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- America 101
- Directed by Mark A. Russell. Cast: Miguel Castro, Richard Azurdia, Christine Carlo, Gerald Brodin, Jordi Caballero, Louie Olivos Jr. When two brothers from a small Mexican town decide to cross the border and live the great "American Dream," they get far less than they bargained for. Double-crossed by a smuggler, they find themselves alone in the desert. What follows is a strange and hilarious adventure as they make their way to Tucson, working as day-laborers and sleeping in the park, living as social outcasts. Filled with crazy characters and eye-opening truths.
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- Created by Gregory Nava. American Family, the first drama series to air on broadcast television featuring a Latino cast, reveals the enduring strength of family in America today as it chronicles the lives of the Gonzalez's, residents of East Los Angeles.Cast: Edward James Olmos, Sonia Braga, Constance Marie, Esai Morales, Raquel Welch, A.J. Lamas, Rachel Ticotin, Austin Marques.
Episodes 1-4. Contents: American family (Pilot) -- The sewing machine -- Crash boom love, parts 1 & 2. Creator/executive producer/director, Gregory Nava. ca. 180 min. 4 episodes of the first season, broadcast on PBS 1/23/02 - 3/27/02. DVD 2142
Episodes 5-8. Contents: La estrella (The star) -- La llorona, parts 1 & 2 -- Circle of fire. 4 episodes of the first season, broadcast on PBS 1/30/02 - 2/27/02. DVD 2143
Episodes 9-12. Mexican revolution -- The forgotten war -- La cama (The bed) -- Citizen Cisco. 4 episodes of the first season, broadcast on PBS 5/1/02 - 5/22/02.DVD 2144 Episodes 13-16. Contents: Silence of God -- The father -- The glass ceiling -- The fighting Fridas. 4 episodes of the first season, broadcast on PBS 5/29/02 - 7/31/02. DVD 2145
Episodes 17-19. Contents: The barbershop -- The masked eagle, parts 1 & 2. 3 episodes of the first season, broadcast on PBS 8/7/02 - 8/21/02. DVD 2146 Episodes 20-22. Contents: The journey, parts 1 & 2 -- La casa (The house). 3 episodes of the first season, broadcast on PBS 8/28/02 - 9/18/02. DVD 2147 p - American Me (1992)
- Directed by Edward James Olmos. Cast: Edward James Olmos, William Forsythe, Pepe Serna, Evelina Fernandez. Inspired by a true life story, this is the story of a vicious Latino prison gang leader, Santana, who becomes the leader of the Mexican Mafia while in Folsom prison and is doomed by his past to a life of harsh, unforgiving violence after his release from jail. 125 min. DVD 6697 vhs 999:1112
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- And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him (1994)
- Directed by Severo Perez. Cast: Jose Alcala, Rose Portillo, Marco Rodriquez, Daniel Valdez. "The year is 1952. A Mexican American family is struggling to survive, working as migrant laborers in fields from Texas to Minnesota. The younger son, Marcos, is a sensitive 12-year-old who is forced to confront the ineluctable facts of his life - grinding poverty, back-breaking work, racism, hopelessness. He manages to pull himself out of his miserable life, eventually becoming a professor and author of a landmark work of Chicano literature, "And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him."" (Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Examiner, Sept. 22, 1995). 99 min. 999:1610
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- The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982)
- Directed by Robert M. Young. Cast: Edward James Olmos, James Gammon, Tom Bower. On June 12, 1901, Gregorio Cortez, a young Mexican family man, shoots and kills a sheriff in self-defense. For the next 11 days, he eludes an inflamed posse of 600 Texas Rangers in a 450 mile chase across Texas. His manhunt captures the nation's interest and his eventual trial is tainted by the extreme emotions of the country. 999:252
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- Border Incident (1949)
- Directed by Anthony Mann. Cast: Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, Howard Da Silva, James Mitchell, Arnold Moss, Alfonso Bedoya. The Mexico-California border is the power-keg setting for a tale of government agents versus greed and murder. 95 min. DVD 5848
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- Bordertown (2006)
- Written and directed by Gregory Nava. Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Antonio Banderas, Martin Sheen, Maya Zapata, Juan Diego Botto, Sonia Braga.
When a young girl is raped and left for dead in Mexico, she enlists the help of an ambitious reporter and a local newspaper owner for help. Soon their own lives are in danger as they try to uncover the terrors on the Juarez, Mexican/American border. Based on true events. Special features: "Exposing the Juarez murders: the making of Bordertown" ; "Dual Injustice," a WITNESS.org documentary short ; "La frontera" a documentary short from exec. producer Barbara Martinez Jitner ; "Make a difference," informaton from Amnesty International and WITNESS.org ; audio commentary by Gregory Nava ; theatrical trailers. 114 min. DVD 9190
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- Born in East L.A (1987)
- Writer/director, Cheech Marin. Cheech Marin is accidentally deported to Mexico without I.D. or knowledge of Spanish, and can't convince U.S. officials to let him back in. Film follows Cheech's repeated comic attempts to get back home. DVD 1872; vhs 999:1156
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- Bread and Roses(UK / France / Germany / Spain / Italy / Switzerland, 2000)
- Director Ken Loach. Cast: Pilar Padilla, Adrien Brody, Elpidia Carrillo, George Lopez, Alonso Chavez, Monica Rivas.
Maya is an illegal alien who has crossed the U.S. border from Mexico to search for her sister Rosa, and to begin a new life. After being reunited, Rosa gets Maya a job with a janitorial service in a large office building. While working, Maya happens upon Sam Shapiro, a muckraking lawyer and union agitator whom the service-workers' union has assigned to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Appalled at the work conditions and unfair labor practices, Maya and Sam team up to fight her employer. 110 min. DVD 5453
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- Break of Dawn (1988)
- Written and directed by Isaac Artenstein. Cast: Oscar Chavez, Maria Rojo, Tony Plana, Pepe Serna. Based on the life story of Pedro J. Gonzalez who championed the cause of Mexican-Americans in California during the Depression years and who worked for the reform of the California penal system. 100 min. 999:1758
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- The Captain from Castille (1947)
- Directed by Henry King. Cast: Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero, John Sutton, Lee J. Cobb, Antonio Moreno, Thomas Gomez.
Forced to flee his home during the Spanish Inquisition, nobleman Pedro De Vargas escapes with a beautiful peasant girl and joins Cortez on his dangerous expedition to conquer Mexico. As the young couple fall deeply in love, Pedro's great courage brings his leader honor and glory, even as an evil officer threatens the success of the entire expedition. Notable for deft swordplay and thrilling battle sequences. 141 min. DVD 8300; vhs 999:3223
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- Chico and the Man. (TV)
- Cast: Freddie Prinze, Jack Albertson, Della Reese, Scatman Crothers.
Ed Brown was a cantankerous old widower who owned and operated a small filling station in Los Angeles. He hired a fast-talking, cheery young Chicano, Chico Rodriguez, to help him run the place. Since Chico also lived in the garage, the two were always together, and when they weren't bickering between themselves, they came to a greater understanding of each other's generation and culture. They even learned to love each other. Pilot [episode] -- If I Were a Rich Man -- Chico and the Van -- Chico's Padre -- Ed Talks to God -- Chico's Cousin Pepe. Originally produced for television between 1974 and 1978. 150 min. DVD 4444
- Cisco Kid (195?)
- "Here's adventure! Here's romance! Here's O. Henry's famous Robin Hood of the Old West." Here's typical, sappy, "Frito Bandito" stereotyping from 1950's TV! Starring Duncan Ronaldo and Leo Carillo (as befuddled sidekick Pancho). 999:1354
- La Ciudad (The City) (1998)
- Directed by David Riker. Filmed through intensive collaboration with the New York Latino immigrant community over a five-year period, La Ciudad tells four stories about recently arrived illegal immigrants from Mexico and Latin America to New York City weaving a rich narrative tapestry of present day immigrant life. The film's four stories center on a group of day-laborers scavenging for bricks; two teenagers from the same hometown who meet in the projects and fall in love; a homeless father who tries to enroll his daughter in school; and a garment worker who seeks justice in the sweatshops. 88 min. DVD 4833; vhs 999:2755
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- Colors (1988)
- Directed by Dennis Hopper. Cast: Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, Maria Conchita Alonso, Randy Brooks. Two L.A. cops, one a veteran and one a rookie, try to bring peace to the war raging on the streets of Los Angeles. 127 min. DVD 6729; vhs 999:1156
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- Crash (2004)
- Directed by Paul Haggis. Cast: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe, Larenz Tate. A car accident brings together a group of strangers in Los Angeles in this provocative, unflinching look at the complexities of racial tolerance in contemporary America. 113 min. DVD 4298
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- Crossover Dreams (1985)
- Directed by Leon Ichaso. Cast: Ruben Blades, Shawn Elliot, Elizabeth Pena, Tom Signorelli, Frank Robles. A bittersweet comedy about a Slasa singer who strives to cross-over into the pop music mainstream. He shafts everyone he meets on his way to the top but when his latest record flops, his career starts going downhill. 85 min. 999:2575
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- A Day Without a Mexican (USA / Mexico / Spain, 2004)
- Directed by Sergio Arau. Cast: Yarelli Arizmendi, John Getz, Maureen Flannigan, Muse Watson, Fernando Arau, Eduardo Palomo. California awakens one day to discover that one third of its population has vanished. A peculiar pink fog surrounds the state and communication outside its boundaries has completely shut down. As the day progresses, it becomes apparent the sole characteristic linking the missing 14 million is their Hispanic heritage. Special features: the making-of 'A day without a Mexican'; filmmaker commentary; music video "Frijoleros" by Molatov; outtakes; music video "Sin decir adios" by Los Yoguis; the original short that inspired the film; original theatrical trailers & TV spots. Based on "A day without a Mexican, a mockumentary" by Yarelli Arizmendi and Sergio Arau. 95 min. DVD 3148
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- Duel in the Sun (1946)
- Directed by King Vidor. Cast: Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Gregory Peck, Lionel Barrymore, Herbert Marshall, Lillian Gish, Walter Huston, Charles Bickford. When her father is hanged for shooting his wife and her lover, half-breed Pearl Chevez (Jennifer Jones!) goes to live with distant relatives in Texas. Welcomed by Laura Belle and her elder lawyer son Jesse, she meets with hostility from the ranch-owner himself, wheelchair-bound Senator, and with lustful interest from womanising unruly younger brother Lewt. Almost at once, already existing family tensions are exacerbated by her presence and the way she is physically drawn to Lewt. 131 min. DVD 6689; vhs 999:1358
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- Beinzger, Dagmar. Tillmanns, Julika. "Quick to Blossom and Early to Die." Frauen und Film. 54-55:125-36. 1994 Apr
Mulvey, Laura. "Afterthoughts on 'Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema' Inspired by King Vidor's Duel in the Sun (1946)." In: Feminist film theory: a reader / edited by Sue Thornham. pp: 122-30. New York : New York University Press, 1999.
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Wood, Robin. "Duel in the Sun: The Destruction of an Ideological System Continuum." In: The book of westerns / edited by Ian Cameron and Douglas Pye. pp: 189-95. New York : Continuum, 1996. (Main Stack PN1995.9.W4.B66 1996 Moffitt PN1995.9.W4.B66 1996; Bancroft PN1995.9.W4.B66 1996)
- El Mariachi(Mexico / USA, 1992)
- Directed by Robert Rodriguez. Cast: Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gomez, Reinol Martinez, Peter Marquardt. All he wants is to be a mariachi, like his father, his grandfather and his great grandfather before him. But the town he thinks will bring him luck brings only a curse--of deadly mistaken identity. Forced to trade his guitar for a gun, the mariachi is playing for his life. Independent filmmaker, R. Rodriguez financed this film with earnings from a stay in a research hospital using borrowed equipment with no second takes and a talented cast of unknowns. 81 min. 999:1071
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- El Norte (1983)
- Directed by Gregory Nava. Beginning in the remote mountain jungles of Guatemala, awash with the lushness of nature and the rainbow colors of the Mayans, this highly-acclaimed drama about a brother and sister seeking a better life centers on two young Indians. When their father is killed by government soldiers and their mother taken away, they set out for the "promised land" to the north--El Norte. When they finally reach Los Angeles, however, their trials are not over for they are "illegals" submerged in an alien culture. 141 min. DVD 4594; also vhs 999:268
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- El Súper (1979)
- Directed by L. Ichaso. & Orlando Jimenez-Leal. A humorous and touching view of Cuban exiles living in a basement apartment during a snowy winter in New York. El Super is the story of Roberto, a superintendent, who dreams of his warm and friendly homeland, and stubbornly refuses to assimilate into the new culture. 80 min. 999:1130
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- Flying Down to Rio (1933)
- Directed by Thornton Freeland. Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Delores Del Rio, Gene Raymond, Raul Roulien. This film, containing the first of many Fred Astaire - Ginger Rogers partnerships, concerns a troupe of entertainers stranded in Rio. Songs include "The Carioca," "Orchids in the Moonlight," and the title song. Notable for a brilliantly photographed finale with chorus girls on the wings of flying airplanes, the movie was the musical that broke with the rather contrived Busby Berkeley productions and moved toward a closer integration of musical and narrative elements. Astaire's dance numbers come not as interruptions but as extensions of the plot. 89 min. DVD 6713
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- Frida (USA / Canada / Mexico, 2002)
- Directed by Julie Taymor. Cast: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Valeria Golino, Mia Maestro, Roger Rees, Diego Luna, Geoffrey Rush, Ashley Judd, Antonio Banderas. A dramatization of the life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, from her humble upbringing to the worldwide fame and controversy that surrounded both her and her husband, Diego Rivera. 122 min. DVD 1712
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- Frida (Frida, naturaleza viva) (Mexico, 1984)
- Directed by Paul Leduc. Cast: Ofelia Medina, Juan Jose Gurrola, Salvador Sanchez, Max Kerlow, Claudio Brook. On her deathbed, the artist Frida Kahlo recalls her life as a painter and reflects on the effects of her illnesses and injuries and on her relationships with Leon Trotsky, husband Diego Rivera, and others. 1989. 108 min. Video/C 2944
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- Lynd, Juliet. Art and Politics in Paul Leduc's Frida: Naturaleza viva. RLA: Romance Languages Annual. 10 (2): 696-702. 1998.
- Gay Desperado (1936)
- Director: Rouben Mamoulian; Cast: Ida Lupino, Nino Martini, Leo Carrillo, James Blakeley, Harold Huber, Mischa Auer. In this musical spoof lampooning gangster films a genial Mexican bandit gets nowhere until he and his amigos begin studying gangster techniques in Hollywood movies. Selecting kidnapping as his crime of choice, he snatches Chivo, an opera star and Jane, a troublesome heiress. He hopes to extract a huge ransom for the heiress's return, but Jane is more trouble than she's worth. All ends happily when the bandit engineers a romance between Chivo and Jane. 85 min. 999:2634
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- Hangin' with the Homeboys (1991)
- Writer and producer, Joseph B. Vasquez. A streetwise account of a wild night on the town with four Bronx homies--two African Americans, and two Hispanics. 90 min. 999:1317
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- Girlfight (2000)
- Director, Karyn Kusama. Cast: Michelle Rodriguez, Jamie Tirelli, Paul Calderon, Santiago Douglas. Diana Guzman is always fighting, whether at home in the housing projects with her abusive dad or at high school. She finds a new outlet for her anger at her brother's boxing gym. With hard-core training from veteran boxing coach Hector, Diana learns she has the guts and talent to be a contender. 110 min. 999:3117
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- Havoc (2005)
- Director, Barbara Kopple. Cast: Anne Hathaway, Bijou Phillips, Shiri Appleby, Michael Biehn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Matt O'Leary, Freddy Rodriguez, Laura San Giacomo, Mike Vogel.
A group of wealthy Los Angeles teenagers try to become part of the 'gangsta' lifestyle but soon run into trouble when they come face to face with a real gang of Latino drug dealers. 85 min. DVD 6731
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- Heroes from Another Country (Héroes de otra patria) (Puerto Rico, 1998)
- Director, Ivan Dariel Ortiz. An emotional drama about Puerto Rican soldiers in the Vietnam War told through the interconnected stories of Carlos and Raul, a Puerto Rican draftee and his volunteer sargeant; of Carlos' mother and sister in Puerto Rico; and of Esteban, a fellow soldier whose tour of duty ends permitting him to return to Puerto Rico. 83 min. DVD 2708
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- I Am Joaquin (Yo Soy Joaquin) (1969)
- Produced by El Teatro Campesino A dramatization of the Chicano poem of the same title by Rodolpho "Corky" Gonzales about the Mexican-American experience from Cortes to the current farm workers' struggle, emphasizing the problems of the of the oppressed and exploited Mexicans. 19 min. Video/C 4202
- Martinez, Eliud. "I Am Joaquin as Poem and Film: Two Modes of Chicano Expression." Journal of Popular Culture, Bowling Green, vol. 13. 1980. pp: 505-15.
- Images of Chicanos in Film.
- A symposium about Mexican Americans in motion pictures. produced by KOA-TV. Boulder, CO : KOA-TV, [198-?]. Video/C 2172
- Juarez (1939)
- Directed by William Dieterle. Cast: Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Brian Aherne, Claude Rains, John Garfield, Donald Crisp, Joseph Calleia, Gale Sondergaard, Gilbert Roland, Henry O'Neill. A dramatizated account of the triumphant resistance of President Benito Juarez and his followers against the attempt by Louis Napoleon to install Maximillian von Hapsburg as Emperor of Mexico. 123 min. 999:2832
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- La Bamba (1986)
- Writer-director, Luis Valdez. Starring Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosana De Soto, Elizabeth Pena, Joe Pantoliano.The man, the myth, and the music that brought America to its feet and catapulted 17 year-old Ritchie Valens to rock 'n' roll stardom live again. 103 min. DVD 6696; vhs 999:269
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- Latino Hollywood.
- Latinos have contributed to the American film industry since its earliest days. During the silent and early talkie era, Latinos were almost always stereotyped as tempestuous lovers, bandidos, or cantina girls. This program remembers many of the early Latino actors and actresses and examines some of the stereotypical roles they portrayed. Mexican American Studies and Research Center, University of Arizona, 1994. 31 min. Video/C 4628
- Latino Hollywood. Part II
- 1940's-1950s: All American stereotype and social realism -- 1960's-1970's: Criminality or invisibility -- 1980's: Chicano films, updated stereotyping and tokenism -- 1990's: Cross over dreams, new Latino filmmakers. Program looks at the history and image of the Latino and Latina in Hollywoood films from the 1940s through the mid-1990s. Also reviews the roles Latino actors and actresses were given to play in popular films during this period and examines the few social realist films of the period. It then charts the gradual shift in the 70's and 80's from the Latino stereotypical image to the growth of independent Latino filmmaking and the "crossover" films of the 80's and 90's. 1996. 18 min. Video/C 5109
- Lone Star (1996)
- Directed by John Sayles. Cast: Ron Canada, Chris Cooper, Clifton James, Kris Kristofferson, Matthew McConaughey, Frances McDormand, Joe Morton, Elizabeth Pena. John Sayles' murder-mystery explores interpersonal and interracial tensions in Rio County, Texas. Sam Deeds is the local sheriff who is called to investigate a 40-year-old skeleton found in the desert... As Sam delves deeper into the town's dark secrets, he begins to learn more about his father, the legendary former sheriff Buddy Deeds, who replaced the corrupt Charlie Wade. While Sam puzzles out the long-past events surrounding the mystery corpse, he also longs to rekindle a romance with his old high-school flame. Sayles' complex characters are brought together as the tightly woven plot finally draws to its dramatic close [Internet Movie Database]. 135 min. DVD 2519; VHS 999:1660
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- Maid in Manhattan (2002)
- Directed by Wayne Wang. Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Stanley Tucci, Tyler Garcia Posey, Frances Conroy, Chris Eigeman, Amy Sedaris, Bob Hoskins. A struggling single mom takes a job as a chambermaid at a luxury hotel in New York. She meets and falls in love with a sauve and sophisticated heir to an American political dynasty, who mistakes her for a society woman. When her real identity is revealed, the reality about their seperate lives sets in. 105 min. DVD 2885
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- Manito (2002)
- Written & directed by Eric Eason. Cast: Franky G., Leo Minaya, Manuel Cabral, Julissa Lopez, Jessica Morales, Hector Gonzalez, Panchito Gomez. Portrays 48 tense hours in the lives of a Latino family in the Washington Heights section of New York City, especially the relationship between two second-generation Dominican brothers. 77 min. DVD 1908
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- El Matador (2003)
- Directed by Joey Medina. Cast: Andrew Aybar, Ismael "East" Carlo, Robert Wolfskill, Ada Luz Pla, Sheila Korsi, Corey Miguel Corties, Gabriel Iglesias, Alex Reymundo, Joey Medina, Marty Klebba; special appearance by Paul Rodriguez. Tells the story of a Mexican-American pizza delivery boy who decides to pursue his family's centuries-old tradition of becoming a matador. But first he must defeat a local, flamboyant loan shark, El Joto, who for payment from his father's past debt has taken the family heirloom -- a pair of bronzed bull balls. 74 min. DVD 2754
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- Mi Familia (My Family) (1995)
- Directed by Gregory Nava. Starring Jimmy Smits, Esai Morales, Eduardo Lopez Rojas, Jenny Gago, Elpidia Carrillo, Lupe Ontiveros, Jacob Vargas, Jennifer Lopez, Maria Canals, Leon Singer, Michael D. Lorenzo, Jonathan Hernandez, Constance Marie. Narrator: Edward James Olmos. A powerful, three-generation epic saga of the Sanchez family as told by the eldest son. From the very beginnings of his father's told by the eldest son. From the very beginnings of his father's adventurous journey from Mexico to California in the 1920s, to his brother Chucho's tragic rebellion of the 1950s, to the stark realities of modern day, the struggle to live the American dream is sometimes darkened but never diminished. DVD 7685; vhs 999:1448
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- Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life) (1994)
- Directed by Allison Anders. Cast: Angel Aviles, Seidy Lopez, Jacob Vargas, Panchito Gomez, Jesse Borrego. The members of rival Latino gangs in Los Angeles are feuding, and the girl friends are trying to stay out of the struggle for power and survive. 96 min. DVD 6698; vhs 999:1334
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- Milagro Beanfield Wars (1988)
- Produced and directed by Robert Redford. Cast: Ruben Blades, Richard Bradford, Sonia Braga, Julie Carmen, James Gammon, Melanie Griffith, John Heard, Carlos Riquelme, Daniel Stern, Christopher Walken, Chick Vennera. Fable set in a magical New Mexican village where everyday people are caught up in extraordinary circumstances. Based on the novel by John Treadwell Nichols (Moffitt PS3564.I274.M5; Main Stack PS3564.Ni274.M5) 118 min. 999:270
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- Bruce-Novoa, Juan. "There's many a slip between good intentions and script: The Milagro Beanfield War." Post Script (16:1) 1996, 53-63.
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- Directed by Angel Muniz. Cast: Luisito Marti, Caridad Ravelo, Raul Carbonell, Alfonso Zayas, Rafael Villalona, Joel Garcia. Relates the story of Balbuena, a Dominican immigrant to New York, and his daily struggles in a strange land, devoid of the comforts of his native customs, language and culture. 102 min. 999:1753
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- The Party Line
- Written, produced and directed by Mario Barrera. Relationships in the Mexican American culture are highlighted in this drama about Mexican American young people who renew a high school romance clearing up the problem that separated them after the senior prom. Produced with the support of University of California (Berkeley), Committee on Research [and] University of California, Institute for Mexico and the United States. 1996. 26 min. Video/C 5731
- Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
- Directed by Robert Rodriguez. Cast: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp.
A corrupt CIA agent forces El Mariachi out of hiding to help sabotage an assassination attempt on the president of Mexico by an evil cartel kingpin. El Mariachi has his own reason for helping - he is doing it for revenge. Special features: Robert Rodriquez audio commentary; deleted scenes; Film is dead : an evening with Robert Rodriguez; Ten-minute film school; Ten-minute cooking school; Inside Troublemaker Studios; The anti-hero's journey; The good, the bad and the bloody : Inside KNB FX. 102 min. DVD 9191
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- The Perez Family (1995)
- Directed by Mira Nair. Cast: Marisa Tomei, Alfred Molina, Chazz Palminteri, Anjelica Huston, Trini Alvardo, Celia Cruz. Free-spirited Dottie Perez is leaving Cuba for America, her head filled with dreams of movies, mascara and dates with John Wayne. Strait-laced Juan Perez is headed for a reunion with Carmela, the wife he hasn't seen in 20 years. But when an overworked immigration officer mistakes Dottie and Juan for husband and immigration officer mistakes Dottie and Juan for husband and wife, the stage is set for a merry marital mix-up, and some very unpredictable romances. Based upon the novel by Christine Bell ( UCB Main PS3552.E489 P47 1990; UCB Moffitt PS3552.E489 P47 1990; UCB Chicano PZ4.B35 P3). 135 min. 999:1442
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- Pretty Vacant (1996)
- Directed by Jim Mendiola. Cast: Mariana Vasquez, David Mercado Gonzales. A story about Molly, a young Chicana perennial jr. college art student and drummer for an all girls band, living in San Antonio, Texas. While struggling to publish a punk-rock magazine, she tries to stay one step ahead of her father who wants to take her to visit his native Mexico against her will. 34 min. 999:3398
- Quinceañera (2006)
- Directed by Richard Glatzer and
Wash Westmoreland. Cast: Jesus Castanos, Araceli Guzman-Rico, Emily Rios, J.R. Cruz, Listette Avila, Alicia Sixtos, Johnny Chavez, Jesse Garcia, Chalo Gonzalez. On the evening before Magdalena's 15th birthday, her simple, blissful life is complicated by the discovery that she's pregnant. Forced to leave her house, she finds a new family with her uncle and gay cousin. 91 min. DVD 6840
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- Real Women Have Curves (2002)
- Directed by Patricia Cardozo. Cast: America Ferrera, Lupe Ontiveros, Ingrid Oliu, George Lopez, Brian Sites. Should she leave home, go to college and experience life? Or stay home, get married, and keep working in her sister's struggling garment factory? It may seem an easy decision, but for the 18-year-old Mexican American Ana, every choice she makes this summer will change her life. 90 min. DVD 1658
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- The Ring (1952)
- Director, Kurt Neumann. Cast: Gerald Mohr, Rita Moreno, Lalo Rios. An early "socially conscious" drama which chronicles the fate of Tomas, a spirited but poor young Mexican-American living with his family in the Los Angeles barrio. Tomas' life is dramatically altered when he's taken in by a sympathetic fight manager who teaches him to re-channel his rage from the streets to the boxing ring. The film attempts to tear down the stereotype of the "lazy Mexican" promoting the fact that most Mexican-Americans are family folk who only want a job with dignity and their fair share of the American pie. 79 min. 999:1754
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- Road Dogz (2001)
- Director, Alfredo Ramos. Cast: Clifton Collins, Jr., Greg Serano, Jacob Vargas, Lobo Sebastian, Priscilla Garita, Emilio Rivera, Yelba Osorio, Danny de la Paz, Ruben Moreno, Rudy Ramos.
In this gritty tale of life on the streets of East L.A. Danny, Alfonso and Raymo are lifelong friends who have spent their days hanging out and playing basketball. But everthing is about to change ... when one of them gets involved with a dangerous drug dealer, all their lives are at risk and they must make some life and death decisions. 96 min. DVD 1241
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- Rum and Coke (2000)
- Director, Maria Escobedo. Cast: Diana Marquis, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Christopher Marazzo, Jacqueline Torres, Kevin A. King.
Linda is a bright, confident and independent daughter of Cuban immigrants who has vowed to stay away from all Latino men until she meets Jose, a handsome, aggressive and charming firefighter. 86 min. DVD 8728
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- Saludos Amigos (1942)
- Disney. Narrator, Fred Shields. Combining live action and animation this is Walt Disney's version of a grand tour of South America, featuring Donald Duck, Goofy and Joe Carioca. Special features: South of the border with Disney featurette, theatrical trailer. 75 min. DVD 5149
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- Salt of the Earth. (1954)
- Directed by Herbert J. Biberman. A semidocumentary of the year-long struggle by Mexican-American zinc miners in New Mexico. When an injunction is issued against the workers, the wives take up the battle with a fury, leaving the husbands to care for home and children. 94 min. DVD 682; VHS 999:266
Credits and information from the Internet Movie Database A Crime to Fit the Punishment (documentary on the making of Salt of the Earth) Video/C 9289
- Scarface (1983)
- Directed by Brian DePalma. Cast: Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia, Miriam Colon, F. Murray Abraham, Paul Shenar, Harris Yulin. Tells the story of the violent career of a smalltime Cuban refugee hoodlum who guns his way to the top of Miami's cocaine empire. 170 min. DVD 5677; vhs 999:2600
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- Seguin
- A docu-drama based on the life of one of Texas' unsung heroes, Juan Nepomunceno Seguin, a leader in San Antonio who raised an army to fight the Mexican forces of Santa Ana at the Alamo. Written and directed by Jesus Salvador Trevino. Performers: A. Martinez, Henry Darrow, Rose Portillo, Pepe Serna, Danny De La Paz, Enrique Castillo, Lupe Ontiveros, Edward James Olmos. 68 min. Video/C 5133
- Fregoso, Rosa Linda. "Seguin: The Same Side of the Alamo Bilingual." In: Chicano Cinema: research, Reviews, and Resources Edited by Gary D. Keller. pp: 146-152. Binghamton, N.Y.: Bilingual Review/Press, c1985. (UCB Main PN1995.9.M49.C47 1985; UCB Moffitt PN1995.9.M49.C47 1985)
- Short Eyes (1987)
- Directed by Robert M. Young. Cast: Bruce Davison, Jose Perez, Nathan George, Don Blakely, Shawn Elliot, Miguel Piñero. An eloquent drama detailing the simmering hostilities and ethnic rivalries of prison life. When a convicted child molester enters the prison community his contemptible crime triggers the other inmates' barely repressed violence. They begin to act out their own perverted code of revenge while the prison guards look the other way. Based on the play by Miguel Piñero (PS3566.Pi5216 S5 1975 Main Stack; PS3566 I5216S5 1975 Moffitt). 100 min. 999:168
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- Smile Now, Cry Later (2001)
- Directed by Jose and Eduardo Quiroz.
Cast: Sir Dyno, James Logan, Dub, A.L.G., Crooked, OSO, Young D., Kid, Sapo. This is the story of two brothers who are trying to survive in the violent streets of the bario. Marcus has vowed to live his life straight ever since his older brother was violently murdered, while Smiley is doing whatever it takes to make it on the streets, willingly risking his life for fast money. They're both trying to make it in the independent rap business, but will all the bad they've done eventually come back to haunt them? DVD 907
- Spanglish (2004)
- Directed by James L. Brooks. Cast: Adam Sandler, Tea Leoni, Paz Vega, Cloris Leachman, Shelbie Bruce, Sarah Steele, Ian Hyland, Victoria Luna.
When Flor and her daughter, Christina come to the United States, Flor gets a job as a maid at the home of a successful chef John Clasky and his family. Despite Flor's lack of an English, she does the best she can to assist the Clasky family in more than just house cleaning matters. However, when Flor is forced to live with the family over the summer, she has no choice but to bring Christina along. John's wife, much to Flor's disliking, treats Christina much like her own and at the same time she hurts the feelings of her own daughter, Bernice. When John's dreams begin to unravel, he begins to feel like his whole world is coming down around him. Told through Christina's college letter to Princeton University, Christina learns that things come and go in life, but family is the most important thing a person can have. 131 min. DVD 8263
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- Speedy Gonzales (animated character)
- Speedy Gonzales (or Gonz?lez), "the fastest mouse in all Mexico", is an animated cartoon mouse from the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Speedy's major traits are his ability to run extremely fast, and his comedic Mexican accent. He usually wears an oversized yellow sombrero and a white shirt and pants. (Wikipedia)
In the late 1990's, Speedy was also featured in a program on the cable TV Cartoon Network. The cartoon was eventually taken off the air because of what network officials described as excessive smoking and drinking by the cartoon's characters and low viewership. In the wake of this decision, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) called for reinstatement of the cartoons because, according to Gabriela Lemus, the director of policy and legislation for LULAC, "Speedy's a cultural icon. He's a good mouse. Being a Latin American child and watched him my whole life in Latin America as well as the United States, I don't recall ever having any negative connotations with him." Lemus also noted that Speedy provided something of a role model for some of his less ambitious cartoon peers. "Some of the other mice were not the best of all characters, but (Speedy) always chastised them for being lazy and he always told them to get your act together. I don't [think] he's so bad." [as quoted by CNSNews.com]
Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Speedy Gonzales in a Flash- Contents: Cat-tails for two -- Tabasco road -- Tortilla flaps -- Mexicali shmoes -- Here today, gone tamale -- West of the pesos -- Cannery woe -- Pied Piper of Guadalupe -- Mexican boarders -- Chili weather -- A message to gracias -- Nuts and volts -- Panchos hideway -- The wild chase -- A-haunting we will go. Special features: Commentaries and featurettes with animators, historians and voice artists profiling specific cartoons, characters and creators; music and music-and-effects-only tracks on selected shorts. DVD 7359
Cannery Woe (animated short, 1961) Two mice, Jos? and Manuel, get in with the mayor by suggesting that Speedy save the cheese festival by stealing the cheese from under Sylvester's nose. DVD 2073
Speedy Gonzales. (animated short, 1955) Speedy comes to the aid of a starving band of Mexican mice who live right across the border from a cheese factory. Sylvester is guarding the border. Speedy gets past Sylvester's defenses to bring back cheese. Academy Award for Best Short Subject, 1955. DVD 2073
Tabasco Road Directed by Robert McKimson. Warner Brothers. Speedy Gonzales, the fastest mouse in all Mexico, runs to the rescue of his two drunken rodent friends, Pablo and Fernando, who keep wandering into the hungry clutches of an alley cat. 1957. Included on DVD 6167
- Stand and Deliver (1987)
- Directed by Ramon Menendez. Cast: Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosana DeSoto, Andy Garcia. Jaime Escalante, a math teacher at East Los Angeles' Garfield High School, refuses to write off his kids as losers. He cajoles, pushes, wheedles, needles, threatens and inspires 18 kids to become math whizzes. Then they take the National Advanced Placement Calculus exam with surprising results. 103 min. 999:272
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- Star Maps (1997)
- Directed by Miguel Arteta. Cast: Douglas Spain, Efrain Figueroa, Kandyce Jorden, Martha Velez, Lysa Flores, Annette Murphy, Robin Thomas, Vincent Chandler, Al Vicente. Carlos, a naive young man, works for his father selling star maps which point the way to the homes of some of Hollywood's biggest celebrities. But his job is really a front for a prostitution ring, and in this city of illusions, Carlos' plan to use one of his customers to help him get a movie role just may be the biggest illusion of all. 90 min. 999:2855
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- Strangers in the City (1962)
- Directed by Rick Carrier. Cast: Robert Gentile, Camilo Delgado, Rosita de Triana, Creta Margos, Robert Corso, Kenny Delmar. The story of Puerto Rican immigrants to New York City. In the underbelly of the city two children struggle to create a life against seemingly insurmountable odds. The daughter must earn her overtime pay with physical favors, while her brother fights street gangs to do an honest days work. 80 min. 999:3195
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- This Rebel Breed (1960)
- Directed by Richard L. Bare. Cast: Rita Moreno, Mark Damon, Gerald Mohr, Jay Novello, Eugenio Martin. Black, Anglo and Hispanic high-school gangs duke it out in this story about two undercover cops who infiltrate the gangs to stop narcotics trafficking. The undercover cop Frank is of mixed black American and Mexican parentage, which means no gang is going to easily accept him while his partner Don is an Anglo cop. When Lola's boyfriend is killed in a gang fight she starts to fall for Frank. 90 min. 999:3051
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- The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
- Directed by Tommy Lee Jones.. Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Julio Cedillo, Dwight Yoakam, January Jones, Melissa Leo, Levon Helm, Mel Rodriguez, Cecilia Suarez.
Needing to keep his honor-bound commitment, Texas ranch foreman Pete returns the body of illegal Mexican immigrant ranch-hand Melquiades Estrada to his preferred resting place in the Mexican wilderness. Estrada had been accidentally shot by Mike, a newly-arrived U.S. border patrolman. Pete forces Mike to participate in his cross-country ritual of duty -- a voyage filled with revenge and redemption that will change both men forever -- and bring some semblance of meaning to the senseless death of Pete's good friend. 121 min. DVD 8428
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- Three Caballeros (1959)
- Disney. Voices: Clarence Nash (Donald Duck); Joaquin Garay (Panchito ; Jose Olivera (Joe Carioco); featuring: Aurora Miranda, Dora Luz, Carmen Molina. When Donald receives a magical collection of gifts from his Latin American friends, they become his passport to a fantastic musical journey with Joe Carioca and Panchito, the charro rooster. With these experts to guide him, Donald and Goofy hop, skip and jump their way through every splash of local color. Special features: Don's fountain of youth cartoon; Pueblo Pluto cartoon; theatrical trailer. 72 min. DVD 5148
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- Kaufman, J. B.. "Norm Ferguson and the Latin American Films of Walt Disney." In:
A reader in animation studies / edited by Jayne Pilling. London : J. Libbey, c1997.
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Pato Donald's. "Gender Ducking: The Three Caballeros." Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media, vol. 39, pp. 72-82, 112, 1994.
- Touch of Evil (1958)
- Directed by Orson Welles. Cast: Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Marlene Dietrich, Joseph Calleia, Ray Collins, Akim Tamiroff, Zsa Zsa Gabor. An elaborate mystery involving a corrupt police official in a squalid town on the Mexican border and a murder that ensnares a narcotics agent and his wife. 104 min. DVD 382; vhs 999:497
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- Traffic (Germany / USA, 2000)
- Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Cast: Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Douglas, Luis Guzman, Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta-Jones. Presents a mix of interrelated stories: a Mexican policeman finds himself and his partner caught in an often deadly web of corruption; a pair of DEA agents work undercover in a sordid and dangerous part of San Diego; a wealthy drug baron living in upscale, suburban America is arrested and learns how quickly his unknowing and pampered wife takes over his business; and the U.S. President's new drug czar must deal with his increasingly drug-addicted teenage daughter. 147 min. DVD 866
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- Undefeated (2003)
- Directed by John Leguizamo. Cast: John Leguizamo, Clifton Collins, Jr., Vanessa Ferlito, Omar Benson Miller, Nestor Serrano, Robert Forster.
A Latino boxer must navigate the path between his newfound fame, with all its seductive trappings, and his humble yet proud roots growing up on the hard, mean streets of Jackson Heights, Queens. Surrounded by his childhood friends and an old-school trainer, Lex Vargas endures a devastating personal loss before turning professional, eventually signing with a high-profile promoter. Ultimately his fame and fortune threatens to undermine the longtime bonds he shares with his buddies from the old neighborhood. 92 min. DVD 2411
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- Viva Villa!
- Directed by Jack Conway. Cast: Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo, Fay Wray, Donald Cook, Joseph Schildkraut. The sometimes heroic, sometimes infamous deeds of Mexican bandit and patriot Pancho Villa. Villa fought the Diaz regime, whose soldiers killed his father. He later became one of the most ruthless Mexican bandits, but also helped put the honorable Francisco Madero in power. After Madero's assassination, Villa himself led his country, however, being a better fighter than a bureaucrat, he gave up the presidency when he could restore Mexico to its people. 115 min. 999:2831
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- Viva Zapata! (1952)
- Directed by Elia Kazan. Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn.
Emiliano Zapata, an ally of Pancho Villa, leads the Mexican peasants in a bloody revolt to overthrow a cruel dictator, Diaz. His revolt triumphs, but each successive leader is no better than Diaz. Even Zapata himself ultimately fails as he tragically experiences the corruption of power and the deceit of politicians. 112 min. 999:776
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- Walkout (TV, 2006)
- Directed by Edward James Olmos. Cast: Alexa Vega, Michael Pe?na, Yancey Arias, Laura Harring, Efren Ramirez, David Warshofsky, Holmes Osbourne, Tim DeKay, Tonantzin Esparza, Bodie Olmos, Veronica A. Diaz, Jeremy Ray Valdez, Jonathan Hernandez, Fidel Gomez, Douglas Spain, Marisol Crisostomo-Romo, Germaine De Leon, Carmen Corral, David Devora, Jesse Garcia, Pablo Santos.
The inspiring true story of the 1968 East LA student walkout, where one courageous young woman and thousands of hispanic followers stood up against academic prejudices and forever changed their world. 111 min. DVD 7974
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- Wassup Rockers (2005)
- Director, Larry Clark. Cast: Jonathan Velasquez, Francisco Pedrasa, Milton Velasquez, Usualdo Panameno, Eddie Velasquez. Instead of adhering to the norms of their South Central neighborhood, a group of skater boys opt to bus into Hollywood and Beverly Hills, where they attract local rich girls - and plenty of trouble with the police, jealous boyfriends, and nervous parents. 100 min. DVD 6752 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Week-end in Havana (1941)
- Directed by Walter Lang. Cast: Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, John Payne, Cesar Romero, George Barbier, Billy Gilbert. Music and lyrics by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren. In this musical film a salesgirl threatens to cause trouble when her cruise ship runs aground spoiling her vacation. As compensation, she soon gets a free first class Havana holiday with the ship owner's future son-in-law -- as well as some unexpected attention from a conniving gambler and his girlfriend. 80 min. 999:3674
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- West Side Story (1961)
- Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. Cast: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chikiris. Musical based on the Romeo and Juliet story, set in New York's West Side slums during the late 1950's, with gang warfare erupting when Maria, sister of the leader of the Puerto Rican gang, the Sharks, falls in love with the leader of the rival Anglo gang, the Jets. 153 min. DVD 1747; DVD 551; vhs 999:115
- Negron-Muntaner, Frances, "Feeling Pretty: West Side Story and Puerto Rican Identity Discourses." Social Text - Volume 18, Issue 2 2000
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- Yellow (Puerto Rico / USA, 2006)
- Directed by Alfredo de Villa. Cast: Roselyn Sanchez, D.B. Sweeney, Erika Michels, Jaime Trelli, Bill Duke.
Amaryllis is a young, classically trained Latina ballerina, who dreams of leaving her impoverished home in Puerto Rico to pursue fame and fortune as a dancer. Amaryllis heads for New York City, where she is forced to work in a seedy strip club to make ends meet. Amaryllis quickly becomes the strip club's hottest atttraction and falls in love with her best customer. Finally winning an audition for a Broadway production, Amaryllis must now decide between love and realizing her dream of becoming a star. 93 min. DVD 8154
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- Yo Soy Joaquin (I Am Joaquin).
- A dramatization of the Chicano poem of the same title by Rodolpho "Corky" Gonzales about the Mexican-American experience from Cortes to the current farm workers' struggle, emphasizing the problems of the oppressed and exploited Mexicans. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1969. 19 min. Video/C 4202
- Martinez, Eliud. "I Am Joaquin as Poem and Film: Two Modes of Chicano Expression." Journal of Popular Culture, vol. 13, 1980: 505-515.
- Zoot Suit (1981)
- Directed by Luis Valdez A group of Mexican-Americans are sent to San Quentin unjustly for the death of a man at Sleepy Lagoon. Based on the actual case and zoot suit riots of 1940's Los Angeles. 108 min. DVD 1832; vhs 999:497
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- Zorro
- Based on the character created by Johnston McCulley.
The Legend of Zorro (2005)
- Directed by Martin Campbell. Cast: Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rufus Sewell, Nick Chinlund. This time, the legendary Zorro fights against evil-doers with the help of his beautiful wife, Elena, and their precocious young son, Joaquin. Alejandro De LaVega is torn between two worlds: his life as Zorro and his life as a family man. After Alejandro once again breaks his promise to stop wearing the mask, Elena leaves him, and she soon begins seeing Armand, a haughty French Count. But a mysterious explosion in the desert leads Zorro to believe that there's more to Armand than meets the eye. Zorro becomes intent on finding out what that is. Little does he know, there are others working to uncover certain truths as well. 129 min. DVD 5628
Credit and other information from Internet Movie DatabaseThe Mark of Zorro (1940)- Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Cast: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard, Eugene Pallette, J. Edward Bromberg, Montagu Love. Disguised as Zorro, a sword-wielding mystery man dressed in black, Don Diego Vega works to restore his father, the deposed Alcalde, back to power and return tax money stolen by the villanous tyrant--while finding time to romance the tyrant's beautiful niece. Based on the story: The curse of Capistrano / by Johnston McCulley. 93 min. DVD 6690; vhs 999:1968
Credit and other information from Internet Movie Database- Williamson, Catherine. "'Draped Crusaders': Disrobing Gender in The Mark of Zorro." Cinema Journal, vol. 36 no. 2. 1997 Winter. pp: 3-16.
The Mark of Zorro (1920, silent)- Directed by Fred Niblo. Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Marguerite de la Motte, Noah Beery, Robert McKim, George Periolat. As the famous Mexican Robin Hood, Don Diego springs into action as Zorro, the crusader for the rights of the Mexican people. Through the Zorro character, Fairbanks ushered in the legendary cycle of adventure films and established the genre of the American action film. In the closing climax of this film Zorro (Fairbanks) leads Governor Alvarado's men on a cyclonic chase across the rooftops, haystacks, prison, homes and church of a picturesque Old California village. Based on the story: The curse of Capistrano / by Johnston McCulley. 90 min. DVD 6730; vhs 999:1436
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The Mask of Zorro (1998)- Directed by Martin Campbell. Cast: Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Anthony Hopkins, Stuart Wilson, Matt Letscher. A sweeping tale of love and horror, tragedy and triumph set against the Spanish conquest of Mexico. After twenty years as the legendary Zorro, Don Diego must transform a troubled drifter into the fearless hero he once was. 137 min. DVD 5629
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Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939)- Directed by John English and William Witney. Republic Pictures. 12 parts. DVD 7299
