Richard Cabral delivers a love letter to East LA & Chicano culture via Merrick Morton photography

In a powerful reclamation of a historically loaded term, actor, rapper and poet Richard Cabral performs a spoken word love letter to East LA and the Chicano community for short film The Life of a Cholo. Directed by Latino filmmaker David Charles Rodrigues, the film explores the true origin of Cholo culture beyond distortion of its meaning as a pejorative label - from the Nahua tribes, to gang culture, and a new generation carrying the word with pride.…read more at nowness.com
_______________________________________
Subscribe to NOWNESS here: bit.ly/youtube-nowness
Like NOWNESS on Facebook: bit.ly/facebook-nowness
Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: bit.ly/twitter-nowness
Daily exclusives for the culturally curious: bit.ly/nowness-com
Behind the scenes on Instagram: bit.ly/instagram-nowness
Staff Picks on Vimeo: bit.ly/vimeo-nowness

[@nuiwai5402]

Keep going Richard you are a true artist for your people❤

[@joeyuno3846]

The piece cuts. Let's go forward in hope.

[@jessemarquez6134]

Solid

[@iForgive7x70]

Jesus is the way the truth and the life and no one comes to the father except through him Jesus Christ of Nazareth ✝️🙏❤️

[@byroncascante6088]

Wow

[@nuiwai5402]

❤epic❤❤❤ Viva la Cholo❤❤❤❤❤

[@maibritton2882]

Beautiful Every day is a good day to die ❤

[@chomptonstoodios5140]

Can we get a fact checker on here? @aztlanhistorian @historyoftheamericas