Latino Studies - Social Customs
| Title: | La Boda [videorecording] = The wedding / C-Hundred Film Corp. presents a Border picture. |
| Abstract: | Filmed in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, in Mission, Texas and Shafter, California, this movie follows the life of a migrant community, primarily through the eyes of Elizabeth, whose wedding to Artemio concludes the documentary. |
| Location: | Campus Resources Institute for Latino Studies, 230 McKenna Hall, (574) 631-7391 E 184 .M5 B59 2000 Non-Circulating |
| Title: | Como Agua para Chocolate [videorecording] = Like water for chocolate / Arau Films International. |
| Abstract: | Romantic fantasy set in the early 20th century about a young couple blocked from marrying by the demands of her cold and selfish mother. To be near his love the young man marries her sister, and she expresses her passion for him through her cooking. |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette A663-1 VC Non-Circulating |
| Title: | Comunidad [videorecording]. |
| Abstract: | In response to the growing number of small church communities in many Hispanic and non-Hispanic communities, the U.S. Bishops offer this video to help answer the question, "What makes a community viable and Catholic?" |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette S735-43 VC |
| Title: | Dirty Laundry [videorecording] : a homemade telenovela / directed and written by Cristina Ibarra ; producers, Monica Nanez, Cristina Ibarra ; sponsored by El Teatro de la Esperanza, Instituto Familiar La Fe. |
| Abstract: | Sandra, a 12-year old Mexican American girl living on the Texas/Mexico border, confronts puberty and Catholicism when she is forced to participate in her cousin's quinceanera (a Mexican debutante party with a Catholic mass). |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette I12-1 VC Non-Circulating |
| Title: | Linda Sara [videorecording] / Cinesi Incorporado;
directed and written by Jacobo Morales; producer, Blanca Silva Ero. |
| Abstract: | When an affluent Puerto Rican sugar cane grower's family face an economic descent, the forbidden romance once despised by them is recalled. The film presents social customs and suggests and alliance between social classes as the now aging progressive farm laborer, previously despised to their rescue. Features an ex-Miss Universe Dayanara Torres and singer Chayanne in their debut as main actors, both Puerto Ricans. |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette S735-191 VC Non-Circulating |
| Title: | La Muerte Viva [videorecording] = the day of the dead : a living tradition / Mr. Victoria Llamas y Asociados. |
| Abstract: | The colorful Mexican "Day of the Dead" rituals are explored through popular art and traditions. Experts on anthropology, history, and folk art express their views along with peasants, artisans and housewives who place offerings for their deceased relatives each year on the first and second of November. |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette S735-15 VC |
| Title: | My Family [videorecording] = Mi familia / a New Line Cinema release in association with Majestic Films and American Playhouse Theatrical Films ; an American Zoetrope-Anna Thomas-Newcomm production ; written by Gregory Nava & Anna Thomas ; produced by Anna Thomas ; directed by Gregory Nava. |
| Abstract: | Presents the three-generation saga of the Sanchez family as told by the eldest son. From the beginnings of his father's 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 for Paco Sanchez and his family. |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette N316-2 VC Non-Circulating |
| Title: | Nochebuena [videorecording] : a Mexican Christmas / Teacher's Discovery ; produced by Alfonso Olvera, May Herz, Victor Quiroga ; written and directed by May Herz. |
| Abstract: | Shows the range of Christmas season festivities in Mexico. |
| Location: | Campus Resources Lang Resource Ctr 201 O'Shaugh. |
| Title: | La Ofrenda [videorecording] = The days of the dead / Lourdes Portillo, Susana Munoz, producers/directors ; Lourdes Portillo, Fenton Johnson, B. Ruby Rich, writers. |
| Abstract: | Presents a non-traditional look at the ceremonies and rituals observed in the Mexican culture, in both Mexico and the United States, to celebrate the Days of the Dead (November 1 and 2). |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette S735-46 VC |
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