Sanchez Yates, Paul; Eisen, Jonathan (friend, friend). East L.A. Public Library, 2010-03-05T15:30:00

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Interview Description

Paul Francis Sanchez Yates, 42, talks to his friends Johnathan Eisen about his upbringing, the racial attitudes of the town where he grew up, his mother's alcoholism, his education, and filmmaking.

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1:38 PS talks about his childhood in Darien, CT. He stood out and was discriminated against for not being White. His parents split when he was two years old.

4:30 PS shares the faint memories he has of his father. Mother found out about father's infidelity when, after getting in a car accident, his father appeared in the front page of the local newspaper in a car with another woman.

9:55 PS recalls his mother's slide into alcoholism and the deterioration in the quality of life in the household. PS and brother were practically homeless. Mother once tried to stab PS.

25:05 PS discusses his high school experience. He was a punk rock kid. He was asked to leave school by school officials when he asked for help to deal with the difficulties at home.

29:25 PS mentions touring Europe with techno music star Moby, whom he knew as a teenager.

30:25 PS and JE talk about PS's filmmaking vision and some of the films he has made, including a documentary of his estranged father.