The film a Day without a Mexican by Sergio Arau, filmed in 2004 highlighted the significance and impact of the Mexican/Chicano in our society. This film employs us to put aside our political opinion and see the socioeconomic contribution of the Mexican people. The film highlights, sometimes in a comedic way, the avenues the director…
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It’s Me Vance
I realize I didn’t introduce myself earlier. I’m a senior at CSUDH. I’ve been going to school here completing classes as life presents itself. Planning to finish next semester. I’m glad to be a part of the discussion this semester looking at and analyzing Mexicans/Chicanos depiction in film.
Bless Me Ultima
The film shot in 2013, “Bless Me Ultima,” shot in Santa Fe and Albuquerque New Mexico by Director Carl Franklin. He brought to life the 1972 novel of the same name written by Rudolfo Anaya. This film showed the struggle of a Mexican family living in the plains, the struggle to protect his family from…
The Longoria Affair Review
The Longoria Affair is a tragic reminder of the racism and discrimination many minorities have endured across the plains of this nation. Felix Longoria a Mexican-American native of Texas volunteered to serve his country and to go to foreign soil to execute his orders. During World War II he left his family, wife and daughter…