Bustillo, Edgar; McAdams, Jay (friend, friend). East L.A. Public Library, 2010-03-06T12:30:00
Interview Description
Edgar Bustillo, 13, tells his friend and teacher Jay McAdams, 46, about his life in Honduras and adjustment to time in Los Angeles, his aspirations, and his views on social issues and marriage.
0:57 EB talks about adjusting to school life in Los Angeles after arriving from his native Honduras. EB talks about the village where he grew up.
5:40 EB talks about his father's death, his views on it, the funeral, and how he feels about the death then and now.
12:30 EB talks about class and wealth and about how he would help poor people if he had magical future.
22:50 EB envisions his life at 26 and at 39. He talks about marriage, divorce, and his views on women. He believes women are always the problem when a couple gets divorced.
26:20 EB discusses his attitudes toward dying and reflects upon the clashes between religion and science.
34:40 EB talks about visions in which he sees and hears from his father.
40:12 EB talks about what makes a good actor and what makes a good doctor, and what both professions have in common.
Dates
- Creation: 2010-03-06T12:30:00
Topical
- Academic aspirations
- Acting, theater
- Best Friends
- Birth
- Community Businesses
- Community Organizations
- Cousins
- Death
- Extended Family
- Funerals
- Identity
- Instrument Playing
- Marriage
- Parents
- Schools
- Siblings
- Singing
- Students
- Talking To The Dead
- Teachers
- Town Life
- Urban Life
- Visions
- college
- economic beliefs and practices
- family characters
- family naming and nicknames
- favorite hangouts and haunts
- memories of growing up
- personal experiences
- political beliefs and practices
- prejudice
- religious beliefs and practices
- school day memories
- scientific beliefs and practices
- social beliefs and practices
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
2300 Red River Street
Austin Texas 78712 United States
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bensonspecialcollections@austin.utexas.edu