- Source: Chicana (film)
Chicana is a 1979 short documentary film by director Sylvia Morales overviewing the history of the Chicana figure from the pre-Columbian era to the Chicano Movement. The film has a run time of 22 minutes.
The film is often discussed among other Chicano films as a Chicana perspective on film. In 2021, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
Background
Sylvia Morales made the film while she was a student at UCLA. The film has been referred to the first documentary done through a Chicana feminist lens.
Reception
A review for the Los Angeles Times referred to it as "well-researched and [a] spirited documentary made with much love."
Credits
Anna Nieto-Gómez - Research
Cynthia Honesto - Research
Carmen Moreno - Music
Carmen Zapata - Narration
Dolores Huerta - Interview
Alicia Escalante - Interview
Francisca Flores - Interview
References
External links
Chicana at IMDb
The short film Chicana is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Touch of Evil
- Gadis
- Perempuan
- Feminisme Marxis
- Hari Perempuan Internasional
- Feminisme sosialis
- Misogini
- Feminisme
- Pejuang keadilan sosial
- Tatapan pria
- Chicana (film)
- Chicana feminism
- Chicano
- 2024 in film
- Chicana literature
- Chicano literature
- De sangre chicana
- National Film Registry
- Sylvia Morales
- Cinema of the United States
