
La Bamba @ Bailey Park
Director: Luis Valdez Run Time: 108 min. Release Year: 1987
Starring: Danielle von Zerneck, Elizabeth Peña, Esai Morales, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna DeSoto
FREE a/ mobile screening Innovation & Cinema @ Bailey Park (445 Patterson Ave). Come for some pre-film fun at 6:30. Film starts at dark (~8:00). Bring your own chairs and blankets. Bring a picnic or purchase dinner from food trucks on site.
Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock ‘n’ roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called “Donna” that he wrote for his girlfriend. But as his star rises, Valens has conflicts with his jealous brother, Bob, and becomes haunted by a recurring nightmare of a plane crash just as he begins his first national tour alongside Buddy Holly.