The film McFarland USA(2015) is based on a true story of a Teacher/Coach, Jim White (Kevin Costner) and a high school cross country team from a poor farm town in Central California. So, White relocates his family to a new town taking on a lowly post teaching science and P.E., a last resort job, in…
Author: Cindy Lou
The George Lopez Show
The George Lopez Show is the first situation comedy (Sitcom) television show that started and was written and produced by a Chicano. It first aired in 2002; lasted 6 seasons through 2007. The famous actress Sandra Bullock and her production company searched Latin clubs which led her to find George Lopez. Her approach was to create…
Chico and the Man – The Man Meets Chico (1974, S1:E1)
Chico and the Man is the first situation comedy (Sitcom) that premiered in 1974 to co-star a Chicano as a main character. This sitcom tackled the never ending racial divide between race and culture through laughter that Los Angeles was going though at that time. This first episode is centered around two unlikely characters Ed…
Howdy Folks!
I’m an ELAC transfer student and this is my first semester at CSUDH. I am a full-time student and employee. I LOVE going to the movies so these are just a few of my favorites: Shawshank Redemption, Double Jeopardy, The Italian Job 1 & 2 all the Jason Borne movies. I’m also a big supporter…