Documentary on Life, Not Death, of Ruben Salazar E.J. Tamara - Associated Press
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Ruben Salazar: Man in the Middle - Trailer (PBS)

Many people consider Mexican-American journalist Ruben Salazar a martyr of the Chicano Movement after he was struck by a tear gas projectile fired by a sheriff's deputy during a 1970 riot in Los Angeles.

A new documentary that focuses not on Salazar's notorious death, but rather his life, shows how he questioned his own cultural identity as he moved in and out of Mexican and American worlds.

The nearly hour-long film "Ruben Salazar: Man in the Middle," which will air Tuesday on PBS, details the life of the Los Angeles Times journalist through photographs, videos and interviews with his relatives, friends and colleagues.

The documentary does not address Salazar's death, which many believe was an intentional killing. Director Phillip Rodriguez pored over eight boxes of documents, photos, and videos filed with a lawsuit against Los Angeles County before reaching the conclusion that Salazar's death was an accident, but does not mention this in the film.

"We didn't (find) the smoking gun," Rodriguez told the Associated Press.

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