Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire plot
"The intimate untold story of the legendary painter, Carlos Almaraz"
'Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire' is the unprecedented story of the legendary painter Carlos Almaraz. This documentary offers an intimate portrait of his short, rich and contradictory life. He championed Mexican Americans and was a visionary painter of some of Southern California's most unforgettable images. A comrade of union leader and civil rights activist César Chávez and the United Farm Workers, Almaraz brought the art of Mexican Americans to the fore and hosted one of the first exhibitions of its kind.