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9 hours ago · Why It Matters: The NFR gives the film a three-paragraph write-up, detailing the plot, hailing it as “one of the key feature films of the 1980s Chicano film movement”, and praising its “acclaimed cinematography”.
4 days ago · CHSTU 404 Advanced Chicano Studies in Humanities (5, max. 15) A&H, DIV Comparative interdisciplinary study of changing cultures and social movements of Chicano and Latino communities in the U.S. across the Americas, and the diaspora. Literature, film, music, performance, visual, and material culture.
3 days ago · The Chicano Movement was a means to break from the chains of assimulation and to stand idle in the face of oppression. Chicanos fought for many privileges that would help keep Mexican-Americans from losing their identities as Mexicans. They sought to have their voices represented equally in Congress, in local offices, and even in school boards.
2 days ago · Luis Jiménez. July 30, 1940–June 13, 2006. Luis Jiménez’s monumental sculptures changed the course of American art in the second half of the twentieth century. His brightly hued figures of mustangs, Aztec warriors, and working-class immigrants challenged not only artistic fashion but also popular notions of the Southwest and its history.
4 days ago · When the Chicano Time Traveler goes back home to Fresno or East Los or Chuco, or from wherever he lives in Aztlán, things would be different. Brown people would be in charge, man. Chicanos would ...
2 days ago · Encanto is a 2021 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It was directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard, co-directed by Charise Castro Smith, and produced by Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer, with original songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
6 days ago · Documents of the Chicano Movement This book provides a variety of original source documents, from first-hand accounts to media responses to legislative texts, regarding the Chicano movement of the 1960s through 1970s. It examines the key events, individuals, and developments of La Causa: Chicanos uniting to free themselves of liberation from ...
