Legendary writer and director Luis Valdez is the first guest announced for the 2025 Plaza Classic Film Festival. This will be ...

who agreed to join the project and provide context to the story of Ritchie Valens. The singer was born in the San Fernando Valley and died in 1959. “The reality is that the movie and the script ...

The brief yet influential life of American Chicano rock and roll musician Ritchie Valens has been poignantly portrayed in the 1987 biopic La Bamba. Penned and directed by Luis Valdez, La Bamba ...

La Bamba is a 1987 biographical film that follows the life and career of Chicano rock 'n' roll star Ritchie Valens, whose life was cut tragically short at just 17 years old ...

The 1987 musical biopic La Bamba chronicled the life and career of Mexican-American rock pioneer Ritchie Valens. Now, according to Variety, a remake of the film is in the works. Lou Diamond ...

Ritchie Valens was rescued from obscurity by a 1987 movie, “La Bamba,” that finally put the Southern California teen’s story ahead of Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper, the two older singers ...

Featuring a cameo by the musician's real mother, the 1987 film has been hailed by many as "the greatest biopic ever made" ...

(Photo by David Allen, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Ritchie Valens was rescued from obscurity by a 1987 movie, “La Bamba,” that finally put the Southern California teen’s story ahead ...