Los Four/Murals of Aztlan (1974)

Los Four documents the first exhibition of Chicano artists held at a major art museum, the Los Angles County Museum of Art, in 1974. Los four (1973-1983) was an influential Chicano art collective that included Carlos Almaraz, Gilbert "Magu" Sanchez Lujan, Roberto de la Rocha, and Frank Romero. The documentary captures the group's debates over art, politics and community, while it also reveals their experimentation with spray can techniques, found objects, and installation art as well as their self-conscious efforts to develop Chicano icons. Murals of Aztlan: The Street Painters of East Los Angeles. Documents the exhibition "Murals of Aztlan: The Street Painters of East Los Angeles" at the Craft and Folk Art Museum of Los Angeles in 1981. The exhibition featured portable murals in the gallery space painted by some of the leading Chicano and Chicana artists.