Join CLAS, Cuyahoga Community College and Columbus State Community College for a screening of A ASCO: Without Permission.
A Q&A will be led by Dr. Carlos Rivas (Department of History of Art) after the screening.
If you cannot attend the screening in person, you can click the button below to register to receive access to a streaming link for the film.
New this year is that CLAS will offer $20 gift cards for the first three students who have a review of each of the films below published on Pragda's Student Critic's Corner. Click here for more information and eligibility.
Synopsis
ASCO: Without Permission challenges the limits of documentary conventions to tell the story of a revolutionary Chicano art group who turned 1970s Los Angeles into their defiant canvas. Merging activism with radical art-making, ASCO challenged the established order of Hollywood, museums, and media. Unrecognized by mainstream institutions during their time, they are now considered among the 20th century’s most significant artists.
Gutiérrez Senger mirrors their boundary-pushing spirit through a groundbreaking cinematic approach, weaving nonfiction and fiction together with a new generation of Latinx artists. The result is more than a profile—it’s a genre-defying reimagining of what’s possible in contemporary art and cinema, celebrating iconoclasts who were decades ahead of their time.