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. The film has a run time of 22 minutes.
The film is often discussed among other Chicano films as a Chicana perspective on film. In 2021, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
Background
Sylvia Morales made the film while she was a student at UCLA. The film has been referred to the first documentary done through a Chicana feminist lens.
Reception
A review for the Los Angeles Times referred to it as "well-researched and spirited documentary made with much love."
Credits
- Anna Nieto-Gómez - Research
- Cynthia Honesto - Research
- Carmen Moreno - Music
- Carmen Zapata - Narration
- Dolores Huerta - Interview
- Alicia Escalante - Interview
- Francisca Flores - Interview
References
- ^ "Chicana". www.wmm.com. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ^ "Eight films with UCLA ties among 25 named to the National Film Registry". UCLA. 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.
- ^ "SELENA and CHICANA Added to the Library of Congress' National Film Registry". Cinema Tropical. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ^ "'Chicana,' 'Selena' and 'Requiem 29' Named to National Film Registry – Latin Heat". 4 January 2022. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
External links
- Chicana at IMDb
- The short film Chicana is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
- Chicana feminism
- Chicano art
- 1979 short documentary films
- 1979 independent films
- 1979 films
- American independent films
- American short documentary films
- 1970s English-language films
- 1970s American films
- United States National Film Registry films
- English-language short documentary films
- English-language independent films