LOS BRACEROS de BUENA VISTA

OXNARD, California

ÁNIMO Theatre Company proudly presents "Los Braceros de Buena Vista" Set in the late 1950s at the height of the Bracero program, “Los Braceros de Buena Vista” is a dynamic one-act “Mariachi Opera” which fuses mariachi music, ballet folklorico, and powerful “opera” style set pieces. “Los Braceros” highlights the challenges and injustices Braceros faced in the U.S. The story is based on real-life Braceros who came to Ventura County during World War II as part of the Bracero Program as legal farm laborers. They lived and worked at Campo de Buena Vista in Oxnard, CA - the largest labor camp in the U.S.

The music in “Los Braceros de Buena Vista” is performed by Mariachi Aguilas de J. Carlos Ozuna – one of the premiere mariachi groups in California.