These Storied Walls
Chicano Community Murals of Colorado is a 2022 documentary that explores Colorado’s Chicano community murals as public artworks shaped by artists, neighborhoods, histories of struggle, and collective imagination.
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Urban Dope, Rural Hope
1977
Emanuel Martinez; Elfego Baca; Roberto Roybal; Carlos Sandoval; Ernie Gallegos
Ways of remembering
How the histories of the Chicana/o/x Movement and community organizing in La Alma and Auraria are remembered and kept alive.
Sharing Knowledge and Power with Young People
How long-time residents share wisdom, responsibility, and lessons from community organizing with young people.
Ties to Space and Neighbors Amidst Gentrification
Long-time residents’ ties to La Alma and Auraria persist amid displacement, gentrification, and neighborhood change.
Casa Mayan’s History of Inclusion in Auraria
Casa Mayan as a gathering place where inclusion, sharing, and connection were central community values.
Community Control as Resistance and Resilience
How residents of La Alma and Auraria built their own systems for sharing power and control over their communities.
The West Side’s Chicana/o/x Activism
The West High School Walkout and other Chicana/o/x activism on Denver’s West Side beginning in the 1960s.
Mural Stories in Denver
How murals brought communities together, celebrated cultural heritage, and marked a sense of place and belonging.
Community Voices: La Alma, Auraria and North Side
Oral histories about neighborhood life, organizing, memory, and hopes for the future.