Luis Valdez Necessary Theater Summary
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Necessary Theatre: Luis Valdez
The under discussion video is a debatable interview of Luis Valdez about his opinions regarding theater in general and specific to Chicano theatre. The video was initially published on the social connecting site YouTube on the 19th of July 2008. Luis Valdez is a well-known and acclaimed writer and filmmaker whose ground breaking “Zoot Suit” and Teatro Campesino escorted the new era of socially-conscious Latino Theater. With the help of his story telling, Valdez defined the evolution of the farm workers in the American Theater, right from the time he was working as a migrant worker till the time of his Cesar Chavez as a captain in the Delano Grape Strike, he explained the historic play-wright grounded his work