“A powerful argument for the necessity of guerrilla art — and for elevating the work of artists often lost to time.”
—IndieWire
“ASCO: WITHOUT PERMISSION rightfully refuses to let ASCO’s work vanish into obscurity.”
—Hyperreal Film Journal
Using archival footage, interviews, and newly staged happenings, this documentary tells the story of a radical Chicano art cooperative that merged activism with art and radical identity in 1970’s Los Angeles and has continued to inspire and ignite movements ever since.