ASCO: WITHOUT PERMISSION | 2023 | DIR: TRAVIS GUTIERREZ SENGER
Featuring
Harry Gamboa Jr.
Glugio “Gronk” Nicandro
Willie Herrón
Patssi Valdez
Executive Producers
Gael García Bernal & Diego Luna
ASCO: Without Permission is a feature length documentary that profiles the extraordinary Chicano art collective of the 70's-80's, ASCO, who merged activism/art and challenged Latinx representation in the art world, politics, and Hollywood through their incendiary performance art, photography, video, and muralism. Without Permission examines the importance of their subversive and wildly spirited work and how it serves as a framework for representation in today's cultural landscape. Through formal invention and the creation of original works with the next generation of Latinx artists, along with interviews with prominent actors, artists and activists, this documentary provides a call to action while celebrating a group that was far ahead of its time.