so it'll be a multi-ethnic cast, but the main guys are still--will be chicanos, three chicanos: ese,. damian: you hustle and you hustle. i love that. and you're selling your books, right, also to raise funds over at that artesiania shop in north san jose. charley: yeah, i--you can buy my book online either through amazon or through artesanias morelia on 601 north 13th street, and you can also buy it online through them, artesaniasmorelia.com. yeah. and then you can have signed copies as well. i have signed some copies there. you can request them, and they'll have signed copies of my books. damian: it's great read. i know that "soldados: chicanos in vietnam," that was on pbs, and it's awesome. what do you envision for "dogs from illusion" once you're in full production? charley: excuse me? damian: what do you envision for "dogs from illusion" for distribution? where do you want to showcase it when it's all done? charley: well, you know, to--it's going to be--our goal is for theatrical release and, you know, streaming services. and we feel that it will have an international appeal as w

la guerra de vietnam; detrás de ti, charley, está una fotografía de uno de tus libros, soldados: chicanos me hace que la mitad de los soldados rasos, como dice josé montoya, en un poema, "heroism and the stockade, "heroismo y la cárcel", siempre, los muchachos, muchas veces nos metíamos en problemas allá también, pero también por, bueno, por, ¿cómo le diría?, pero también hacíamos nuestro trabajo muy bien, porque siempre tenemos una cultura, que uno debe de trabajar duro, y hacer lo que tiene que hacer, con ganas. damián trujillo: no, eso sí, en todo lo que hace uno, ese debe ser el enfoque de cada persona; bueno, y también tu experiencia en vietnam es algo que no te gusta recordarla, pero también hay que recalcarla, que la gente sepa, ¿verdad?, para quizás evitar otra guerra, y evitar las escenas que tú viste personalmente. charley trujillo: sí, a ver, quiero que la gente vea la realidad de las guerras, y las cosas negativas que pasan con el ser humano en una guerra, no, no más de héroes y valentía, pero unas cosas bien malas, bien malas. damián trujillo: sí, y "perros de ilusión", la pe

yo soy chicano. - ¿estás preocupado por lo que dice la prensa o estás celoso por la relación que estoyn de carmen jurado con el hijo de su esposo. - nuestros caminos son muy diferentes. - la mamá de clío está en un hospital psiquiátrico

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different man: hs just part of that foundation that created this building that we call the chicano experience

señor, el doctor evans, que hay diferentes temas, algunos políticos, algotros, algotros muralistas chicanos eso sí está pasando, y muchos de los murales reflejan ese, esa lucha. damián trujillo: bueno, el libro se llama "mission", aquí carlos santana está, es el hincapié de este libro; ahí está la página de red para más información; algo más, carlos, que quieras agregar.

of all of these voter suppression bills that will really stop minority people, the black people, chicanos voting. that's where they're going because this is their effort to retain power. >> so back to where we were before, what if you can't get anything done? what if you can't get these two different voting rights bills, what if nothing happens there? >> i am relying on the courts at this point. there are all kinds of legal challenges to the georgia law, the texas law, being mounted by groups thereupon that have to use their time and resources. and we also have an attorney general now who's not just going to be a shell for the president but who is also fighting some of the gerrymandering and other kinds of bills. the attorney general needs the cools and that tool would be the john lewis voting rights act so we can stop these voter suppression bills from being enacted to begin with. >> quickly, before i let you go, circling back to build back better, you sounded a little more optimistic this morning, right. the talks are still ongoing. you're okay with this being pushed into the new year.

congratulations the community has shifted a lot of when i was growing up in the 60s and 50's a good portion of chicano-americanlived in north beach a nob hill community. >> as part the immigrant family is some of the recreation centers are making people have the ability to get together and meet 0 other people if communities in the 60s a 70s and 80s and 90s saw a move to the richmond the sunset district and more recently out to the excelsior the avenue community as well as the ensuring u bayview so chinese family living all over the city and when he grape it was in this area. >> we're united. >> and growing up in the area that was a big part of the my leave you know playing basketball and mycy took band lessons and grew up. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> allergies welcome to the community fair it kicks off three weeks of celebrations for the year and let's keep everybody safe and celebrate the biggest parade outside of china on february 11th go best wishes and congratulations and 3, 2, 1 happy enough is enough. >> i grew up volley ball education and in media professional contrary as an educator he work with

congratulations the community has shifted a lot of when i was growing up in the 60s and 50's a good portion of chicano-american chinese-american lived in north beach a nob hill community. >> as part the immigrant family is some of the recreation centers are making people have the ability to get together and meet 0 other people if communities in the 60s a 70s and 80s and 90s saw a move to the richmond the sunset district and more recently out to the excelsior the avenue community as well as the ensuring u bayview so chinese family living all over the city and when he grape it was in this area. >> we're united. >> and growing up in the area that was a big part of the my leave you know playing basketball and mycy took band lessons and grew up. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> allergies welcome to the community fair it kicks off three weeks of celebrations for the year and let's keep everybody safe and celebrate the biggest parade outside of china on february 11th go best wishes and congratulations and 3, 2, 1 happy enough is enough. >> i grew up volley ball education and in media professional contrary as an edu

congratulations the community has shifted a lot of when i was growing up in the 60s and 50's a good portion of chicano-american chinese-american lived in north beach a nob hill community. >> as part the immigrant family is some of the recreation centers are making people have the ability to get together and meet 0 other people if communities in the 60s a 70s and 80s and 90s saw a move to the richmond the sunset district and more recently out to the excelsior the avenue community as well as the ensuring u bayview so chinese family living all over the city and when he grape it was in this area. >> we're united. >> and growing up in the area that was a big part of the my leave you know playing basketball and mycy took band lessons and grew up. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> allergies welcome to the community fair it kicks off three weeks of celebrations for the year and let's keep everybody safe and celebrate the biggest parade outside of china on february 11th go best wishes and congratulations and 3, 2, 1 happy enough is enough. >> i grew up volley ball education and in media professional contrary as an edu