Chicano playwright, screenwriter and director Luis Valdez was honored in El Paso at the Plaza Classic Film Festival. He shared stories about the making of "La Bamba." He discussed the film’s creation, ...

This essay is adapted from Merrick Morton's "La Bamba: A Visual History," published by Hat & Beard Press. "Dance!! Dance!! Dance!! to the music of the Silhouettes Band!!" read the handbill. The ...

One of the most popular movies from the 1980s is reportedly in development for a remake. "La Bamba" was released in 1987 and is a biopic about the life Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Ritchie Valens.

He’s often been nothing more than a footnote and briefly featured character in movies about fellow rock and roll legends Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens—the “other guy” in the plane crash that took all ...

The brief yet influential life of American Chicano rock and roll musician Ritchie Valens has been beautifully portrayed in the 1987 biopic La Bamba. Penned and directed by Luis Valdez, La Bamba traces ...

Has the well really run so completely dry? Are there no interesting musicians left to explore? How in the world are we getting another version of La Bamba before we even make any headway on the ...

Ritchie Valens is headed back to the big screen. Mucho Mas Media and Sony Pictures have teamed up to develop a remake of the Golden Globe-nominated 1987 film “La Bamba,” based on the life of the rock ...

When the movie “La Bamba” premiered 38 years ago, tracing the short singing career of teen idol Ritchie Valens, I became obsessed with the film, with Valens’ story and with the deaths of the other ...