This Sunday, Rudy Bleu Garcia presents a screening of UNIDAD: Gay & Lesbian Latinos Unidos (2022), a documentary that focuses on GLLU, a community organization which existed in the 1980s for queer-identified Los Angeles-based Latin@.
Director Gregorio Davila and punk photographer, artist and ex-GLLU member Louis Jacinto will be on hand to talk about the organization and film following the screening.
Sunday, May 28: UNIDAD: Gay & Lesbian Latinos Unidos, at Whammy Analogue Media Microcinema, 2514 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, 90026, enter Whammy! through the rear parking lot off of side street Rampart Blvd., doors 7:30p, screening at 8:00p; $10 general admission, $9 for Whammy! members.
I am a native Californian, born and raised in Bakersfield and eventually escaping to San Jose then San Francisco where I spent every free moment in punk and post-punk culture spaces before heading to LA permanently in 1989. I have also spent major time as an AIDS and queer street activist, which today along with my passion for punk/alternative music still informs my personal and social life. I love photography, film and playing punk/post-punk stuff on the bass. My LA Beat contributions are usually photos that give a glimpse into the vibrant art and music scene that makes Los Angeles such an amazing city to live in today.