La Bamba

greatest film hands down that portrays Mexican-American family and being in a time when such an existence was under attack— Ritchie Valens and what later became known as Chicano rock broke the mainstream right after the largest mass deportation of Latinos in American history, Ritchie being the first ever Latino to do so… the heart of this movie is Ritchie and Bob’s dynamic, their resentment but also their love and admiration for each other… Bob is not only the hottest man in film ever but his scream for Ritchie at the end will always haunt me also, my mom’s godmother is in this film— she’s one of the nice ladies Bob tries to introduce Ritchie to during their trip to Tijuana, which was actually Calexico. This movie will always feel like home to me and some of my sweetest childhood memories are watching this with my mom and grandma <3