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.[1] The film has a run time of 22 minutes.[2] In 2021, it was selected to be added to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.[3][4] The film is often discussed among other Chicano films as a Chicana perspective on film.[5]
Background
Sylvia Morales made the film while she was a student at UCLA.[2] The film has been referred to the first documentary done through a Chicana feminist lens.[2]
Reception
A review for the Los Angeles Times referred to it as "well-researched and [a] spirited documentary made with much love."[1][4]
Credits
- Anna Nieto-Gómez - Research[3]
- Cynthia Honesto - Research[3]
- Carmen Moreno - Music[3]
- Carmen Zapata - Narration[3]
- Dolores Huerta - Interview[3]
- Alicia Escalante - Interview[3]
- Francisca Flores - Interview[3]
References
- ^ a b "Chicana". www.wmm.com. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ^ a b c "Eight films with UCLA ties among 25 named to the National Film Registry". UCLA. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "SELENA and CHICANA Added to the Library of Congress' National Film Registry". Cinema Tropical. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ^ a b "'Chicana,' 'Selena' and 'Requiem 29' Named to National Film Registry – Latin Heat". Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ^ Fregoso, Rosa Linda (1993). The Bronze Screen: Chicana and Chicano Film Culture. U of Minnesota Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-4529-0100-8.