Filmmaker Moctesuma Esparza on 'Requiem-29' and the Chicano Moratorium | Artbound | PBS SoCal

In August 1970, students in UCLA’s “ethno-communications” program took on a class project - a film that documents the 1970 Chicano Moratorium against the war in Vietnam. The film, “Requiem-29,” presents footage of the march in East L.A., the brutal police response and an investigation into the killing of journalist Ruben Salazar. Filmmaker Moctesuma Esparza reflects on "Requiem-29," decades later.
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DEAR MR. MOCTESUMA ESPARZA,
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
GOD BLESS YOU MY FRIEND. I AM VERY PROUD OF YOU AND VERY HAPPY FOR YOU. I HOPE ALL OF YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE. I HOPE YOU HAD THE BEST AND HAPPIEST HOLIDAY SEASON OF YOUR ENTIRE LIFE. I HOPE YOU HAD THE BEST AND HAPPIEST CHRISTMAS OF YOUR ENTIRE LIFE. WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW!
I LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH MR. ESPARZA.
YOU ARE A BEAUTIFUL HUMAN BEING WITH A BEAUTIFUL HEART. THANK YOU SO VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY MUCH. I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL. I AM INDESCRIBABLY GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL. I AM SPEECHLESS AND COMPLETELY SURPRISED. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN A MIRACLE AND A MIRACLE AND A MIRACLE AND A MIRACLE AND A MIRACLE AND A MIRACLE AND A MIRACLE AND FAR BEYOND ANYTHING THAT I HAVE EVER IMAGINED. OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE BLESSINGS FROM MY BEAUTIFUL FRIENDS ARE BEYOND EXTRAORDINARY AND BEYOND GINORMOUS. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I HAVE NEVER EVEN DREAMT OF ANYTHING CLOSE TO THIS EXTRAORDINARY AND THIS SPECIAL HAPPENING TO ME AND I WANT EVERYTHING TO COME TRUE WITH ALL OF MY HEART. I WILL ABSOLUTELY BREAK DOWN AND CRY WITH COMPLETE GRATITUDE, HAPPINESS, AMAZEMENT AND JOY. OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I AM INDESCRIBABLY GRATEFUL, THANKFUL & EXCITED. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE ALL OF MY BEAUTIFUL FRIENDS SO VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU SO VERY VERY VERY MUCH MR. MOCTESUMA ESPARZA.
GOD BLESS YOU SO VERY MUCH MY FRIEND.
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SUCH A PROFOUND BLESSING AND AN ABSOLUTE MIRACLE.
WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW!
SINCERELY PETER