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¡Sí Se Puede! Pioneers of Chicano Cinema at BAM

March 17, 2018 Melinda Prisco
  El Norte , Gregory Nava (1983)

El Norte, Gregory Nava (1983)

 

The Chicano Movement that burgeoned in the 1960s gave rise not only to a wave of Mexican-American political activism, but to an entire cultural renaissance that empowered Chicano artists to tell their own stories.  The path-breaking filmmakers who emerged in the 1970s and 80s represented onscreen, for the first time, a community hitherto ignored— or misrepresented— by mainstream media.  Defying the odds, these directors created a counter-cinema that spoke to the unique experiences of Chicano life.  Their films are chronicles both of struggle— against racism, economic exploitation, police abuse— and of a vibrant culture's history and traditions. 

 

Featuring award-winning films from filmmakers such as Lourdes Portillo, Sylvia Morales and Gregory Nava, Pioneers of Chicano Cinema screens through March 22nd at BAM.

 
  Raíces de sangre (Roots of Blood) , Jesús Salvador Treviño (1978)

Raíces de sangre (Roots of Blood), Jesús Salvador Treviño (1978)

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