Ray Santisteban

Santisteban is an award-winning filmmaker who exhibited a triptych of prints depicting The Zoot Suit, a style of dress featuring flamboyantly oversized trousers and jackets, worn in clubs and dance halls where swing music blurred color lines and foreshadowed Rock n’ Roll.The three couples represent the Black Panthers, Young Lords and Young Patriots who represent the Rainbow Coalition, the subject of Santisteban’s documentary, Time of the Phoenix, the First Rainbow Coalition.

Ray Santisteban presented his work November 11th at the Little Carver Civic Center.

Year2016LocationSan Antonio, Texas