1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:12,083 --> 00:00:14,041 [upbeat guitar music] 4 00:00:14,125 --> 00:00:21,083 ♪ ♪ 5 00:00:28,250 --> 00:00:31,250 [singing together in Spanish] 6 00:00:46,291 --> 00:00:49,417 - A lot of people don't really fully understand immigrants, 7 00:00:49,500 --> 00:00:51,375 especially when they come from poor countries, 8 00:00:51,458 --> 00:00:53,917 that they're kind of burdened with shame, 9 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,875 and sometimes that music that comes with the cultures, 10 00:00:57,959 --> 00:01:00,166 people wanna get away from because they feel ashamed. 11 00:01:00,250 --> 00:01:02,000 To me, it's the saddest thing in the world 12 00:01:02,083 --> 00:01:05,792 because that's your connection to your strength. 13 00:01:05,875 --> 00:01:07,834 Your family is your strength. 14 00:01:07,917 --> 00:01:10,834 [women singing in Spanish] 15 00:01:10,917 --> 00:01:17,834 ♪ ♪ 16 00:01:17,917 --> 00:01:21,917 - Your father is half Mexican. How far back in-- 17 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:23,500 - My father is sort of full Mexican. 18 00:01:23,583 --> 00:01:24,959 - Well, excuse me. 19 00:01:25,041 --> 00:01:26,291 How far back in your family tree 20 00:01:26,375 --> 00:01:28,709 do you have to go before you hear 21 00:01:28,792 --> 00:01:31,250 the Spanish sound in your name? 22 00:01:31,333 --> 00:01:34,000 - Well, you can go back one generation on either side. 23 00:01:34,083 --> 00:01:35,041 I mean, it-- 24 00:01:36,834 --> 00:01:39,667 Spain is not Mexican either. - Mm-hmm, all right. 25 00:01:39,750 --> 00:01:43,417 The point we're making is that these are songs 26 00:01:43,500 --> 00:01:45,583 of Linda Ronstadt's childhood. 27 00:01:45,667 --> 00:01:47,417 These aren't just songs 28 00:01:47,500 --> 00:01:50,125 that you didn't put on a Mexican costume and sing. 29 00:01:50,208 --> 00:01:51,834 - Oh, no, no, no, no, no. - These are your family songs. 30 00:01:51,917 --> 00:01:52,917 - We spoke Spanish in my house. 31 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:54,750 We ate tamales at Christmastime, you know. 32 00:01:54,834 --> 00:01:56,291 These are songs that I heard when I was growing up, 33 00:01:56,375 --> 00:01:57,917 and that we sang as a family. 34 00:01:58,000 --> 00:01:59,750 It was a family project altogether, this record. 35 00:01:59,834 --> 00:02:02,250 - Take it away, guys. 36 00:02:02,333 --> 00:02:05,250 ["El Crucifijo De Piedra"] 37 00:02:05,333 --> 00:02:08,333 - [singing in Spanish] 38 00:02:08,417 --> 00:02:15,375 ♪ ♪ 39 00:02:18,542 --> 00:02:20,875 - My older brother had seen her on channel nine. 40 00:02:20,959 --> 00:02:23,166 He was like, "Oh, my God, you gotta see this lady." 41 00:02:23,250 --> 00:02:24,792 So I go and I see her, and I was just like... 42 00:02:24,875 --> 00:02:25,792 [gasps] 43 00:02:25,875 --> 00:02:27,000 I didn't know how to get her music 44 00:02:27,083 --> 00:02:29,667 or her CDs or anything, so I would call channel nine, 45 00:02:29,750 --> 00:02:31,792 and I would just be listening to her songs, 46 00:02:31,875 --> 00:02:33,291 'cause when you'd call, they'd play the music. 47 00:02:33,375 --> 00:02:36,583 It was just very inspiring. Brought me a lot of hope. 48 00:02:36,667 --> 00:02:39,291 - [singing in Spanish] 49 00:02:39,375 --> 00:02:41,792 - In the '80s, with "Canciones de Mi Padre," 50 00:02:41,875 --> 00:02:45,458 in the Mexican community, Linda's music was everywhere. 51 00:02:45,542 --> 00:02:48,500 - [singing in Spanish] 52 00:02:48,583 --> 00:02:52,792 ♪ ♪ 53 00:02:52,875 --> 00:02:55,875 - And the fact that she invested her talent 54 00:02:55,959 --> 00:02:59,375 into our music-- our music-- 55 00:02:59,458 --> 00:03:02,834 was an enormous source of pride for people. 56 00:03:02,917 --> 00:03:04,792 [man speaking Spanish] 57 00:03:04,875 --> 00:03:07,333 [upbeat Mexican folk music] 58 00:03:07,417 --> 00:03:10,041 - During the time I had my "Los Canciones" show, 59 00:03:10,125 --> 00:03:12,458 I was down by the Palace of Fine Arts, 60 00:03:12,542 --> 00:03:14,917 and I saw these kids playing and dancing, 61 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,500 and I could tell by the way they were dancing 62 00:03:16,583 --> 00:03:17,542 they were really authentic. 63 00:03:17,625 --> 00:03:20,291 - [singing in Spanish] 64 00:03:20,375 --> 00:03:22,500 - So I got into a conversation with Eugene, 65 00:03:22,583 --> 00:03:24,375 and I said, "Yeah, you guys are really good." 66 00:03:24,458 --> 00:03:26,083 And he said, "Well, we've been trying to raise enough money 67 00:03:26,166 --> 00:03:28,166 "to take a trip to Mexico 'cause I want the kids 68 00:03:28,250 --> 00:03:30,041 "to learn what it is to be a Mexican, you know, 69 00:03:30,125 --> 00:03:31,291 so they can feel proud of it." 70 00:03:31,375 --> 00:03:33,834 I could see the value of a trip like that, 71 00:03:33,917 --> 00:03:35,208 to go down for musical purposes, 72 00:03:35,291 --> 00:03:36,917 for a musical exchange. 73 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:38,583 And I said, "Oh, I'll help you 74 00:03:38,667 --> 00:03:40,583 with the money to go to Mexico." 75 00:03:40,667 --> 00:03:43,083 So I added an extra concert into my tour 76 00:03:43,166 --> 00:03:45,083 to help pay for their trip to Mexico. 77 00:03:45,166 --> 00:03:47,083 [cheers and applause] 78 00:03:47,166 --> 00:03:49,208 [upbeat music] 79 00:03:49,291 --> 00:03:51,125 And that's how we started our friendship. 80 00:03:55,291 --> 00:03:57,375 - Why don't we do "San Lorenzo"? 81 00:03:57,458 --> 00:04:00,667 [upbeat music] 82 00:04:00,750 --> 00:04:03,750 - When I went to the center to see how the kids were trained, 83 00:04:03,834 --> 00:04:05,959 I was so impressed by how much they were validated 84 00:04:06,041 --> 00:04:07,333 and how much they were respected 85 00:04:07,417 --> 00:04:09,208 and how much dignity they were given. 86 00:04:09,291 --> 00:04:16,333 ♪ ♪ 87 00:04:18,333 --> 00:04:20,792 I thought the Cenzontles were really special, 88 00:04:20,875 --> 00:04:22,250 and I thought they were doing a great job 89 00:04:22,333 --> 00:04:23,625 teaching kids music. 90 00:04:23,709 --> 00:04:26,083 Every time I would introduce another musician, 91 00:04:26,166 --> 00:04:28,458 they got as enthusiastic as I was about it. 92 00:04:28,542 --> 00:04:30,917 - ♪ And the benediction of the neon light ♪ 93 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:32,709 [Jackson Browne's "Tender is the Night"] 94 00:04:32,792 --> 00:04:35,792 ♪ Tender are the hunters, tender is the night ♪ 95 00:04:35,875 --> 00:04:38,083 Linda told me about this guy Eugene 96 00:04:38,166 --> 00:04:39,083 and that what he was doing 97 00:04:39,166 --> 00:04:40,583 with his kids was really important. 98 00:04:40,667 --> 00:04:43,291 - [singing in Spanish] - Good! 99 00:04:43,375 --> 00:04:44,959 - It's important that the kids growing up 100 00:04:45,041 --> 00:04:47,417 in the United States-- they're Americans. 101 00:04:47,500 --> 00:04:50,291 It's important that they know that we're all immigrants, 102 00:04:50,375 --> 00:04:51,625 every one of us. 103 00:04:51,709 --> 00:04:54,125 Every one of us is an immigrant to this country 104 00:04:54,208 --> 00:04:56,792 that isn't native. 105 00:04:56,875 --> 00:05:00,667 - Linda, Linda, you tricked me. - I tricked you? 106 00:05:00,750 --> 00:05:03,083 - Yeah, so I was gonna come up here 107 00:05:03,166 --> 00:05:05,625 and do an interview with you for "The Sound of My Voice," 108 00:05:05,709 --> 00:05:07,792 and you said the only way you'd do an interview 109 00:05:07,875 --> 00:05:10,500 for your own documentary was if I went to Mexico 110 00:05:10,583 --> 00:05:13,417 with you and Los Cenzontles and interviewed you there. 111 00:05:13,500 --> 00:05:15,250 - [laughs] 112 00:05:15,333 --> 00:05:18,458 It was a nice trick, though. I wanted to go. 113 00:05:18,542 --> 00:05:20,333 [soft acoustic music] 114 00:05:20,417 --> 00:05:22,750 And the bus was going, so I had a chance. 115 00:05:22,834 --> 00:05:25,000 ♪ ♪ 116 00:05:25,083 --> 00:05:26,959 - How'd you get Jackson to come? 117 00:05:27,041 --> 00:05:28,959 - We asked him. [laughs] 118 00:05:29,041 --> 00:05:30,291 He likes to eat. 119 00:05:30,375 --> 00:05:32,291 Well, you know, and he likes good music. 120 00:05:32,375 --> 00:05:35,208 - Look, if Linda Ronstadt invites you to go to Mexico, 121 00:05:35,291 --> 00:05:37,166 I don't need to know any more than that. 122 00:05:37,250 --> 00:05:40,750 It's, you know, of course, let's go. 123 00:05:42,125 --> 00:05:45,041 I knew that she wanted to take Los Cenzontles, 124 00:05:45,125 --> 00:05:47,166 and I already knew them, 125 00:05:47,250 --> 00:05:49,166 so I knew it would be a great trip. 126 00:05:49,250 --> 00:05:51,333 ♪ ♪ 127 00:05:51,417 --> 00:05:54,500 - [singing in Spanish] 128 00:05:54,583 --> 00:05:58,000 ♪ ♪ 129 00:05:58,083 --> 00:06:00,333 - Los Cenzontles means "the mockingbirds." 130 00:06:00,417 --> 00:06:03,375 The mockingbird doesn't mock other birds. 131 00:06:03,458 --> 00:06:06,458 A mockingbird listens to the sounds of other birds, 132 00:06:06,542 --> 00:06:08,000 and they incorporate those songs 133 00:06:08,083 --> 00:06:09,166 into their voices. 134 00:06:09,250 --> 00:06:11,166 This is what we try to do. 135 00:06:11,250 --> 00:06:13,125 - I was 15 when I first joined 136 00:06:13,208 --> 00:06:15,458 Los Cenzontles back in the '90s. 137 00:06:15,542 --> 00:06:18,500 [upbeat Mexican folk music] 138 00:06:18,583 --> 00:06:21,083 ♪ ♪ 139 00:06:21,166 --> 00:06:23,375 And it's going to be 25 years this year 140 00:06:23,458 --> 00:06:25,875 that I've been at Los Cenzontles. 141 00:06:25,959 --> 00:06:29,166 ♪ ♪ 142 00:06:29,250 --> 00:06:33,041 Now that I'm teaching, I see my students. 143 00:06:33,125 --> 00:06:35,542 ♪ ♪ 144 00:06:35,625 --> 00:06:37,041 I plant seeds. 145 00:06:37,125 --> 00:06:40,041 [singing together in Spanish] 146 00:06:40,125 --> 00:06:42,500 ♪ ♪ 147 00:06:42,583 --> 00:06:44,250 When I see those kids growing, 148 00:06:44,333 --> 00:06:47,041 the seeds growing, it just makes me very proud, 149 00:06:47,125 --> 00:06:48,875 and I see the potential that they have, 150 00:06:48,959 --> 00:06:49,875 and I wanna give them more. 151 00:06:49,959 --> 00:06:51,333 ♪ ♪ 152 00:06:51,417 --> 00:06:54,375 It's a satisfaction knowing that what I'm doing, 153 00:06:54,458 --> 00:06:58,291 it's making an impact in their lives. 154 00:06:58,375 --> 00:07:01,291 [soft acoustic music] 155 00:07:01,375 --> 00:07:04,125 ♪ ♪ 156 00:07:04,208 --> 00:07:06,083 I am looking forward to going to Mexico. 157 00:07:06,166 --> 00:07:07,583 I love Mexico. 158 00:07:07,667 --> 00:07:10,250 Linda invited our group to join her 159 00:07:10,333 --> 00:07:12,583 in this trip going to Senora. 160 00:07:12,667 --> 00:07:16,083 She wanted to take us back to where her grandpa was from 161 00:07:16,166 --> 00:07:18,291 and experience that with us. 162 00:07:18,375 --> 00:07:19,917 ♪ ♪ 163 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:21,500 - Maybe it's genetic memory, 164 00:07:21,583 --> 00:07:24,041 but I feel very at home when I go to Mexico. 165 00:07:24,125 --> 00:07:26,917 When I'm in Mexico, I have a better understanding 166 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,375 of who I am and who my family is, you know? 167 00:07:29,458 --> 00:07:32,375 I feel great pride in it, and I always have. 168 00:07:32,458 --> 00:07:34,542 I hope it makes the kids feel like that they have 169 00:07:34,625 --> 00:07:36,041 more of an understanding of where they came from, 170 00:07:36,125 --> 00:07:38,583 the culture they came from, who they are, 171 00:07:38,667 --> 00:07:40,583 why they're important, why they should 172 00:07:40,667 --> 00:07:43,750 never be rendered invisible or without their dignity. 173 00:07:43,834 --> 00:07:47,291 ♪ ♪ 174 00:07:47,375 --> 00:07:50,000 Jackson and I used to tour together. 175 00:07:50,083 --> 00:07:51,083 When we were on the road, 176 00:07:51,166 --> 00:07:52,792 somebody would be hungover in the corner, 177 00:07:52,875 --> 00:07:54,125 and somebody else would be playing 178 00:07:54,208 --> 00:07:56,959 some Rolling Stones song or something on the guitar, 179 00:07:57,041 --> 00:07:58,792 but this time, it was these kids. 180 00:07:58,875 --> 00:08:01,792 [children singing in Spanish] 181 00:08:01,875 --> 00:08:05,291 ♪ ♪ 182 00:08:05,375 --> 00:08:06,917 - They were playing these really great grooves, 183 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:08,750 you know, and singing really great together. 184 00:08:08,834 --> 00:08:10,291 It was really a thrill for me. 185 00:08:10,375 --> 00:08:12,125 I wish I could sing with 'em. 186 00:08:12,208 --> 00:08:15,125 [soft dramatic music] 187 00:08:15,208 --> 00:08:18,291 ♪ ♪ 188 00:08:18,375 --> 00:08:20,333 - We will be going into Mexico here 189 00:08:20,417 --> 00:08:22,709 in about another 50 meters or so. 190 00:08:22,792 --> 00:08:24,875 Those of you who might be interested, 191 00:08:24,959 --> 00:08:27,041 sometimes the people who work for ICE 192 00:08:27,125 --> 00:08:30,542 will drop off folks right here, and they'll send 'em 193 00:08:30,625 --> 00:08:32,041 through these little turnstiles, 194 00:08:32,125 --> 00:08:33,834 and this is where a lot of deportees 195 00:08:33,917 --> 00:08:36,792 just walk along this wall here. 196 00:08:36,875 --> 00:08:38,333 ♪ ♪ 197 00:08:38,417 --> 00:08:41,166 - Lucina, tell me how you came to the United States. 198 00:08:41,250 --> 00:08:43,625 - I was born and raised in Mexico 199 00:08:43,709 --> 00:08:46,000 till I was ten years old, and my dad 200 00:08:46,083 --> 00:08:48,041 was in the United States, so he wanted 201 00:08:48,125 --> 00:08:50,000 the rest of the family to join him. 202 00:08:50,083 --> 00:08:53,500 I came with my mom and my two younger brothers. 203 00:08:53,583 --> 00:08:55,125 I was ten, and my younger brothers 204 00:08:55,208 --> 00:08:57,166 were seven and five. 205 00:08:57,250 --> 00:09:00,875 We had to cross the border illegally. 206 00:09:00,959 --> 00:09:03,542 I remember just, you know, being super scared 207 00:09:03,625 --> 00:09:06,333 and thinking they were either gonna separate us or... 208 00:09:06,417 --> 00:09:09,417 I thought they were gonna kill us or something like that. 209 00:09:09,500 --> 00:09:11,583 - Sounds horrible. 210 00:09:11,667 --> 00:09:14,709 - It was very traumatic for us, 211 00:09:14,792 --> 00:09:17,041 so we were walking around in the Mexican side, 212 00:09:17,125 --> 00:09:19,542 and we had no money, so my mom, you know, 213 00:09:19,625 --> 00:09:21,709 had to actually ask for money. 214 00:09:21,792 --> 00:09:24,333 It was kind of embarrassing for us because, I mean, 215 00:09:24,417 --> 00:09:26,583 that's something that we had never done, 216 00:09:26,667 --> 00:09:31,875 but my mom had to do it so that we can get some food. 217 00:09:31,959 --> 00:09:34,667 ♪ ♪ 218 00:09:34,750 --> 00:09:36,375 People don't understand. 219 00:09:36,458 --> 00:09:40,500 Even though, you know, I'm a citizen now, 220 00:09:40,583 --> 00:09:42,000 every time I see this fence 221 00:09:42,083 --> 00:09:44,917 or every time I go across border, 222 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:49,250 and although I can cross and, you know, 223 00:09:49,333 --> 00:09:52,291 many times and leave the country 224 00:09:52,375 --> 00:09:56,125 and travel the world, you still have that in you. 225 00:09:56,208 --> 00:10:02,834 ♪ ♪ 226 00:10:05,834 --> 00:10:06,750 - I had written a song 227 00:10:06,834 --> 00:10:08,458 about the violence at the border. 228 00:10:08,542 --> 00:10:10,959 It was called "A Silence," and Jackson was nice enough 229 00:10:11,041 --> 00:10:13,250 to sing with David Hidalgo from Los Lobos, 230 00:10:13,333 --> 00:10:14,959 and while we were in the studio, 231 00:10:15,041 --> 00:10:17,709 Jackson said, "Hey, I got this song about the border." 232 00:10:17,792 --> 00:10:20,417 - I wanted to write a song about the problem 233 00:10:20,500 --> 00:10:22,458 with the border, like, 30 years ago 234 00:10:22,542 --> 00:10:25,083 with the lines, "The Klan's been down on the border. 235 00:10:25,166 --> 00:10:26,792 They say it's to keep law and order." 236 00:10:26,875 --> 00:10:28,291 I just could never get anywhere with it. 237 00:10:28,375 --> 00:10:29,291 Later I'd change it to, 238 00:10:29,375 --> 00:10:32,083 "Well, the minutemen are down on the border." 239 00:10:32,166 --> 00:10:33,500 - And I thought, "Yeah, that's cool." 240 00:10:33,583 --> 00:10:35,125 He wanted to maybe do something with it, 241 00:10:35,208 --> 00:10:37,500 but can we not make this about the minutemen? 242 00:10:37,583 --> 00:10:39,625 Like, let's make it about us 243 00:10:39,709 --> 00:10:41,625 'cause I'm sick of talking about them. 244 00:10:41,709 --> 00:10:43,333 I wanna talk about us. 245 00:10:43,417 --> 00:10:46,959 And so, you know, it came almost immediately. 246 00:10:47,041 --> 00:10:48,500 ♪ Just a child when she crossed the border ♪ 247 00:10:48,583 --> 00:10:50,625 ♪ To reunite with her father ♪ 248 00:10:50,709 --> 00:10:52,291 ♪ Who traveled north to support her ♪ 249 00:10:52,375 --> 00:10:53,750 ♪ So many years ago ♪ 250 00:10:53,834 --> 00:10:55,792 So then, you know, that's Lucina. 251 00:10:55,875 --> 00:10:57,959 - You know, ten years old, a young girl 252 00:10:58,041 --> 00:11:00,000 coming to a new place, never seen this, 253 00:11:00,083 --> 00:11:02,000 and then--it was all new. 254 00:11:02,083 --> 00:11:04,291 I didn't know the language. 255 00:11:04,375 --> 00:11:06,333 Then you were called a beaner, 256 00:11:06,417 --> 00:11:10,125 so there were a lot of problems during that time. 257 00:11:10,208 --> 00:11:11,875 ♪ ♪ 258 00:11:11,959 --> 00:11:14,875 [acoustic music] 259 00:11:14,959 --> 00:11:20,166 ♪ ♪ 260 00:11:20,250 --> 00:11:24,500 - ♪ Just a child when she crossed the border ♪ 261 00:11:24,583 --> 00:11:28,125 ♪ To reunite with her father ♪ 262 00:11:28,208 --> 00:11:31,500 ♪ Who traveled north to support her ♪ 263 00:11:31,583 --> 00:11:34,333 ♪ So many years before ♪ 264 00:11:34,417 --> 00:11:35,792 ♪ ♪ 265 00:11:35,875 --> 00:11:38,834 ♪ She left half her family behind her ♪ 266 00:11:38,917 --> 00:11:39,834 ♪ ♪ 267 00:11:39,917 --> 00:11:43,875 ♪ With a crucifix to remind her ♪ 268 00:11:43,959 --> 00:11:47,125 ♪ She plants her future to this land ♪ 269 00:11:47,208 --> 00:11:50,375 ♪ And does the best that she can do ♪ 270 00:11:50,458 --> 00:11:52,500 ♪ ♪ 271 00:11:58,500 --> 00:12:00,417 ♪ ♪ 272 00:12:06,291 --> 00:12:08,041 ♪ ♪ 273 00:12:08,125 --> 00:12:11,542 - I sing "The Dreamer" in every show I do. 274 00:12:11,625 --> 00:12:14,083 I introduce it by telling them about Eugene 275 00:12:14,166 --> 00:12:16,208 and how we came to write this song, 276 00:12:16,291 --> 00:12:19,375 and that it's inspired by the story of my friend Lucina. 277 00:12:19,458 --> 00:12:21,000 It's very well received, 278 00:12:21,083 --> 00:12:23,709 and people usually stand at the end and applaud. 279 00:12:23,792 --> 00:12:28,542 ♪ Eagles fly on columns of the wind ♪ 280 00:12:28,625 --> 00:12:31,583 At the end, I do a song called "I'm a Patriot," 281 00:12:31,667 --> 00:12:34,542 and when I say, "And I ain't no white supremacist," 282 00:12:34,625 --> 00:12:35,834 and the place just roars 283 00:12:35,917 --> 00:12:38,083 because who would be a white supremist 284 00:12:38,166 --> 00:12:39,083 in this country? 285 00:12:39,166 --> 00:12:43,458 This country... this country's not white. 286 00:12:43,542 --> 00:12:45,583 It was not founded to be white. 287 00:12:45,667 --> 00:12:49,333 - Because I was light skinned and with a German surname, 288 00:12:49,417 --> 00:12:51,291 people didn't suspect that I was Mexican, 289 00:12:51,375 --> 00:12:53,750 and they'd make some kind of anti-Mexican remark. 290 00:12:53,834 --> 00:12:55,041 They'd go, "Well, these greasers 291 00:12:55,125 --> 00:12:56,542 coming in here, you know." 292 00:12:56,625 --> 00:12:58,583 And I'd always get pretty hot about it. 293 00:12:58,667 --> 00:13:01,542 [soft acoustic music] 294 00:13:01,625 --> 00:13:03,041 ♪ ♪ 295 00:13:03,125 --> 00:13:04,583 - My name is Camila. 296 00:13:04,667 --> 00:13:06,417 I dance, sing, and play instruments. 297 00:13:06,500 --> 00:13:09,417 - My name's Belinda, and I'm a dancer, singer, 298 00:13:09,500 --> 00:13:10,917 and I play instruments too. 299 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:12,583 - My name is Clarissa. 300 00:13:12,667 --> 00:13:15,166 I dance, sing, and play instruments. 301 00:13:15,250 --> 00:13:16,166 - My name's Avena. 302 00:13:16,250 --> 00:13:18,166 I play instruments, sing, and dance. 303 00:13:18,250 --> 00:13:20,125 - I'm Jacquina. 304 00:13:20,208 --> 00:13:22,458 I dance. [giggles] 305 00:13:22,542 --> 00:13:25,125 - Juan Ortega, I'm the father. 306 00:13:25,208 --> 00:13:26,667 I'm a carpenter by trade. 307 00:13:26,750 --> 00:13:29,750 - [speaks Spanish] 308 00:13:31,083 --> 00:13:32,500 - Could you translate that? 309 00:13:32,583 --> 00:13:34,333 - It's a good family. It's stable. 310 00:13:34,417 --> 00:13:38,291 We're respectful and a pretty good family. 311 00:13:38,375 --> 00:13:40,917 - They'll play music all night. 312 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:42,458 You know, they'll sit down in the back room. 313 00:13:42,542 --> 00:13:43,625 They'll just play. 314 00:13:43,709 --> 00:13:44,667 You know, some--you know, I gotta tell 'em, 315 00:13:44,750 --> 00:13:46,959 "Hey, that's it." [chuckles] 316 00:13:47,041 --> 00:13:48,750 "That's it, no more. It's 10:00. 317 00:13:48,834 --> 00:13:50,166 Hey, no more guitars." 318 00:13:50,250 --> 00:13:51,792 [acoustic music] 319 00:13:51,875 --> 00:13:53,583 - [singing in Spanish] 320 00:13:53,667 --> 00:13:56,000 - The best place for people to learn to play music, 321 00:13:56,083 --> 00:13:59,000 in my opinion, is in family 322 00:13:59,083 --> 00:14:00,208 as a way to just connect 323 00:14:00,291 --> 00:14:01,959 to your brothers and sisters, to your parents, 324 00:14:02,041 --> 00:14:03,291 to your grandparents, to yourself. 325 00:14:03,375 --> 00:14:10,291 ♪ ♪ 326 00:14:10,375 --> 00:14:12,041 - Culturally, I've always felt Mexican. 327 00:14:12,125 --> 00:14:14,667 ♪ ♪ 328 00:14:14,750 --> 00:14:17,709 And I feel great pride in it, and I always have. 329 00:14:17,792 --> 00:14:20,125 My grandmother who identified as Mexican 330 00:14:20,208 --> 00:14:23,208 was born in Arizona when half of the western territory 331 00:14:23,291 --> 00:14:24,709 of the United States used to be Mexico, 332 00:14:24,792 --> 00:14:27,875 so you know, who's the newcomer? 333 00:14:27,959 --> 00:14:30,834 Mexico went all the way up through Nevada and Utah 334 00:14:30,917 --> 00:14:33,375 and all the way up to Wyoming. 335 00:14:33,458 --> 00:14:36,458 We didn't migrate. The border migrated. 336 00:14:36,542 --> 00:14:38,542 - Check one, two. Check one, two. 337 00:14:38,625 --> 00:14:40,083 - Get everybody together. 338 00:14:40,166 --> 00:14:42,417 The show starts at 3:00, but we don't go first. 339 00:14:42,500 --> 00:14:45,208 The other group goes first, and so what I suggest is, 340 00:14:45,291 --> 00:14:46,750 for those of you who aren't playing, 341 00:14:46,834 --> 00:14:48,542 maybe you guys can go dance... [speaks Spanish] 342 00:14:48,625 --> 00:14:50,041 Just freely in the front. 343 00:14:50,125 --> 00:14:52,583 I grew up in Glendale, in the LA area. 344 00:14:52,667 --> 00:14:55,375 At that time, you don't see Mexicans on television. 345 00:14:55,458 --> 00:14:57,709 We're not really on mainstream radio. 346 00:14:57,792 --> 00:14:59,375 We don't exist. 347 00:14:59,458 --> 00:15:01,542 What we're trying to do with music 348 00:15:01,625 --> 00:15:04,166 and through our children is to cultivate 349 00:15:04,250 --> 00:15:06,667 all that they are because we are no better or no worse 350 00:15:06,750 --> 00:15:08,041 than anybody on this planet. 351 00:15:08,125 --> 00:15:10,375 [soft acoustic music] 352 00:15:10,458 --> 00:15:12,709 - Which one's Miriam's? 353 00:15:12,792 --> 00:15:16,000 I was taking care of all the costumes for the children. 354 00:15:16,083 --> 00:15:18,500 We made two different sets of costumes. 355 00:15:19,834 --> 00:15:23,792 The folklórico group, the children wear costumes 356 00:15:23,875 --> 00:15:28,792 for the mariachi style and some jarocho style too. 357 00:15:28,875 --> 00:15:31,542 Our costumes are made with what we find. 358 00:15:31,625 --> 00:15:33,709 - Astrid, where are you from? 359 00:15:33,792 --> 00:15:35,709 - I was an immigrant twice. 360 00:15:35,792 --> 00:15:38,083 My father was from Vietnam. 361 00:15:38,166 --> 00:15:39,917 My mother is French, 362 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:41,458 and I was born in France. 363 00:15:41,542 --> 00:15:43,458 Gonna start gluing more sticks. 364 00:15:43,542 --> 00:15:48,166 I came over here to the U.S. after the Vietnam War, 365 00:15:48,250 --> 00:15:50,250 and actually, now most of the time, 366 00:15:50,333 --> 00:15:54,834 people think that I'm Latina, so--because of the mixture 367 00:15:54,917 --> 00:16:00,417 that I have, but then I get what Latinas get sometimes. 368 00:16:00,500 --> 00:16:02,250 - And what is that? 369 00:16:04,542 --> 00:16:09,458 - Sometimes it surprises me how people will not be so nice, 370 00:16:09,542 --> 00:16:12,125 not be as open 371 00:16:12,208 --> 00:16:16,792 or want to struggle communicating with me 372 00:16:16,875 --> 00:16:18,667 thinking that I only speak Spanish, 373 00:16:18,750 --> 00:16:21,125 and you know, they decide already 374 00:16:21,208 --> 00:16:22,667 that you have limitations. 375 00:16:22,750 --> 00:16:24,333 And of course, glue the head pin on. 376 00:16:24,417 --> 00:16:26,125 25 years, I've been teaching. 377 00:16:26,208 --> 00:16:28,125 - Do you know the man who runs the place? 378 00:16:28,208 --> 00:16:29,917 - Yes. [chuckles] 379 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:31,500 He's my husband. 380 00:16:31,583 --> 00:16:32,458 ♪ ♪ 381 00:16:32,542 --> 00:16:33,959 You should have ten, I think. 382 00:16:34,041 --> 00:16:35,375 ♪ ♪ 383 00:16:35,458 --> 00:16:39,792 - My name is Oswaldo, and what I do mostly 384 00:16:39,875 --> 00:16:43,500 is I'm still in school. 385 00:16:43,583 --> 00:16:45,125 - Mostly. - Yeah. 386 00:16:45,208 --> 00:16:46,166 - [chuckles] 387 00:16:46,250 --> 00:16:49,125 [speaks Spanish] 388 00:16:49,208 --> 00:16:52,208 - [speaks Spanish] 389 00:16:58,959 --> 00:17:00,375 - Could you translate that? 390 00:17:00,458 --> 00:17:02,500 - Some of the values that we follow 391 00:17:02,583 --> 00:17:06,834 are the same that my grandparents 392 00:17:06,917 --> 00:17:10,166 taught my parents, which is respect 393 00:17:10,250 --> 00:17:14,667 or being hardworking and being united 394 00:17:14,750 --> 00:17:17,125 with our family and with our loved ones. 395 00:17:17,208 --> 00:17:19,625 - What kind of family are you, Oswaldo? 396 00:17:19,709 --> 00:17:24,041 - We're a family that helps each other out 397 00:17:24,125 --> 00:17:28,583 when we need some help. 398 00:17:28,667 --> 00:17:33,542 ♪ ♪ 399 00:17:33,625 --> 00:17:35,000 - This long trip to get over here-- 400 00:17:35,083 --> 00:17:38,208 we're gonna get down. 401 00:17:38,291 --> 00:17:39,542 They don't wanna hear me. 402 00:17:39,625 --> 00:17:42,333 We gotta get Fabi and Lucina ready first. 403 00:17:44,083 --> 00:17:46,208 - I am a very stubborn person, 404 00:17:46,291 --> 00:17:51,875 so Eugene has been very tough on us, 405 00:17:51,959 --> 00:17:53,709 and he has contributed 406 00:17:53,792 --> 00:17:55,542 to a lot of the things that I've done. 407 00:17:55,625 --> 00:17:58,375 For example, when I first came to the U.S., 408 00:17:58,458 --> 00:18:01,542 I didn't wanna speak English, 409 00:18:01,625 --> 00:18:04,709 but Eugene only spoke English to me, 410 00:18:04,792 --> 00:18:06,709 so he's like, "You have to speak English." 411 00:18:06,792 --> 00:18:09,291 You know, you have to be-- you're here in the U.S., 412 00:18:09,375 --> 00:18:10,583 so you gotta speak English. 413 00:18:10,667 --> 00:18:12,583 It was always hard for me to take myself seriously 414 00:18:12,667 --> 00:18:15,083 in playing instruments, so he's like, 415 00:18:15,166 --> 00:18:17,083 "Come on, you can do this. You can do this." 416 00:18:17,166 --> 00:18:19,458 Okay, and then I would just do it. 417 00:18:19,542 --> 00:18:21,250 ♪ ♪ 418 00:18:21,333 --> 00:18:23,750 - What I want Los Cenzontles-- I want them to be themselves. 419 00:18:23,834 --> 00:18:24,750 - Hey, what about me? 420 00:18:24,834 --> 00:18:26,125 - This is what we're trying to do. 421 00:18:26,208 --> 00:18:27,250 - Smile. - Got it? 422 00:18:27,333 --> 00:18:28,625 - Smile. - No, I can't. 423 00:18:28,709 --> 00:18:30,792 I don't want to. - Oh, don't want to? 424 00:18:30,875 --> 00:18:32,125 - When I met Lucina, she was 15, 425 00:18:32,208 --> 00:18:34,417 and I'm not kidding you, she didn't smile for six years. 426 00:18:34,500 --> 00:18:35,583 Am I serious? 427 00:18:35,667 --> 00:18:36,583 - Yes. 428 00:18:36,667 --> 00:18:38,250 - It took her six years to even smile. 429 00:18:38,333 --> 00:18:41,959 ♪ ♪ 430 00:18:42,041 --> 00:18:43,583 My point is, is that that wasn't why 431 00:18:43,667 --> 00:18:44,959 she was invited into the group. 432 00:18:45,041 --> 00:18:47,000 She wasn't invited to be a puppet. 433 00:18:47,083 --> 00:18:49,625 She was invited to be herself, and we gave her time 434 00:18:49,709 --> 00:18:51,458 for her smile to come out naturally, 435 00:18:51,542 --> 00:18:53,041 and now she has a natural smile. 436 00:18:53,125 --> 00:18:54,917 Fabiola too. 437 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:56,792 Give us a big smile for the camera. 438 00:18:56,875 --> 00:18:59,625 - Look at the camera. 439 00:18:59,709 --> 00:19:01,959 - She came. She didn't sing for a while. 440 00:19:02,041 --> 00:19:03,625 And when it came out, it was time to come out. 441 00:19:03,709 --> 00:19:05,250 ♪ ♪ 442 00:19:05,333 --> 00:19:07,291 She came from a pretty big family 443 00:19:07,375 --> 00:19:08,458 and tough neighborhood. 444 00:19:08,542 --> 00:19:09,959 You know, she would walk around kind of like a boy. 445 00:19:10,041 --> 00:19:12,166 She had her big puffy jacket on, 446 00:19:12,250 --> 00:19:14,625 and she said she wanted to learn guitar. 447 00:19:14,709 --> 00:19:16,041 I tried to teach her guitar. 448 00:19:16,125 --> 00:19:18,750 Next week, "Did you practice?" "No." 449 00:19:18,834 --> 00:19:19,750 Next week, "Did you practice?" 450 00:19:19,834 --> 00:19:20,875 I said, "Why are you here? 451 00:19:20,959 --> 00:19:22,291 You're not practicing guitar." 452 00:19:22,375 --> 00:19:24,458 I figured out that she really wanted to sing... 453 00:19:24,542 --> 00:19:26,125 [chuckles] But she was too shy 454 00:19:26,208 --> 00:19:27,542 to say that she wanted sing. 455 00:19:27,625 --> 00:19:30,542 [singing together in Spanish] 456 00:19:30,625 --> 00:19:33,834 ♪ ♪ 457 00:19:33,917 --> 00:19:35,208 - And then when she started singing, 458 00:19:35,291 --> 00:19:36,208 she had a beautiful voice. 459 00:19:36,291 --> 00:19:38,291 ♪ ♪ 460 00:19:38,375 --> 00:19:42,291 A soulful voice, and then Fabiola became a singer. 461 00:19:42,375 --> 00:19:45,166 - Who's that baby? He's beautiful. 462 00:19:45,250 --> 00:19:47,208 So cute. - Isn't he cute? 463 00:19:47,291 --> 00:19:48,834 - I forget how tiny they are. 464 00:19:48,917 --> 00:19:51,125 - [speaking Spanish] 465 00:19:51,208 --> 00:19:53,458 We hope you enjoy this performance. 466 00:19:53,542 --> 00:19:56,709 It's from folkloric Mexican dances. 467 00:19:56,792 --> 00:19:59,667 [upbeat Mexican folk music] 468 00:19:59,750 --> 00:20:04,041 ♪ ♪ 469 00:20:04,125 --> 00:20:05,834 - Wearing western shirts, 470 00:20:05,917 --> 00:20:07,625 that was a Northern Mexican costume, 471 00:20:07,709 --> 00:20:10,709 and the boots and the pants with the flare-- 472 00:20:10,792 --> 00:20:12,291 they call 'em frontier pants. 473 00:20:12,375 --> 00:20:14,917 The hat, it's all from Mexico. 474 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,625 - All right, partner, freeze. 475 00:20:17,709 --> 00:20:18,709 [loud pop] 476 00:20:18,792 --> 00:20:20,375 - Hi, fellas. 477 00:20:20,458 --> 00:20:21,959 - Roy Rogers! 478 00:20:22,041 --> 00:20:25,709 - The cowboy is all based on Mexican tradition. 479 00:20:25,792 --> 00:20:27,917 - How would you like to surprise your pals like that? 480 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,542 Well, you can with my new Roy Rogers Quick Shooter Hat. 481 00:20:30,625 --> 00:20:33,208 - Roy Rogers--there wouldn't be any Roy Rogers 482 00:20:33,291 --> 00:20:35,208 if there weren't those Mexican cowboys. 483 00:20:35,291 --> 00:20:38,250 [gentle music] 484 00:20:38,333 --> 00:20:41,709 ♪ ♪ 485 00:20:41,792 --> 00:20:44,208 We don't realize we're taking from them all the time, 486 00:20:44,291 --> 00:20:48,208 and giving back, so it's an interactive loop. 487 00:20:48,291 --> 00:20:49,375 [upbeat acoustic music] 488 00:20:49,458 --> 00:20:51,834 The dancers from Mexico are wonderful. 489 00:20:51,917 --> 00:20:53,500 I've known that group for a while 490 00:20:53,583 --> 00:20:55,250 and supported them. I love them. 491 00:20:55,333 --> 00:20:57,750 They're very elegant. The girls are very graceful. 492 00:20:57,834 --> 00:21:04,834 ♪ ♪ 493 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:10,917 - What's different 494 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,458 about the folklórico dancing and yours? 495 00:21:13,542 --> 00:21:15,917 - I think each girl has a guy to dance with. 496 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,000 That... 497 00:21:18,166 --> 00:21:19,375 - Do you guys have boyfriends? 498 00:21:19,458 --> 00:21:21,083 all: No. 499 00:21:21,166 --> 00:21:23,750 [laughter] 500 00:21:23,834 --> 00:21:25,250 - Are you ready for your performance? 501 00:21:25,333 --> 00:21:26,250 How do you feel? 502 00:21:26,333 --> 00:21:29,041 - I feel cold, but I feel ready. 503 00:21:29,125 --> 00:21:30,417 - I also feel cold. 504 00:21:30,500 --> 00:21:33,792 - Gracias, grupo Cenzontles. 505 00:21:33,875 --> 00:21:40,875 ♪ ♪ 506 00:21:44,667 --> 00:21:45,834 - Most of these performers are kids 507 00:21:45,917 --> 00:21:48,458 from 8 to 17 years old. 508 00:21:48,542 --> 00:21:51,291 To have that level of musicianship that early, 509 00:21:51,375 --> 00:21:52,834 even if they don't play it as well 510 00:21:52,917 --> 00:21:55,166 as a grown-up professional, they play it right. 511 00:21:55,250 --> 00:21:57,083 They play in the right rhythm figures, 512 00:21:57,166 --> 00:21:58,792 the right traditions, the right patterns, 513 00:21:58,875 --> 00:22:00,417 the right instruments. 514 00:22:00,500 --> 00:22:02,291 ♪ ♪ 515 00:22:02,375 --> 00:22:03,834 And their dance steps are right. 516 00:22:03,917 --> 00:22:08,625 ♪ ♪ 517 00:22:08,709 --> 00:22:09,667 [cheers and applause] 518 00:22:09,750 --> 00:22:11,291 So they're not compromising the rhythms. 519 00:22:11,375 --> 00:22:13,625 They don't make it into what I call Dorito music, 520 00:22:13,709 --> 00:22:16,166 which is kind of Latin-ish music, you know? 521 00:22:16,250 --> 00:22:17,583 This is Mexican music. 522 00:22:18,917 --> 00:22:20,458 - Oh! 523 00:22:20,542 --> 00:22:22,333 - [speaking Spanish] 524 00:22:22,417 --> 00:22:25,333 [singing together in Spanish] 525 00:22:25,417 --> 00:22:29,000 ♪ ♪ 526 00:22:29,083 --> 00:22:30,709 - When I share my traditions and my heritage 527 00:22:30,792 --> 00:22:33,166 with other people, I feel proud 528 00:22:33,250 --> 00:22:36,291 because this is music that comes from years ago, 529 00:22:36,375 --> 00:22:37,792 and we're bringing it back alive, 530 00:22:37,875 --> 00:22:38,959 and it's still alive. 531 00:22:39,041 --> 00:22:41,959 [singing in Spanish] 532 00:22:42,041 --> 00:22:46,667 ♪ ♪ 533 00:22:46,750 --> 00:22:50,291 To play and to interpret these songs, 534 00:22:50,375 --> 00:22:51,834 I feel like I'm feeding my spirit. 535 00:22:51,917 --> 00:22:53,500 I feel like I'm feeding my soul, 536 00:22:53,583 --> 00:22:56,166 and my soul is speaking through the music, 537 00:22:56,250 --> 00:22:59,125 through what I'm doing, and then the joy 538 00:22:59,208 --> 00:23:01,125 that I see that people are having, 539 00:23:01,208 --> 00:23:04,166 that also feeds my soul, feeds my spirit. 540 00:23:04,250 --> 00:23:07,166 It's just like a cycle that, you know, goes on. 541 00:23:07,250 --> 00:23:09,542 It's like you give, and then you take. 542 00:23:09,625 --> 00:23:10,875 You give and you take. 543 00:23:10,959 --> 00:23:13,875 [singing together in Spanish] 544 00:23:13,959 --> 00:23:20,959 ♪ ♪ 545 00:23:34,417 --> 00:23:41,458 ♪ ♪ 546 00:23:43,333 --> 00:23:44,959 - These kids learn the roots. 547 00:23:45,041 --> 00:23:46,542 They learn the tradition, and then they can learn 548 00:23:46,625 --> 00:23:48,583 how to break 'em, and they do come up 549 00:23:48,667 --> 00:23:49,750 with some really great stuff. 550 00:23:49,834 --> 00:23:52,750 ♪ ♪ 551 00:23:52,834 --> 00:23:53,750 [cheers and applause] 552 00:23:53,834 --> 00:23:55,792 - Gracias. 553 00:23:55,875 --> 00:23:58,083 - They're playing the music for the right reasons. 554 00:23:58,166 --> 00:24:00,959 You can play music right. You can play it well. 555 00:24:01,041 --> 00:24:02,959 You can play it in a very accomplished way. 556 00:24:03,041 --> 00:24:04,750 None of it makes any difference if you're not playing it 557 00:24:04,834 --> 00:24:07,250 for the right reasons, and the reason we play music 558 00:24:07,333 --> 00:24:09,792 is to celebrate our sorrows and our joys 559 00:24:09,875 --> 00:24:11,125 and try to help make sense of something 560 00:24:11,208 --> 00:24:13,917 that oppresses you 561 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,542 or celebrate something that lifts you up. 562 00:24:16,625 --> 00:24:23,667 ♪ ♪ 563 00:24:26,041 --> 00:24:28,959 [singing together in Spanish] 564 00:24:29,041 --> 00:24:36,041 ♪ ♪ 565 00:24:38,208 --> 00:24:40,000 - My mother, who picked vegetables 566 00:24:40,083 --> 00:24:42,166 and worked with her family from a very young age 567 00:24:42,250 --> 00:24:44,125 in Southern California, she said, 568 00:24:44,208 --> 00:24:45,917 "When the music happened, those were the few moments 569 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:47,917 of lightness in a heavy existence." 570 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,417 So to me, that's what music can do. 571 00:24:50,500 --> 00:24:52,083 There's nothing like playing music 572 00:24:52,166 --> 00:24:53,959 with your brothers and sisters and your family. 573 00:24:54,041 --> 00:24:55,291 It's so much better than going shopping 574 00:24:55,375 --> 00:24:57,291 or watching TV or playing video games. 575 00:24:57,375 --> 00:24:58,500 It's just beautiful. 576 00:24:58,583 --> 00:25:00,166 [soft acoustic music] 577 00:25:00,250 --> 00:25:03,250 [speaking Spanish] 578 00:25:07,583 --> 00:25:12,291 ♪ ♪ 579 00:26:27,291 --> 00:26:30,208 - Brava! - Gracias, thank you. 580 00:26:30,291 --> 00:26:33,291 [cheers and applause] 581 00:26:36,834 --> 00:26:38,250 - Can you understand the lyrics? 582 00:26:38,333 --> 00:26:39,792 - No. 583 00:26:39,875 --> 00:26:40,959 - It's about a little orphan girl 584 00:26:41,041 --> 00:26:43,208 that lives on the edge of a palm grove, 585 00:26:43,291 --> 00:26:45,041 and she has no friends to console her-- 586 00:26:45,125 --> 00:26:48,083 little, tiny girl-- and she comes and goes all-- 587 00:26:48,166 --> 00:26:49,750 passes her life, coming and going, 588 00:26:49,834 --> 00:26:50,750 like the waves of the ocean. 589 00:26:50,834 --> 00:26:51,917 It's a beautiful song. 590 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:53,583 I learned it from my grandfather. 591 00:26:53,667 --> 00:26:54,917 - The music you make 592 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,250 accompanies you your whole life, 593 00:26:57,333 --> 00:26:59,458 and if you're lucky enough 594 00:26:59,542 --> 00:27:01,750 to be still encountering new family 595 00:27:01,834 --> 00:27:04,917 and making new friends when you're old, 596 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,959 it's a very rich, rich experience. 597 00:27:08,041 --> 00:27:11,041 - [speaking Spanish] 598 00:27:12,875 --> 00:27:14,291 - They got the opportunity to show their dignity 599 00:27:14,375 --> 00:27:16,583 and their style, the way that they performed 600 00:27:16,667 --> 00:27:17,834 and the way they held themselves, 601 00:27:17,917 --> 00:27:20,000 and the Mexicans were really impressed. 602 00:27:20,083 --> 00:27:23,333 ♪ ♪ 603 00:27:23,417 --> 00:27:26,166 - It was really fantastic. 604 00:27:26,250 --> 00:27:28,166 The older college students and the graduates 605 00:27:28,250 --> 00:27:31,000 of that folkloric troupe were hanging out, 606 00:27:31,083 --> 00:27:33,000 and the kids went over there. 607 00:27:33,083 --> 00:27:36,125 It was so fantastic that they got to meet each other. 608 00:27:36,208 --> 00:27:38,000 That is something that will be indelible 609 00:27:38,083 --> 00:27:40,291 in the lives of these kids in Los Cenzontles. 610 00:27:40,375 --> 00:27:44,500 ♪ ♪ 611 00:27:44,583 --> 00:27:47,667 - We did a show in Idaho once. 612 00:27:47,750 --> 00:27:50,542 A Latino who was, I think, in the army, 613 00:27:50,625 --> 00:27:52,041 he came up to me afterwards, and he said, 614 00:27:52,125 --> 00:27:54,166 "You know, this is the first time in my life 615 00:27:54,250 --> 00:27:57,375 that I've felt proud of being Mexican." 616 00:27:57,458 --> 00:27:59,458 It's a heavy thing to hear, 617 00:27:59,542 --> 00:28:01,667 and it's not just people in the United States. 618 00:28:01,750 --> 00:28:03,000 It's also in Mexico. 619 00:28:03,083 --> 00:28:05,000 [indistinct chatter] 620 00:28:05,083 --> 00:28:07,500 When we did our tour of Jalisco 621 00:28:07,583 --> 00:28:09,000 and we brought this old music back, 622 00:28:09,083 --> 00:28:11,792 so many people would come to us with tears in their eyes, 623 00:28:11,875 --> 00:28:13,667 just thanking us. 624 00:28:13,750 --> 00:28:16,667 You know, how meaningful it was for them 625 00:28:16,750 --> 00:28:19,500 because, you know, culture is so powerful. 626 00:28:19,583 --> 00:28:22,500 [upbeat acoustic music] 627 00:28:22,583 --> 00:28:26,375 ♪ ♪ 628 00:28:26,458 --> 00:28:29,375 - [singing in Spanish] 629 00:28:29,458 --> 00:28:35,000 ♪ ♪ 630 00:28:35,083 --> 00:28:36,000 - There's Mexico, 631 00:28:36,083 --> 00:28:37,542 and then there's Mexico America. 632 00:28:37,625 --> 00:28:39,542 Mexican-American culture is huge. 633 00:28:39,625 --> 00:28:41,041 It's two different cultures. 634 00:28:41,125 --> 00:28:42,208 They have a lot of similarities, 635 00:28:42,291 --> 00:28:43,333 but it's fun to go and explore 636 00:28:43,417 --> 00:28:45,208 what's the same and what's different. 637 00:28:45,291 --> 00:28:49,500 ♪ ♪ 638 00:28:49,583 --> 00:28:51,875 - It's very rewarding for me to be on this trip 639 00:28:51,959 --> 00:28:53,375 to see you in Mexico. 640 00:28:53,458 --> 00:28:55,041 It's fantastic. 641 00:28:55,125 --> 00:28:57,500 - Do you have any musical-- any tips that you have? 642 00:28:57,583 --> 00:29:00,250 - Oh, my goodness, me give you guys advice? 643 00:29:00,333 --> 00:29:01,834 Just keep doing it. 644 00:29:01,917 --> 00:29:04,041 You know, what you're doing is really essential 645 00:29:04,125 --> 00:29:07,917 to every other thing, whether it's making a family 646 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,542 or whether it's having a band. 647 00:29:10,625 --> 00:29:14,250 You know, to be a part of something bigger, you know, 648 00:29:14,333 --> 00:29:16,750 that you have a role in, and you see the whole thing, 649 00:29:16,834 --> 00:29:18,917 like this moment, it's really great. 650 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,875 [soft acoustic music] 651 00:29:21,959 --> 00:29:23,417 ♪ ♪ 652 00:29:23,500 --> 00:29:25,166 - You guys were so good yesterday. 653 00:29:25,250 --> 00:29:26,792 I was so proud of you. 654 00:29:26,875 --> 00:29:29,291 - To me, it's magical to meet a woman 655 00:29:29,375 --> 00:29:33,250 who is so interested in so many things, 656 00:29:33,333 --> 00:29:34,792 and I appreciate 657 00:29:34,875 --> 00:29:36,709 that it's not just talk. 658 00:29:36,792 --> 00:29:39,875 She just does what she says. 659 00:29:39,959 --> 00:29:41,458 She means what she says. 660 00:29:41,542 --> 00:29:44,417 - You look so pretty when you smile from the stage. 661 00:29:44,500 --> 00:29:46,417 The whole time, you smiled. 662 00:29:46,500 --> 00:29:50,375 - I don't get to meet many people who are like her. 663 00:29:50,458 --> 00:29:52,583 - You know, as far as I'm concerned, 664 00:29:52,667 --> 00:29:55,458 what Linda's doing for these kids is fantastic. 665 00:29:55,542 --> 00:29:56,917 - Yes. - It's unbelievable. 666 00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:57,917 - Yes. 667 00:29:58,000 --> 00:29:59,417 ♪ ♪ 668 00:29:59,500 --> 00:30:01,083 And I think it's about life too. 669 00:30:01,166 --> 00:30:03,417 It's how you choose your life to be. 670 00:30:03,500 --> 00:30:05,458 - I like that last song when everybody's singing together. 671 00:30:05,542 --> 00:30:08,125 - I think it's important for her to say 672 00:30:08,208 --> 00:30:10,291 that life for Latinos 673 00:30:10,375 --> 00:30:11,500 is important-- just as important 674 00:30:11,583 --> 00:30:14,083 as anybody else would think their life is. 675 00:30:14,166 --> 00:30:18,625 ♪ ♪ 676 00:30:18,709 --> 00:30:21,125 - So today, do you have any thoughts 677 00:30:21,208 --> 00:30:23,166 about going back across the border? 678 00:30:23,250 --> 00:30:27,125 - I think about how much I don't have to think about it 679 00:30:27,208 --> 00:30:30,125 because of the privilege I have of, like, 680 00:30:30,208 --> 00:30:32,291 being a citizen of the United States. 681 00:30:32,375 --> 00:30:35,792 [gentle music] 682 00:30:35,875 --> 00:30:37,834 - This is Camila. Is that right? 683 00:30:37,917 --> 00:30:40,041 - Yeah. - Hi, best friend! 684 00:30:40,125 --> 00:30:41,709 - We came back on the bus. 685 00:30:41,792 --> 00:30:44,792 We had my little great niece, Annabelle, with us. 686 00:30:44,875 --> 00:30:46,166 She was two, and she was the pet of the bus, 687 00:30:46,250 --> 00:30:47,792 and everybody was playing with her. 688 00:30:47,875 --> 00:30:50,625 [indistinct chatter] 689 00:30:52,291 --> 00:30:53,709 And I thought, "What if we got to the border 690 00:30:53,792 --> 00:30:56,041 "and they took Annabelle away and put her in a cage? 691 00:30:56,125 --> 00:30:57,166 "What if they took her away 692 00:30:57,250 --> 00:30:59,375 "from her mother who loves her and will protect her 693 00:30:59,458 --> 00:31:01,375 "and her father who loves her and wants to protect her 694 00:31:01,458 --> 00:31:03,667 and just lost her in the system?" 695 00:31:03,750 --> 00:31:06,709 [somber music] 696 00:31:06,792 --> 00:31:08,000 ♪ ♪ 697 00:31:08,083 --> 00:31:09,875 We'd just be beside ourselves. 698 00:31:09,959 --> 00:31:13,834 ♪ ♪ 699 00:31:13,917 --> 00:31:16,542 - I ask myself what music can do. 700 00:31:16,625 --> 00:31:18,417 ♪ ♪ 701 00:31:18,500 --> 00:31:23,166 I think musical culture is constantly in flux, 702 00:31:23,250 --> 00:31:25,875 and we have to see ourselves in this flow. 703 00:31:25,959 --> 00:31:28,041 ♪ ♪ 704 00:31:28,125 --> 00:31:29,583 We're part of something so much bigger 705 00:31:29,667 --> 00:31:32,709 than just where we are, and I think music and culture 706 00:31:32,792 --> 00:31:35,041 is the embodiment of that flow. 707 00:31:35,125 --> 00:31:36,333 - Well, music will find its way. 708 00:31:36,417 --> 00:31:37,458 It always does. 709 00:31:37,542 --> 00:31:39,875 It carries as much of the truth as it can hold, 710 00:31:39,959 --> 00:31:42,500 but it has to resonate in the zeitgeist. 711 00:31:42,583 --> 00:31:46,041 We have to have people out there to hear it. 712 00:31:46,125 --> 00:31:48,208 [singing together] ♪ The crops are all in ♪ 713 00:31:48,291 --> 00:31:51,417 ♪ And the peaches are rotting ♪ 714 00:31:51,500 --> 00:31:57,041 ♪ The oranges piled in their creosote dumps ♪ 715 00:31:57,125 --> 00:31:58,208 ♪ ♪ 716 00:31:58,291 --> 00:32:03,917 - ♪ They're flying 'em back to the Mexican border ♪ 717 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:08,959 ♪ To pay all their money to wade back again ♪ 718 00:32:09,041 --> 00:32:12,709 ♪ ♪ 719 00:32:12,792 --> 00:32:18,208 ♪ My father's own father, he waded that river ♪ 720 00:32:18,291 --> 00:32:25,000 ♪ They took all the money he made in his life ♪ 721 00:32:25,083 --> 00:32:30,750 ♪ My brothers and sisters come working the fruit trees ♪ 722 00:32:30,834 --> 00:32:35,417 ♪ They rode the big trucks till they laid down and died ♪ 723 00:32:35,500 --> 00:32:37,208 ♪ ♪ 724 00:32:37,291 --> 00:32:42,625 ♪ Good-bye to my Juan, good-bye, Rosalita ♪ 725 00:32:42,709 --> 00:32:48,250 ♪ Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria ♪ 726 00:32:48,333 --> 00:32:53,792 ♪ You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane ♪ 727 00:32:53,875 --> 00:32:58,083 ♪ All they will call you will be ♪ 728 00:32:58,166 --> 00:33:00,792 ♪ ♪ 729 00:33:00,875 --> 00:33:03,458 ♪ Deportees ♪ 730 00:33:03,542 --> 00:33:08,625 ♪ ♪ 731 00:33:08,709 --> 00:33:11,625 [tense music] 732 00:33:11,709 --> 00:33:12,792 ♪ ♪ 733 00:33:12,875 --> 00:33:15,875 - There's a negative image being placed on Mexicans. 734 00:33:15,959 --> 00:33:17,750 Now becoming-- - It's growing stronger. 735 00:33:17,834 --> 00:33:18,750 - Yeah. 736 00:33:18,834 --> 00:33:20,792 - Here, the negative presentation, 737 00:33:20,875 --> 00:33:23,000 they're choosing those bad people, 738 00:33:23,083 --> 00:33:27,959 and they're setting them as the face of my people. 739 00:33:28,041 --> 00:33:29,166 - How do you feel about it? 740 00:33:29,250 --> 00:33:32,625 - I feel sad because I feel like 741 00:33:32,709 --> 00:33:36,291 everybody should be treated the same way. 742 00:33:36,375 --> 00:33:37,667 ♪ ♪ 743 00:33:37,750 --> 00:33:40,166 - Oswaldo, as a kid, what do you think 744 00:33:40,250 --> 00:33:41,667 when you see these news stories 745 00:33:41,750 --> 00:33:44,375 of children being separated from their mom and dad? 746 00:33:44,458 --> 00:33:48,500 - I'm lucky to have a family and to be with them. 747 00:33:48,583 --> 00:33:50,208 - When me and my sister were little, 748 00:33:50,291 --> 00:33:52,000 my little brother wasn't here yet. 749 00:33:52,083 --> 00:33:53,375 I remember one time... 750 00:33:53,458 --> 00:33:55,166 ♪ ♪ 751 00:33:55,250 --> 00:33:58,125 I was smaller than my sister, 752 00:33:58,208 --> 00:34:01,000 they were gone, or my dad was gone. 753 00:34:01,083 --> 00:34:03,000 [soft dramatic music] 754 00:34:03,083 --> 00:34:05,417 [voice breaking] He had been detained. 755 00:34:05,500 --> 00:34:09,250 ♪ ♪ 756 00:34:09,333 --> 00:34:12,333 And that was very scary for me. 757 00:34:12,417 --> 00:34:15,709 'Cause I mean, I was little. I was, like, five. 758 00:34:15,792 --> 00:34:20,834 ♪ ♪ 759 00:34:20,917 --> 00:34:24,041 - One thing I will say about that 760 00:34:24,125 --> 00:34:28,417 is I think the parents should talk to their kids 761 00:34:28,500 --> 00:34:31,041 even at five, just to be informed 762 00:34:31,125 --> 00:34:33,917 that some parents don't go to pick up their kids 763 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:35,875 because, of course, they're already detained, 764 00:34:35,959 --> 00:34:37,417 or they're already gone, 765 00:34:37,500 --> 00:34:39,417 and I think it's the best decision 766 00:34:39,500 --> 00:34:41,917 for the kids to know even though 767 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,375 they think they're young, maybe they can 768 00:34:44,458 --> 00:34:46,458 not tell them everything, 769 00:34:46,542 --> 00:34:50,125 but something to start the conversation. 770 00:34:50,208 --> 00:34:52,709 - You think that they're agents of another country? 771 00:34:52,792 --> 00:34:54,625 You think these people came to the United States 772 00:34:54,709 --> 00:34:56,750 to serve the Mexican government? 773 00:34:56,834 --> 00:34:58,417 They left their country. 774 00:34:58,500 --> 00:35:00,542 They left their families. 775 00:35:00,625 --> 00:35:03,500 There's another amazing song that I can't sing 776 00:35:03,583 --> 00:35:06,750 because I can't get through it without crying, 777 00:35:06,834 --> 00:35:08,542 but it's a Joel Rafael song 778 00:35:08,625 --> 00:35:11,083 called "Sierra Blanca Massacre." 779 00:35:11,166 --> 00:35:12,542 Immigrants who were being smuggled 780 00:35:12,625 --> 00:35:14,583 into the United States were locked 781 00:35:14,667 --> 00:35:17,083 in a container and left in the heat 782 00:35:17,166 --> 00:35:18,792 by the people that were smuggling them, 783 00:35:18,875 --> 00:35:20,083 and they die. 784 00:35:20,166 --> 00:35:22,875 As they realized that they weren't gonna survive this, 785 00:35:22,959 --> 00:35:25,875 they wrote some things down, you know, that my friend Joel 786 00:35:25,959 --> 00:35:29,083 put into a song, and it's very moving. 787 00:35:29,166 --> 00:35:30,959 [acoustic music] 788 00:35:31,041 --> 00:35:35,667 - ♪ Fleeing my country for a better life ♪ 789 00:35:35,750 --> 00:35:37,125 ♪ ♪ 790 00:35:37,208 --> 00:35:41,333 ♪ I didn't even say good-bye to my friends ♪ 791 00:35:41,417 --> 00:35:44,166 ♪ ♪ 792 00:35:44,250 --> 00:35:48,959 ♪ Not to my grandparents, nor to my parents ♪ 793 00:35:49,041 --> 00:35:54,000 ♪ Rosario Caldera Salazar said ♪ 794 00:35:54,083 --> 00:35:57,625 ♪ ♪ 795 00:35:57,709 --> 00:35:59,583 ♪ Alone, I cried ♪ 796 00:35:59,667 --> 00:36:01,417 ♪ There was no witness ♪ 797 00:36:01,500 --> 00:36:02,792 ♪ ♪ 798 00:36:02,875 --> 00:36:07,166 ♪ Only God knew my sorrow and shame ♪ 799 00:36:07,250 --> 00:36:09,500 ♪ ♪ 800 00:36:09,583 --> 00:36:14,709 ♪ And I didn't leave you one single cent ♪ 801 00:36:14,792 --> 00:36:20,333 ♪ Hello, I left my country in pain ♪ 802 00:36:20,417 --> 00:36:26,125 ♪ Hello, I left my country in pain ♪ 803 00:36:26,208 --> 00:36:28,709 ♪ ♪ 804 00:36:28,792 --> 00:36:33,166 ♪ These are some words from the victims found ♪ 805 00:36:33,250 --> 00:36:39,041 ♪ Inside a box car in some Texas town ♪ 806 00:36:39,125 --> 00:36:41,458 ♪ ♪ 807 00:36:41,542 --> 00:36:47,750 ♪ But from the outside, in spite of their pleas ♪ 808 00:36:47,834 --> 00:36:53,250 ♪ Inside was 130 degrees ♪ 809 00:36:53,333 --> 00:36:59,041 ♪ Inside was 130 degrees ♪ 810 00:36:59,125 --> 00:37:06,125 ♪ ♪ 811 00:37:07,500 --> 00:37:10,041 - These were people who were forced to leave. 812 00:37:10,125 --> 00:37:13,709 They left places that were beautiful and they had culture. 813 00:37:13,792 --> 00:37:15,458 So just to think about... 814 00:37:21,625 --> 00:37:23,333 I'll tell you, it's being sleep deprived. 815 00:37:23,417 --> 00:37:25,041 - What? - It's being sleep deprived. 816 00:37:25,125 --> 00:37:27,375 I'm not actually-- I have no sentiments. 817 00:37:27,458 --> 00:37:28,458 They just come out when I'm--- 818 00:37:28,542 --> 00:37:30,709 - I don't believe you for a second, you know. 819 00:37:30,792 --> 00:37:32,583 You wouldn't be doing what you do 820 00:37:32,667 --> 00:37:34,625 if you didn't care a lot. 821 00:37:34,709 --> 00:37:37,625 [soft acoustic music] 822 00:37:37,709 --> 00:37:39,792 - [inhales deeply, sighs] 823 00:37:39,875 --> 00:37:41,917 - Is underneath the sadness rage? 824 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:43,709 ♪ ♪ 825 00:37:43,792 --> 00:37:46,542 - So yeah, so you know, why the hell 826 00:37:46,625 --> 00:37:48,709 should a little kid bear the burden? 827 00:37:48,792 --> 00:37:51,917 Why does a child have to bear that humiliation? 828 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:55,375 Why do their fathers have to bear the humiliation? 829 00:37:55,458 --> 00:37:57,583 Just because they're trying to make a living. 830 00:37:57,667 --> 00:38:02,750 ♪ ♪ 831 00:38:02,834 --> 00:38:05,917 - Oswaldo, what do you want for the country and your future? 832 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:09,917 - I want to see white people and Mexicans together. 833 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:13,375 I want to see them talking to each other. 834 00:38:13,458 --> 00:38:16,583 [acoustic music] 835 00:38:16,667 --> 00:38:19,834 ♪ ♪ 836 00:38:19,917 --> 00:38:22,166 - People have been embracing aspects 837 00:38:22,250 --> 00:38:24,750 of Mexican culture for years and not even realizing. 838 00:38:24,834 --> 00:38:28,750 ♪ ♪ 839 00:38:28,834 --> 00:38:32,291 You can be proud of the culture you came from 840 00:38:32,375 --> 00:38:35,291 and feel good to identify yourself that way. 841 00:38:35,375 --> 00:38:37,166 I was always very proud of being Mexican. 842 00:38:37,250 --> 00:38:40,291 - What's a charro? 843 00:38:40,375 --> 00:38:43,500 - Well, in Mexico, that's kind of like a cowboy, 844 00:38:43,583 --> 00:38:44,500 and I have a feeling 845 00:38:44,583 --> 00:38:47,000 you guys are gonna make wonderful charros. 846 00:38:47,083 --> 00:38:49,125 [upbeat mariachi music] 847 00:38:49,208 --> 00:38:51,834 - Oh, look! [laughs] 848 00:38:51,917 --> 00:38:54,750 - ♪ Ay ♪ 849 00:38:54,834 --> 00:38:56,625 [singing together] ♪ When you sing like a charro ♪ 850 00:38:56,709 --> 00:38:58,667 ♪ And ride the way charros ride ♪ 851 00:38:58,750 --> 00:39:00,291 ♪ It means that you're really charros ♪ 852 00:39:00,375 --> 00:39:02,041 ♪ So say it with lots of pride ♪ 853 00:39:02,125 --> 00:39:03,250 ♪ Upa yupa yu ♪ 854 00:39:03,333 --> 00:39:04,333 [singing together] ♪ Yupa ♪ 855 00:39:04,417 --> 00:39:05,333 [singing together] ♪ Upa yupa yu ♪ 856 00:39:05,417 --> 00:39:06,375 [singing together] ♪ Yupa ♪ 857 00:39:06,458 --> 00:39:07,500 [singing together] ♪ You're really charros ♪ 858 00:39:07,583 --> 00:39:09,667 ♪ So say it with lots of pride ♪ 859 00:39:09,750 --> 00:39:15,667 ♪ Ay, ay, ay ♪ 860 00:39:15,750 --> 00:39:16,875 [together] Yupa! 861 00:39:16,959 --> 00:39:20,625 [all cheering] - We're charros, cowboys! 862 00:39:20,709 --> 00:39:23,041 ♪ ♪ 863 00:39:23,125 --> 00:39:24,667 - Oh, look! [laughs] 864 00:39:24,750 --> 00:39:27,667 - [cheers, sings] 865 00:39:27,750 --> 00:39:30,667 ♪ ♪ 866 00:39:30,750 --> 00:39:32,500 [laughter] 867 00:39:32,583 --> 00:39:34,041 - Yeah! [laughs] 868 00:39:34,125 --> 00:39:38,208 ♪ ♪ 869 00:39:38,291 --> 00:39:41,250 - [vocalizing] 870 00:39:41,333 --> 00:39:43,583 ♪ ♪ 871 00:39:43,667 --> 00:39:45,083 ♪ If you sing like the charros ♪ 872 00:39:45,166 --> 00:39:46,875 ♪ And ride the way that charros ride ♪ 873 00:39:46,959 --> 00:39:48,000 - Oh, yeah! 874 00:39:48,083 --> 00:39:49,375 - ♪ It means that you're really charros ♪ 875 00:39:49,458 --> 00:39:51,417 ♪ And you should say it with lots of pride ♪ 876 00:39:51,500 --> 00:39:53,250 [singing together] ♪ If you sing like a charro ♪ 877 00:39:53,333 --> 00:39:55,375 ♪ And ride the way charros ride ♪ 878 00:39:55,458 --> 00:39:56,917 ♪ It means that you're really charros ♪ 879 00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:58,750 ♪ So say it with lots of pride ♪ 880 00:39:58,834 --> 00:39:59,875 ♪ Upa yupa yu ♪ 881 00:39:59,959 --> 00:40:00,875 [singing together] ♪ Yupa ♪ 882 00:40:00,959 --> 00:40:01,875 [singing together] ♪ Upa yupa yu ♪ 883 00:40:01,959 --> 00:40:03,041 [singing together] ♪ Yupa ♪ 884 00:40:03,125 --> 00:40:04,166 [singing together] ♪ You're really charros ♪ 885 00:40:04,250 --> 00:40:06,375 ♪ So say it with lots of pride ♪ 886 00:40:06,458 --> 00:40:11,834 ♪ Ay, ay, ay ♪