One of the founders of LA’s acclaimed Chicano satire and performance group Culture Clash, has a new movie about what else but LA? Richard Montoya’s very first feature film, based on his stage play of the same name, Water and Power, is a neo-noir film about 2 brothers in Los Angeles, the Garcia twins, bizarrely nicknamed Water and Power.

The film is presented by Edward James Olmos and debuted at the LA Latino Film Festival. It opens at in AMC theaters on Friday May 2nd.

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Formed nearly 20 years ago the multiple Grammy award winning band Ozomatli emerged out of Los Angeles in 1995 bringing their unique mix of rock, hip hop, funk, and Latin music to the world.

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One of the founders of LA’s acclaimed Chicano satire and performance group Culture Clash, has a new movie about what else but LA? Richard Montoya’s very first feature film, based on his stage play of the same name, Water and Power, is a neo-noir film about 2 brothers in Los Angeles, the Garcia twins, bizarrely nicknamed Water and Power.

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Uprising’s guest expert Robert Jensen, an author and a Professor of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, analyzes today’s news headlines:

A new study on the death penalty in the US has concluded that a shocking number of innocent people are being executed. While there have been many instances of death row …

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If you watch the news on TV, chances are that you will hear a male presenter because 60% of all television news anchors are men. If you pick up one of the top 10 most widely read newspapers in this country you’ll probably be reading an article written by a man since over …

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Uprising’s guest expert Courtney Morris, assistant professor of African American and women’s Studies at Penn State University and a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Rice University, analyzes today’s news headlines:

The Obama Administration has announced sanctions this morning on Russian officials close to President Vladimir …

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Representing Arizona’s third Congressional District, Raul Grijalva is a progressive in a state that is known for its conservative politics.

Having served in the US House of Representatives for more than a decade, he is a stalwart progressive, co-chairing …

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Republican controlled states across the US are whittling away the landmark Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade which enshrined a woman’s right to an abortion. On Friday the Florida State Senate approved a bill which would require doctors to perform a medical exam to determine a fetus’ viability before allowing an abortion thereby …

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