5:15pm
- Time Zone:
- Pacific Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Grand Reading Room, 3rd floor
- University Library:
- Building 15
- Audience:
- Community Faculty Graduate Staff Undergraduate
- Categories:
- Library Event