CBC Books | | Posted: June 20, 2018 8:52 PM | Last Updated: March 6, 2019
Image | Magic 8 - Carmen Aguirre
Caption: Carmen Aguirre is the author of Mexican Hooker #1. (carmenaguirre.ca)
Carmen Aguirre is an author, actor and playwright currently living in Vancouver, B.C. Aguirre came to Canada when she was six years old. She returned to Chile as a young woman to join the underground resistance movement against the country's military dictatorship. She returned to Canada in 1990, where she began working as an actor, playwright and writer. She has written and co-written 25 plays, including Chile Con Carne, The Refugee Hotel and Blue Box.
Media Audio | Radio Active : Author Carmen Aguirre on racism in the film industry and childhood trauma
Caption: Carmen Aguirre always wanted to be an actor, and to do that she had deal first with trauma in her childhood. The author of Mexican Hooker #1 joins Portia Clark in conversation on Radio Active.
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Media Audio | The Next Chapter : Carmen Aguirre on "Mexican Hooker #1: And My Other Roles Since the Revolution"
Caption: Carmen Aguirre on her latest memoir.
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