Summary

THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN SPEAKS: HERITAGE IN BRONZE

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Title: THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN SPEAKS: HERITAGE IN BRONZE
File Number: EBC-250 Beta SP
Color: Color
Type: Documentary
Year: 01/01/1972
Description: Color 1972 Cultural heritage documentary on the rich history of Southwestern Mexican-American people, emphasizing the importance of Indian Mestizo ancestry as more important than Spanish ancestry By recognizing this lineage, a surge of cultural pride arises: the concept of Chicano identity Compilation-style, sloppy editing [Latino Hispanic Chicano Indian Mestizo Central American] Narrated by Armando Morales and Edward Rodrigues 01:00:41:00 Color 1972 Route indicator road sign on highway inscribed Los Angeles, POV moving car beneath it 01:00:43:00 Color 1972 Los Angeles street scene: VS montage of Latino pedestrian people in one shot people walk beneath a Spanish-language movie theater marquee 01:01:38:00 Color 1972 VS Aztec indian ancient ruins in Mexico - pyramids, intricate stone facades 01:02:02:00 Color 1968 Aztec Indian historical recreation staged for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City: ceremonial dancing, traditional clothing, a pyramid-like structure 01:02:28:00 Color 1972 Feature film excerpt, an historical recreation: VS column of 16th century Spanish Conquistador soldiers and Indian slaves marching across stream and countryside (erupting volcano in BG?) [Latin America, Mexico, Central America, South America, New World] 01:03:30:00 Color 1972 Group of Central American South American Indian men perform ceremonial dance 01:03:46:00 Color 1972 Central American South American Indian men wearing traditional feather headdress costumes perform ceremonial dance 01:03:53:00 Color 1972 Ringing church bells of Southwest-style mission building gate pylon 01:03:56:00 Color 1972 Latino priest performing service at church altar 01:04:02:00 Color 1972 VS Mexican farm scenes: Latino Mestizo peasant men and women hand-harvesting in a field of grain, plowing field with ox and plowshare, horses and burros, chopping wood with ax 01:05:43:00 Color 1972 1840s Historical recreation, the US annexation of Texas: VS crowd of celebrating white settler people in small town raising a Texas flag, cheering, marching through town with placard signs inscribed with such slogans as unite the South - vote yes also VS Mexican War historical recreation, soldiers, cavalry in combat around a fort, cannon shelling 01:06:47:00 Color 1972 Civil War historical recreation: Union soldiers take position during battle on hill, next to a tattered American flag 01:07:08:00 Color 1972 VS headstones in military cemetery inscribed with the names of Latino soldiers 01:07:28:00 Color 1972 TU large outdoor crucifix with statue of crucified Jesus Christ 01:07:31:00 Color 1972 VS Latin people leaving church 01:07:49:00 Color 1972 VS poor Mexican village (poverty), poor shots 01:08:02:00 Color 1972 Montage of racist anti-Latino Mexican storefront signs, inscribed: remember the Alamo no Mexicans municipal pool - Anglos only sorry, no Mexicans 01:08:08:00 Color 1950s 1950s (feature film excerpts?), Mexicans cross US border illegally: VS Mexican man wearing cowboy hat walking down road, across field, sneaking across ditch and looking around for fear he is being followed sign inscribed US Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - Border Patrol Mexican men running across road and through field border policecar on patrol border policemen with a group of illegal immigrants [Illegal immigration] 01:08:48:00 Color 1972 Latino migrant farm workers working at harvest time, VS: farm workers picking heads of lettuce and packing them in boxes workers push dollies stacked with crates of fresh produce etc 01:09:25:00 Color 1972 United Farm Workers (UFW) labor struggle: CU protester's placard sign inscribed boycott lettuce CU Cesar Chavez sitting next to RFK RFK in crowd speaks into reporter's microphone about the UFW, sync-sound 01:09:52:00 Color 1972 VS crowds of Latino protesters in a farm worker demonstration march, good shots: people march down street raising their fists, chanting and carrying various flags and placard signs inscribed with such slogans as Chicano power, viva la raza, etc in both Spanish and English See also 01:17:39:00 01:11:18:00 Color 1972 Spanish-style church mission building, VS 01:11:59:00 Color 1972 Rodeo: rodeo cowboy rides bucking horse in the ring rodeo cowboy talks to CAM about his chaps pants and saddle in sync-sound interview spectators in stadium seats wrangler lassoes and ropes in a calf 01:12:32:00 Color 1972 Cowboy people slowly riding their horses on prairie trail, in single-file 01:12:42:00 Color 1972 Mexican fiesta celebration: crowd of Latino people gathered together boy waves a small Mexican flag musicians play and people perform traditional Mexican hat dance smiling children women cooking tortillas etc 01:13:18:00 Color 1972 CU actor Anthony Quinn, name on-screen text 01:13:21:00 Color 1972 Actress Rita Hayworth, name on-screen text 01:13:24:00 Color 1972 Actor Ricardo Montalban being interviewed by a reporter, name on-screen text 01:13:26:00 Color 1972 CU actor Cesar Romero, name on-screen text 01:13:28:00 Color 1972 CU singer Trini Lopez, name on-screen text 01:13:30:00 Color 1972 Singer Vikki Carr, name on-screen text 01:13:32:00 Color 1972 California Congressman Edward Roybal surrounded by crowd of supporters, name on-screen text 01:13:35:00 Color 1972 New Mexico Senator Joseph Montoya speaks from podium, name on-screen text 01:13:38:00 Color 1972 President Nixon sitting down with Treasurer Ramona Banuelos 01:13:41:00 Color 1972 Latino Art students in studio classroom, working in various media 01:13:48:00 Color 1972 CU the Mexican artist David Alfaro Siquieros he dips his paint brush and works on a painting 01:15:00:00 Color 1972 Apex of Aztec ancient pyramid in Mexican jungle 01:17:39:00 Color 1972 Chicano pride la raza demonstration: VS Latino people march in street carrying flags, placards and banners emblazoned with political slogans See also 01:09:52:00 01:18:00:00 Color 1972 Mexican children dancing together in circle during fiesta celebration parade floats, two poor shots 01:18:09:00 Color 1972 VS young Mexican Latino pedestrian people walking down sidewalk street
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