A NORTH OF NOW, ANM FILMS
AND
LA CORRIENTE DEL GOLFO PRODUCTION
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
EXILE CONTENT, FORD FOUNDATION, ITVS, ALTAMED,
TINY GIANT, WISE CHILD STUDIOS
AND
UNITED CONTENT
A FILM BY
TRAVIS GUTIÉRREZ SENGER
RE-RECORDING MIXER/SOUND DESIGN
RUY GARCIA
MUSIC SUPERVISORS
CHRIS SWANSON
AND
JESSICA BERNDT
COSTUME DESIGNER
KEYLA MARQUÉZ
COMPOSERS
DANIEL PINEDA
EDITORS
CASEY BROOKS, ANDRÉS ARIAS
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
RICARDO CAMPOS
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
C. ONDINE CHAVOYA, ALEXIS DE LA ROCHA
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
GAEL GARCÍA BERNAL, DIEGO LUNA, CASTULO DE LA ROCHA, BARBARA J. NORRIS, BRENDA ROBINSON,
JEFFRY POWELL, CARLOS IBARRA, CARRIE LOZANO, VERONICA DIAFERIA, SARA EOLIN, NEIL CHAMPAGNE,
ISAAC LEE, NANDO VILA, JASON BEEKMAN, RYAN MILLER, EDUARDO VALENZUELA, DA MODA JAKA
PRODUCERS
ANDREW RENZI, NICK BOAK, SABRINA COULSTON, COLIN CADARETTE, SANTIAGO MAZA, KYZZA TERRAZAS & TRAVIS GUTIÉRREZ SENGER
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY
TRAVIS GUTIÉRREZ SENGER
A NORTH OF NOW, ANM FILMS AND LA CORRIENTE DEL GOLFO PRODUCTION
IN ASSOCIATION WITH EXILE CONTENT, FORD FOUNDATION, ITVS, ALTAMED, TINY GIANT,
WISE CHILD STUDIOS AND UNITED CONTENTA FILM BY TRAVIS GUTIÉRREZ SENGER
RE-RECORDING MIXER/SOUND DESIGN RUY GARCIA MUSIC SUPERVISORS CHRIS SWANSON AND
JESSICA BERNDT COSTUME DESIGNER KEYLA MARQUÉZ COMPOSERS DANIEL PINEDA
EDITORS CASEY BROOKS, ANDRÉS ARIAS DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY RICARDO CAMPOS
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS C. ONDINE CHAVOYA, ALEXIS DE LA ROCHA
BARBARA J. NORRIS EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS GAEL GARCÍA BERNAL, DIEGO LUNA,
CASTULO DE LA ROCHA, BRENDA ROBINSON, JEFFRY POWELL,
CARLOS IBARRA, CARRIE LOZANO, VERONICA DIAFERIA,
SARA EOLIN, NEIL CHAMPAGNE, ISAAC LEE, NANDO VILA, ASON BEEKMAN,
RYAN MILLER, EDUARDO VALENZUELA, DA MODA JAKA
PRODUCERS ANDREW RENZI, NICK BOAK, SABRINA COULSTON, COLIN CADARETTE,
SANTIAGO MAZA, KYZZA TERRAZAS & TRÄVIS GUTIÉRREZ SENGER
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY TRAVIS GUTIÉRREZ SENGER
Travis
Gutiérrez
Senger
Director
Synopsis
ASCO: Without Permission challenges the limits of documentary conventions to tell the story of a revolutionary Chicano art group who turned 1970s LA into their defiant canvas. Merging activism with radical art-making, ASCO challenged the established order of Hollywood, museums, and media and are now considered amongst the 20th century's most significant artists. Director Travis Gutiérrez Senger mirrors their boundary-breaking spirit through a groundbreaking approach, weaving nonfiction and fiction together with a new generation of artists. The result is more than a profile — it's a reimagining of what's possible in art and cinema, celebrating iconoclasts who were decades ahead of their time.
"[ASCO] still packs a punch today...when the past doesn't feel all that different from the present"
— Artnews
Director's Statement
My hope is the film is a manifesto, the ASCO manifesto, for the next generation of the Chicano and Latinx community, as well as any marginalized group that wants to take from ASCO's playbook. We need stories with different types of protagonists. We have to create our own reference points. ASCO shows us that Chicanos are not a monolith and that we can collaborate and have immense creativity to offer. The next generation of artists, actors and activists along with the creatives on this project remind us of that.
I hope the film inspires people to be daring and take risks, to be open to working and trusting one another. I'm honored to tell their story and help open the next chapter of Latinx history where our stories and work can be as bold and electrifying as ASCO's.
Thank you for getting in touch.
