Film Screening: El Pachuco: From Zoot Suits to Lowriders

Sunday, Jun 7, 2026
2 PM
$0 - $15

What To Expect

2 PM 
FREE for members, FREE with admission for nonmembers


Explore elements of Chicano identity through a film that documents the organizing and opening of Royal Chicano Air Force artist José Montoya’s 1977 exhibition Pachuco Art: An Historical Update. The film examines Chicano culture in the 1940s—from zoot suits and the Zoot Suit Riots to gender roles and the emergence of the Pachuco as both cultural figure and target of racial violence. Through interviews with Montoya, discover how contemporary Chicanas/os are reclaiming a history largely written out of the record. Curator Terezita Romo will introduce the film.

Runtime: 51 minutes

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