Virgin Of East LA (Video)

By Carlos Aguilar, Current TV

The Virgin of Guadalupe is a 16th century Mexican icon of the Virgin Mary which appears on wall murals and tattoos around the streets of East LA. This pod by vc2 producer Carlos Aguilar explores this iconography with interviews of artists, academics and people from the community.

This video first appeared in Current TV.

Carlos Aguilar is a graduate of Occidental College and has an MA in the Philosophy of Religion and Ethics.  He works as a Writer and Producer for television production company in Los Angeles. Follow him on Twitter.