LA BAMBA: POST-FILM Q&A w/ LOU DIAMOND PHILLIPS

Friday, June 14, 2024
Olympia Film Society presents:
La Bamba (1987)
Post-Film Q&A w/ Lou Diamond Phillips
$35 General Admission / $30 OFS
6pm doors / 7pm film
The brief but incandescent life of rock-and-roll trailblazer Ritchie Valens is immortalized in this enthralling biopic from another Mexican American icon, Luis Valdez, the father of Chicano cinema. With sweetness and swagger, Lou Diamond Phillips embodies the 1950s California teenager who, forged by his fiercely supportive mother (Rosana DeSoto) and rebellious brother (Esai Morales), rises from his farm-working roots to chart-topping fame in the early days of rock—until one fateful night that haunts music history. Propelled by a hip-shaking soundtrack featuring Los Lobos and Carlos Santana, La Bamba captures the electric vitality of an artist who bridged cultures to create his own American dream.
Dir: Luis Valdez / 1987 / US / 108 min

About Lou Diamond Phillips:

Lou Diamond Phillips recently starred in the Fox series Prodigal Son, having previously starred on the acclaimed Netflix series, Longmire, based on the Walt Longmire mystery novels by Craig Johnson. Other credits include Amazon’s Goliath, FX’s You’re the Worst, CBS’ Blue Bloods, and recurring roles on Fox’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Netflix’s The Ranch. He received an Emmy nomination for “Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Drama or Comedy” for his roles in both Amazon’s Conversations in LA and History Channel’s Crossroads of History.

Recent film credits include the recent Amblin feature Easter Sunday, Warner Brothers’ The 33, Created Equal directed by Bill Duke, and Sundance Festival favorite Filly Brown, for which he was named Best Actor at the Imagen Awards.

Originally born in the Philippines, Phillips was raised in Texas and is a graduate of University of Texas at Arlington with a BFA in Drama.

SCREENING: FRI 6/14 7PM

Tickets are available online and at the box office 30 minutes before showtimes.