Latino Studies - Societal
Relations/Documentaries
| Title: | Americano as Apple Pie. The blending of culture
[videorecording] / a presentation of Films for the Humanities & Sciences ; writer, Mark Kelley. |
| Abstract: | A look at the "three houses of Latino culture"--Cuban,
Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American--and their widespread influence, from entertainment to politics to economics. Key issues include how long Hispanic peoples have been in America, and how U.S. immigration laws affect their assimilation. |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette S735-253 VC Non-Circulating |
| Title: | Americanos! [videorecording] : Latino life in the United States / [presented by] Olmos Productions & BAK Entertainment ; in association with the Reflections Joint Venture ; an Archipelago Film ; produced by Edward James Olmos and Nick Athas ; directed by Andy Young and Susan Todd. |
| Abstract: | Features profiles filmed in Los Angeles, San Diego, New Mexico, Illinois, Miami, New York and other locations, focusing on Latino-American individuals or groups and the unique ways they express their culture and individuality. This documentary highlights the contributions made by Latinos to our country, emphasizing that the United States is a nation of diverse backgrounds. |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette S735-278 VC Non-Circulating |
| Title: | The Buried Mirror [videorecording] : reflections on Spain and the New World / Carlos Fuentes ; presented by Sogitel in association with the Smithsonian Institution and Quinto Centenario Espana. |
| Abstract: | Written and presented by Carlos Fuentes, the best-selling Mexican author, who looks for his forebears in the mix of people that created Latin America: Spanish, Arab, Jewish, Indian, and African. He asks what is unique in their culture that is cause for celebration in the 500th anniversary year of Columbus. |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette S735-29 VC |
| Title: | El Bruto [videorecording] = The brute / Internacional
Cinematografica ; argumento original de Luis Alcoriza y Luis Bunuel ; direccion de Luis Bunuel. |
| Abstract: | The surrealistically rendered story of a slow-witted but strong slaughterhouse worker who is hired by a slumlord to break a tenant strike, in the course of which he accidentally kills one of the strike leaders. He is then drawn into a doomed affair with the landlord's sluttish wife. |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette S735-195 VC Non-Circulating |
| Title: | Chicano! [videorecording] : History of the Mexican
American civil rights movement / National Latino Communications Center. |
| Abstract: | Land, labor, educational reform, and political empowerment are the four themes of this documentary regarding the Mexican American civil rights movement from 1965 to 1975. |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette M611-4 VC Non-Circulating |
| Title: | Culture Clash's Bowl of Beings [videorecording] / performed [and] written by Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas, Herbert Siguenza ; an Esparza/Katz and thirteen/WNET production in association with KCET. |
| Abstract: | Humorous presentation of the situation of Mexican Americans in modern society. |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette S735-47 VC |
| Title: | The Devil Never Sleeps [videorecording] = El diablo nunca duerme / a Xochitl Films production ; producer/ director, Lourdes Portillo. |
| Abstract: | Lourdes Portillo interviews family and associates of her uncle, Oscar Ruiz Almeida, after his sudden death was ruled a suicide by authorities. |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette P852-2 VC Non-Circulating |
| Title: | Ernesto J. Cortes, Jr. [videorecording] : mobilizing the Latino community. |
| Abstract: | Ernesto J. Cortes, Jr., grassroots organizer, discusses individual participation in American politics and highlights the importance of agitation, confrontation, and compromise in the discourse of democracy. |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette S735-254 VC Non-Circulating |
| Title: | Fake Fruit [videorecording] / Chick Strand. |
| Abstract: | Follows a day in the life of Mexican women who work creating artificial fruit for sale in American markets. |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette S735-63 VC Non-Circulating |
| Title: | The Forgotten Village [videorecording] / Pan-American
Films, Inc. ; directed and produced by Herbert Kline. |
| Abstract: | A young boy in a remote Mexican village struggles, much to the dismay of his own family as well as the villagers themselves, to bring modern medical, health, and sanitation practices to the village when an outbreak of disease from contaminated well water threatens the lives of the children of the village. The villagers and visiting health workers are the "actors" in this real-life story. |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette K64-3VC Non-Circulating |
| Title: | From Maids to Compañeras [videorecording] / produced by Jean Weisman. |
| Abstract: | Former Black women domestic servants tell the story of their transformation from dispossed and poor to full participants in the new social order after the Cuban revolution of 1959. |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette S735-239 VC Non-Circulating |
| Title: | Hispanic Americans [videorecording] : the second
generation / a production of Blue Pearl Entertainment in association with M.G. Perin ; executive producer, Radames Soto, Richard Perin ; producer, Francisco Ramirez ; writer, Victor Pupo. |
| Abstract: | Examines how the second generation Hispanics are adapting to American society, and how they are maintaining their Latino roots while assimilating into the American cultural mainstream. A variety of Hispanic Americans are interviewed, including pop film director Robert Rodriguez. Hispanics from doctors and police officers to comedians, fashion designers, and rock stars discuss the continuing role of family, and the ongoing battles with ethnic stereotyping. |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette S735-262 VC Non-Circulating |
| Title: | Hispanic entrepreneurs [videorecording] : against all odds / Blue Pearl Entertainment ; produced and distributed by M.G. Perin, Inc. ; executive producers, Radames Soto, Richard Perin ; writer producer, Emilce Elgarresta. |
| Abstract: | Geraldo Rivera, Linda Alvarado and a host of Hispanic American executives discuss how they overcame racial and financial discrimination to turn their fledgling businesses into million-dollar corporations. |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette S735-263 VC Non-Circulating |
| Title: | Hispanics [videorecording] : the changing role of women / a production of Blue Pearl Entertainment in association with M.G. Perin ; executive producer, Radames Soto, Richard Perin ; producer, Francisco Ramirez ; writer, Jerry Scmetterer. |
| Abstract: | In this program, several prominent Latina women, including author Isabel Allende and actress Jennifer Lopez, discuss their changing role within the context of Hispanic family values, male machismo, and the traditional role of females as the center of family and community life. Also examines the issue from the male perspective. |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette S735-260 VC Non-Circulating |
| Title: | Hispanics, Their Differences [videorecording] : myth or fact / Blue Pearl Entertainment ; M.G. Perin, Inc. ; executive producers, Radames Soto, Richard Perin ; producers, Francisco Ramirez, Vanessa Cordova Corwin ; writers, Vanessa Cordova Corwin, Victor Pupo. |
| Abstract: | Examines the differences and similarities between Hispanics in the United States. Three families are spotlighted; one Puerto Rican, one Mexican American and one Cuban American. Explores how they view themselves and how they view each other. |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette S735-259 VC Non-Circulating |
| Title: | Latin and African Americans [videorecording] : friends or foes? / Blue Pearl Entertainment ; produced and distributed by M.G. Perin, Inc. ; executive producers, Radames Soto, Richard Perin ; writer/producer, Emilce Elgarresta. |
| Abstract: | Explores the tensions and misunderstandings that exist between Latinos and Afro-Americans. |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette S735-261 VC Non-Circulating |
| Title: | Latino Jews. Part II [videorecording] : journey to the Americas / producer/director: Carlos E. de Martini; WGBH Educational Foundation. |
| Abstract: | Focuses on Jewish families who had fled Europe, moved to Chile, and then left Chile when Allende came to power. Discusses problems encountered moving to different cultures and aspects of life and religion that brought them comfort and support during their moves. Tells the story of culture, identity, and the assimilation of several Latino Jews living in Massachusetts. |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette J59-28 VC Non-Circulating |
| Title: | Lucia. [videorecording] |
| Abstract: | Epic, three-part film dramatizing three separate periods in the Cuban struggle for liberation. Shows the participation of Cuban women in that fight. Each episode filmed in a distinctive visual style which translates the spirit of each historical era, with the themes of love, death and war achieving epic proportions. |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette S735-71 VC Non-Circulating |
| Title: | Mexican Americans [videorecording] : quest for
equality. |
| Abstract: | A definition of the cultural and economic patterns in rural and urban Mexican American communities in the Southwest as given by Dr. Ernesto Galarza, with still photographs and newsreel footage of existing social conditions. Includes a discussion of the rise of militancy by representatives from several Mexican American organizations. |
| Location: | Campus Resources Media Resources 115 DeBartolo |
| Title: | La Muerte de un Burocrata [videorecording] = Death of a bureaucrat / produced by Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematografica (ICAIC), the Cuban Film Institute. |
| Abstract: | A hilarious account of the tyranny of red tape in Cuba. The slapstick comedy begins with a sculptor who is buried with his union card. The widow needs the card to get her pension. A nephew is dispatched to get permission to exhume the body. He goes through the bewildering world of red tape. It is a social satire in the style of film comedians such as Charlie Chaplin, the Keystone Cops, Laurel and Hardy, and Harold Lloyd. |
| Location: | Campus Resources Media Resources 115 DeBartolo |
| Title: | Power, Politics and Latinos [videorecording]
/ a co- production of Galan Productions, Inc. and the National Latino
Communications Center ; presented by NLCC and KCET Los Angeles ;
written by Luis Torres ; producer/ |
| Abstract: | Presents the historical background of Latino efforts towards political awareness, participation, and empowerment in the political arena. Focuses on the 1992 national campaign. |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette S735-45 VC |
| Title: | Race and Ethnicity [videorecording] / produced by Dallas Telecourses, Dallas County Community College District ; producer/director, Paul Bosner. |
| Abstract: | Focuses on the difference between prejudice, discrimination and racism using historical and current examples. Explores the effects of prejudice and discrimination through the eyes of Asian, Hispanic and African American families. |
| Location: | Campus Resources Media Resources 115 DeBartolo |
| Title: | El Super [videocassette] / Max Mambru Films. |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette I16-2 VC Non-Circulating |
| Title: | They are not our kind [videorecording] / produced by University of Notre Dame for the Vision Interfaith Satellite Network ; senior producer, Michael W. Doyle ; produced by Lou Pierce, Doug Thomas ; director, Claude Devaney, Lisa Meers. |
| Abstract: | Interviews of Asian Americans, Indian Americans and Hispanic Americans about whether they are discriminated against in their daily life. |
| Location: | Campus Resources Media Resources 115 DeBartolo |
| Title: | U.S.-Mexican War, 1846-1848 [videorecording] / Sylvia Komatsu, series and executive producer ; Ginny Martin, director and editor ; Rob Tranchin, writer and producer ; Paul Espinosa, senior producer ; produced for PBS by KERA-TV, Dallas/Fort Worth. |
| Abstract: | Tells the dramatic story of a war in which Mexico lost almost half of its national territory to the United States. This critically-acclaimed documentary series explores the events surrounding the conflict between two neighboring nations struggling for land, power and identity. |
| Location: | Campus Resources Institute for Latino Studies, 230 McKenna Hall, (574) 631-7391 E 405 .U547 1998 Non-Circulating. |
| Title: | Welcome to Miami, Cubanos [videorecording] / Learning Corporation of America. |
| Abstract: | Mike, a high school student, has trouble facing his Cuban heritage, but must confront it and finally accept it. |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette S735-19 VC |
| Title: | Women of Hope [videorecording] : Latinas abriendo
camino : 12 ground-breaking Latina women / produced by 1199's Bread and Roses Cultural Project ; project directors, Maria Peralta, Moe Foner. |
| Abstract: | Uses interviews, news and archival film, music and literature to show prominent Hispanic American women (Latinas) who made a difference. |
| Location: | Campus Resources Media Resources 115 DeBartolo |
| Title: | Yo soy Chicano [videorecording] / Community Television
of Southern California ; KCET Los Angeles. |
| Abstract: | Combining documentary and docudrama, Yo soy Chicano examines the Chicano experience from its pre-Colombian roots to the civil rights struggles of the 1960's and early 1970's. |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette M611-5 VC |
| Title: | Zoot Suit [videorecording] / a Luis Valdez film ; directed by Luis Valdez ; a Mark Taper Forum presentation ; a Universal Picture. |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette V145-1 VC |
| Title: | Zoot Suit Riots [videorecording] / WGBH Educational
Foundation ; directed by, Joseph Tovares. |
| Abstract: | Racial tensions between the Anglo and Mexican American communities in Los Angeles, California erupted into violence after the conviction of Henry "Hank" Leyvas and seventeen other Mexican American youths for the murder of Jose Diaz in what was perceived as an unfair trial in 1943. Lorena Encinas, a witness to the murder, kept the real killer's identity a secret until the end of her life. Prominent members of the Los Angeles community worked to fund an appeal for the defendents, even as battles between unruly US Naval personnel and Mexican Americans rocked L.A.'s barrios. Surviving family members of the seventeen convicts, riot witnesses and members of the Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee tell the story of the riots, which is highlighted by photographs of the riots, the trial and their participants. |
| Location: | Audio Center Videocassette V145-2 VC Non-Circulating |
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