La Bamba (Captioned)

Musical biography of Ritchie Valens, a poor Mexican-American who became a rock’n’roll sensation at age 17 in the 1950’s. Lou Diamond Phillips portrays Valens whose musical career ended when he was killed in the plane crash that also claimed the life of Buddy Holly. The music of Valens is performed by Los Lobos on the soundtrack.

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Credits

director

Luis Valdez

producer

Taylor Hackford

production company

New Visions Pictures

Columbia

Duration

01:44:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1987

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302471

Language

English

Audience classification

MA

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Biographical films

Biographical

Closed captioning

Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists - Biography

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

Music & Performing Arts → Rock music

Music & Performing Arts → Singers - Biography

Music & Performing Arts → Valens, Ritchie, 1941-1959

People → Artists - Biography

People → Biographical films

People → Singers - Biography

People → Valens, Ritchie, 1941-1959

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1987

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