Latino Studies - Arts

The Bronze Screen [videorecording] / Bronze Screen
Productions in association with the Latino Entertainment Media Institute.

The Bronze screen honors the past, illuminates the
present, and opens a window to the future of Latinos in
motion pictures. From silent movies to urban gang
films, stereotypes of the Greaser, the Lazy Mexican,
the Latin lover and the Dark lady are examined. Rare
and extensive footage traces the progression of this
distorted screen image to the increased prominence of
today's Latino actors, writers and directors.

Buena Vista Social Club [videorecording] / a film by
Wim Wenders ; a Road Movies Production in association
with Kintop Pictures and Arte, Channel 4.

Carlos Fuentes [videorecording] / by Lewis MacAdams and John Dorr ; the Lannan Foundation in association with
Metropolitan Pictures and EZTV.

Carlos Fuentes, Mexico's leading novelist and critic, reads from his novels The death of Artemio Cruz and Christopher unborn, as well as unpublished works in English and Spanish. He is interviewed in Los Angeles by Lewis MacAdams.

Como se Forma una Rumba [videorecording] = How to
create a rumba / Ivan Acosta.

Presents a history of the variety of styles of Cuban
rumba.

Everyday Art [videorecording] = Arte de cada dia /
produced by Lisa Maria Salb in conjunction with Caribbean Music and Dance Programs.

This video portrays Cuba's folkloric traditions and its
contemporary art scene, focusing on the everyday life of Cuban musicians and dancers, who incorporate these traditions into their work. Shot in homes and on the streets on Cuba, the video captures the rich connections between generations, African and Latino culture, religion, daily life and art. Features pianist Chucho Valdes, dancer Librada Quesada, salsa king Isaac Delgado, and Los Van Van founder Juan Formell, as well as footage from Havana's International Jazz Festival and the folkloric groups Raices Profundas and los Munequitos de Matanzas.

The Frescoes of Diego Rivera [videorecording] /
presented by The Founders Society, The Detroit
Institute of Arts ... [et al.] ; produced by Michael
Camerini Inc. and Francis Thompson Inc. in
collaboration with Stanton L. Catlin for The Detroit
Institute of Arts exhibition-- Diego Rivera, a
retrospective ; produced and directed by Michael
Camerini.

Explores Rivera's evolution as an artist, his use of
the fresco technique and his politics. His frescoes
unite themes of nature and revolution, drawing a
parallel between the evolution of life and the struggle
for human dignity.

Frida Kahlo (1910-1954) [videorecording] / RM Arts ;
[produced by] Eila Hershon, Roberto Guerra, and Wibke
Von Bonin.

Hispanics in the Media [videorecording] / Executive
producers, Radames Soto, Richard Perin ; producer,
Francisco Ramirez.

Explores the current role of Hispanics in the media
including interviews with Geraldo Rivera, Moctesuma
Esparz, David Valdez, Rita Moreno, Elizabeth Pena,
Jimmy Smits and Isiah Morales.

Latino Artists: Pushing artistic boundaries. [videorecording]

The first part of this program introduces the founding
members of the visual artists/performance group, ASCO.
Formed as a reaction to the anger and despair they felt as Latin American outcasts in their own country, this group turned to artistic activism with the production of paintings, magazines, videos, street performances, and photographs. The second part of the program visits the Nuyorican Poet's Cafe, founded by playwright Miguel Pinero and Professor Miguel Algarin, in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The Cafe's stage introduces the newest generation of writers who share their work and their vision of identity and cultural duality as Puerto Ricans living in New York.

Latino Hollywood [videorecording] / produced for the
Mexican-American Regional and Family History Program of the Mexican American Studies and Research Center at the University of Arizona, and VideoServices, KUAT
Communications Group.

Magic Music Presents un Documental de Santiago Alvarez, Ismael Perdono : La Isla de musica [videorecording].

Nosotros, los Pobres [videorecording] / direcci=n
Ismael Rodriguez.

Life of the low class of the Mexican people who sing
their problems and suffering in beautiful songs.

Octavio Paz [videorecording] / the Lannan Literary
Series in association with Metropolitan Pictures and
EZTV ; by Lewis MacAdams and John Dorr.

Octavio Paz reads from the Collected Works of Octavio
Paz, 1957-1987.

Palabra [videorecording] : a sampling of contemporary
Latino writers.

Reality and Hallucinations [videorecording] / [produced
by] the Museum of Modern Art of Latin America.

The life and works of the renowned Mexican artist JosT
Luis Cuevas. Filmed in Mexico and Paris.

The Reason Why We Sing [videorecording] : community
song with Alice Parker / Branch Valley Productions.

Campus Resources Pastoral Liturgy 1224
Hesburgh ML 3869 .P36 1995 Non-Circulating

Songs of the Homeland [videorecording] / a production
of Galan Productions.

Tango, Baile Nuestra [videorecording] = Tango, our
dance / produced as a joint project between Facets
Multimedia, Inc. and Chicago Latino Cinema.

Where Poems Come From [videorecording] / the Lannan
Foundation.

15 major poets read and discuss the origins of their
poetry: Yehuda Amichai, Lucille Clifton, Victor
Hernandez Cruz, Allen Ginsberg, Louise Gluck, Joy
Harjo, Galway Kinnell, Philip Levine, W.S. Merwin,
Czeslaw Milosz, Octavio Paz, Ishmael Reed, Gary Snyder,
Anne Waldman, and Alice Walker.