Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Luis Valdez - The Power of Zero: Root of Creativity


Video of Starting From Scratch Lecture
By: Luis Valdez (The Power of Zero: Root of Creativity)

When: November 18, 2008
Where: Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago
Time: 6:30pm

Bio:
Writer, director and filmaker, Luis Valdez co-founded El Teatro Campesino in 1965, starting a national Chicano theater movement. He has written, co-written, and directed many plays depicting the Hispanic experience, and directed the films Zoot Suit (1981) and La Bamba (1987). He will discuss the psychological dimension of his experience starting socially important enterprises.