Director

Travis Gutiérrez Senger

Featuring

Harry Gamboa Jr.
Glugio “Gronk” Nicandro
Willie Herrón
Patssi Valdez 
Maria Maea 
San Cha 
Ruben Ulises Rodriguez Montoya 

Executive Producers

Gael García Bernal & Diego Luna

ASCO: Without Permission

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.

The film premiered at SXSW 2025 and was the Opening Night film of LALIFF, co-presented with LACMA. The project is produced by North of Now, La Corriente del Golfo and ANM. Features Zoe Saldaña, Michael Peña, artists, curators and many more.

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