An Evening With Jimmy Santiago Baca/Una Noche con Jimmy Santiago Baca

Born in New Mexico of Indio-Mexican descent, Jimmy Santiago Baca was raised first by his grandmother and later sent to an orphanage. A runaway at 13, it was after Baca was sentenced to five years in a maximum security prison that he began to turn his life around. Baca has devoted his post-prison life to writing and teaching others who are overcoming hardship. His themes include American Southwest barrios, addiction, injustice, education, community, love and more.