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This Is Not a Fiction 2026
Fri Apr 24

LOS LOBOS: NATIVE SONS

Q&A with filmmakers Doug Blush and Piero F. Giunti and Los Lobos | Live acoustic performance by Los Lobos
YEAR
2026
FORMAT
DCP
RUNTIME
1h 36m
DIRECTOR
Douglas Blush, Piero F. Giunti

SYNOPSIS

Tracing their rise from the streets of East Los Angeles to global acclaim, LOS LOBOS NATIVE SONS offers unprecedented access to the band’s personal archives and an intimate portrait of the brotherhood that has fueled one of America’s most enduring and genre-defying bands.

Through electrifying performances and candid interviews with an extraordinary range of artists and cultural figures—including Linda Ronstadt, Rubén Blades, Tom Waits, Dolores Huerta, Danny Elfman, Billy Gibbons, Jackson Browne, Cheech Marin, Edward James Olmos, Peter Frampton, George Lopez, Bonnie Raitt, Ruben Albarran (Cafe Tacuba), Enrique Bunbury, Camilo Lara, Lila Downs, Roco Pachucote (Maldita Vecindad) and more—the film celebrates Los Lobos as cultural trailblazers who seamlessly blended rock, roots, blues, soul, and Mexican musical traditions into a sound uniquely their own.

More than a music documentary, LOS LOBOS NATIVE SONS is a story of cultural resilience, creative independence and artistic longevity—honoring a band that stayed grounded in community while shaping the sound of American music for five decades.

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