Harry Gamboa Jr.

"ASCO: Without Permission" is a genre-defying film that profiles the extraordinary, Los Angeles based, Chicano art group of the 70's-80's, ASCO, who merged activism and art as they challenged representation in the art world, Hollywood and the news media. Unrecognized in their time, they are now being considered amongst the most important artists of the 20th century. Utilizing a wholly original approach to filmmaking where nonfiction and fiction are interconnected through collaborative film works made with the next generation of Latinx artists, "Without Permission" reimagines what is possible today in cinema and art while celebrating an iconoclastic group that was far ahead of its time.

The Chicano nuclear family dines on angst, cold cuts, and fishy propositions. (3/4 in. video; color)

A possessive relationship results in passive/aggressive rejection and destruction (in memory of Lorraine Ordaz). (3/4 in. video; black and white)

Marie Antoinette offers to babysit a difficult child while a single mother tries to regain her happiness and identity. (3/4 in. video; color)

A rude awakening for a man who battles the world on his way to a permanent deep sleep. (3/4 in. video; color)

A couple disengage in silent bordom. (3/4 in. video; color)