Diego Luna’s biographical film Cesar Chavez (2014) depicts the struggle of the agricultural worker population in California during the mid-1960s’-1970. The film demonstrates how Mexican American labor Activist Cesar Chavez, played by actor Michael Peña, united the farmworker community in efforts to gain better wages, working conditions, and benefits for all agricultural workers.
A Young Girl’s Freedom in Freedom Writers (2007)
The film, Freedom Writers (2007) directed by Richard LaGravenese, is based on the actual diary entries written by the students of first-time teacher, Erin Gruwell, played by Hillary Swank. The racially mixed 9th grade English class students at Woodrow Wilson High School in the city of Long Beach,…
Goal! The Dream Begins
Goal! The Dream Begins The film Goal (2005) by Danny Cannon, starting Kuno Becker as Santiago Munez, is a story of a boy’s dreams of soccer stardom (or football as it’s called in Europe). One can dream big and young Santiago did, as a young man he is offered the chance to a trial with…
My Family/Mi Familia (1995)
My Family/Mi Familia (1995) directed by Gregory Nava is a story about Jose Sanchez (Jacob Vargas) a Mexican from Centro Mexico who crossed the border and settles in East Los Angeles, with his uncle El Californio (Leon Singer). He called himself El Californio because he was born and raised in Los Angeles when it…
A Day Without A Mexican
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…
McFarland USA (2015)
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…
How To Be A Latin Lover (2017): A Not So Debonair Modern Concept
How To Be a Latin Lover (2017), directed by Ken Marino, is a comedic film about a Latin gigolo who is no longer in his young, prime adulthood. In the beginning of the film, we learn that the Latin playboy, Maximo (Eugenio Derbez) aspires to be kept by a rich woman because the death of…
Border Incident
The genre of Westerns are universally synonymous with American identity and have been responsible for conveying racial and cultural misrepresentations of non-Anglo Americans since film began production in the United States. Film director Anthony Mann has a plethora of films for which he has directorial credits and cover a variety of time periods including 11th…
The Making Of A Man In Hollywood Films
Posted on December 02, 2019 By Linda Morris In 1995, Wesley Snipes was a bankable activity legend comparable to Sylvester Stallone. Patrick Swayze was a heartthrob who’d softened crowds in Ghost and Dirty Dancing. It was likewise the year the two stars wore gowns and wigs for…
Mayans M.C.- A New Chicano Bad Boy?
Mayans M.C. (2018) directed by Norberto Barba is a TV crime drama series on the FX network. In, Season 01, Episode 01, (Perro/Oc) we are introduced to Ezekiel ‘EZ’ Reyes (J.D. Pardo), a prospect trying to earn his membership into the outlaw motorcycle club, named after the series, Mayans M.C. The series is sure to…