Inside The Latina Lowrider Car Scene | Irreplaceable: Celebrating Different | Refinery29

Women have always been present in the lowrider car scene, but men have usually predetermined their place to be in the passenger seat or posing seductively in front of their cars. Two years ago, Angel and her close friends challenged this outdated thinking by establishing Dueñas Car Club, a space for women who want to drive and work on their own lowrider cars the freedom and support to do so. Now, Angel and other women like Sonia aka @lowrider_mama are making sure their presence is known in the scene so that other young women can see that it’s possible for women to be behind the wheel too.

Producer/Director.....GABRIELA DEMATTEIS
Director of Photography.....GENE MICHAEL BRADLEY
Camera Operator.....GABRIELA DEMATTEIS
Editor.....AARON WHITE
Associate Producers.....JUSTIN GREEN, NICOLE DOIRON
Assistant Editors.....ROSALIE RODRIGUEZ, AYO LIJIRIN
Animator/Graphics.....EVELYN ZHANG
Post Audio Engineer.....BRIAN ARNOLD
Colorist.....EDWIN RODRIGUEZ
Additional Images Courtesy of.....SOUTH BAY VISIONS, MISS LOPEZ MEDIA, ANGEL ROMERO, IMPALAMINO FLICK, SONIA GONZALES, ELIZABETH PEREZ PHOTOGRAPHY
Special Thanks.....DUENAS CAR CLUB, UNTOUCHABLES CAR CLUB, CHAMUCO CORTEZ, WINNONAH SARAH

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