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ASCO: Without permission

Information

Length

2h20

Language

English

Audience

Adults
Young adults

Type of activity

Film

Mode

In Person
For Members only
Saturday October 24, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Special screening with an introduction by art historian Valeria Guadalupe Márquez Reynoso.

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.

About Valeria Guadalupe Márquez Reynoso
Holding a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in art history, Valeria Márquez Reynoso is currently a PhD candidate at Université de Montréal. Her research focuses on the evolution and contemporary developments of Chicana aesthetics from the 1960s to the present day, while her areas of interest also extend to the artistic practices of the Latinx-Canadian and Quebec diaspora. She is also a research assistant for Guadeloupean artist Eddy Firmin. In the past, she has worked at the Galerie de l’Université de Montréal as an outreach and interpretation assistant and in Indigenous arts residency, at the Guido Molinari Foundation as volunteer and administration coordinator, and completed an internship at the artist-run centre OBORO in 2022. Cultural mediation is also one of her areas of expertise, having served as a mediation coordinator at Maison MONA.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Version: Original English version
Running time: 108 minutes
Directed by: Travis Gutiérrez Senger
Year: 2025

The film is presented exclusively at Cinéma du Musée in Montreal.

Reservation terms: Upon arrival at the screening, please present your booking confirmation at the Cinéma du Musée front desk.

 

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