Mexican films Essays

Film "Arizona Mexican Heritage: An American Story" The creation of the video stared with Pete Dimas personal experience upon his childhood, family and Mexicans in Arizona. Dimas notice in school that there were a small number of Chicanos, there wasn’t hardly any, not even in books there where unviable. With his knowledge he gave life to Chicanos and gave a brief introduction of the transformation of the United Sated of America by making this film "Arizona Mexican Heritage: An American Story" proving

Mexican-Americans play a huge role in that of the criminal justice system and the many problems they endure. The film, End of Watch, shows the significance of the Mexican-American culture as they face issues in gangs, the drug cartel, and justice. It emphasizes the relevancy of respect in such a diverse setting and shows how this ties in real-life situations. In the film, Los Angeles Police Department partners, Brian Taylor, who is Caucasian, and Miguel Zavala, who is Mexican-American, are assigned

In The (2004) movie The Alamo we see the battle that led up to the defeat of Texan soldiers in their defense of the Alamo from the Mexican Army led by the Dictator Santa Anna. This film was in some ways very accurate but in other ways had great inaccuracies On February 23, 1836, The Mexican army arrived outside the Alamo and waged a siege on the Spanish mission. The Alamo was defended by a mixed group of Texians and Tejanos who fought and defended the Alamo against a force vastly larger than their

not portray Mexicans and Mexican-Americans in a very positive way, did not show very much of and demonized Santa Anna, and did not have a lot of Sam Houston. The Alamo was better about its portrayal of Mexicans; still demonized, but showed more of, Santa Anna; and included more about Sam Houston. Martyrs of the Alamo is the earliest surviving silent film to show the battle for the Alamo. In this version, the Texans are fighting against not only a threat to their land, as the Mexicans try to remove

Both the popular play and film “Zoot Suit” was written and directed by Luis Valdez. Luis Valdez regarded as the father of Chicano theater in the United States. He directed this film based on a story involving the real-life events of the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial and the Zoot Suit Riots, and it was debuted in 1981. Besides that, the movie could not be successful without the actors’ acting, such as Daniel Valdez, Edward James Olmos, and Tyne Daly. Through the film, I clearly feel the discrimination

The film prejudice and pride, revealed the struggle of Mexican Americans in the 1960s-1970s. In the film it showed Mexican Americans, frustration by the President discrimination and poverty. In this film I learned about the movement that led to the Chicano identity. This movement sparked, when the farm workers in the fields of California, marched on Sacramento for equal pay and humane working conditions. This march was led by César Chavez and Dolores Huerta. In this film I also learned about Sal

Jack Conway’s 1943 Hollywood film, Viva Villa, is a fictional representation of the famous Mexican Revolutionary Francisco “Pancho” Villa. Based on the novel by Edgecumb Pinchon and Odo B. Stade, Viva Villa, is one of the most stereotypical and historically incorrect films produced. The movie is filled with historical inconsistencies and stereotypes that follow Hispanic Culture. False facts and dramatization make the film, not only fiction, but a joke to Mexican culture. Viva Villa commences when

Jose Doroteo Arango Arambula, better known as Francisco “Pancho” Villa is a well-known Mexican leader and general in the Mexican Army. Pancho Villa was one of the most influential military leaders and political figures of the Mexican Revolution. His overall leadership eventually helped win the Mexican Revolution. This paper will detail the life and times of Pancho Villa and how he influenced the Mexican Revolution. According to Bio.com (2015), Francisco “Pancho” Villa was born Jose Doroteo Arango

as they attempt to integrate into U.S. society. The influx of Mexicans into the United States has become a controversial political issue that necessitates a comprehensive understanding of their cultural themes and sense of identity. The film Mi Familia (or My Family) covers the journey and experiences of one Mexican-American (or “Chicano”) family from Mexico as they start a new life in the United States. Throughout the course of the film, the same essential conflicts and themes that epitomize Chicano

which Chicano theater was an integral component” (P.24). Valdez recreated his plays for entertainment and to persuade people to join the strike. How did Chicano theater inspire the Chicano movement in the 1960’s? I chose this question because as a Mexican American it is important to know about my culture and what my ancestors went through during the farmworker strike in the 1960’s. I find it interesting that plays recreate that story, and shows how farmworkers were treated badly with low wages. Knowing

16. The Mexican government demanded that the US treat Mexican Americans and Mexican resident nationals with dignity and respect as part of the “Good Neighbor Policy.” Discuss three specific cases in which the US failed to uphold their end of the bargain. The demand of the Mexican government for equal treatment of all Mexican Americans residing in the United States was not uphold. The Good Neighbor Policy was dishonored due to the constant discrimination of Mexicans in U.S. soil. For example, Mexicans

Ballad of a Soldier by Luis Valdez showed us the criteria of what qualifies as a Chicana/o film by showing the struggles a Chicana/o had to go through such as being deployed to war and how much stress it was involved with the their families and their doubt of him coming back to the barrio. We can also see how the life of Chicano/as were such as having parties, the way they dressed and the way they talked. We can also see how gender roles switched, such as Cecilia fixing the car and how she didn't

“Precious Knowledge” is a documentary about the Mexican-American Studies Program offered to highschool students in Tucson, Arizona (2011). This documentary follows students enrolled in the Mexican-American Studies Program offered at Tucson Magnet High School: Crystal, Pricilla, and Gilbert; as well as the teachers of the Mexican-American Studies courses: Curtis Acosta and Jose Gonzalez. The students and teachers are interviewed throughout the documentary and explain how they are impacted by the program

experienced by Mexican-Americans and had a tremendous impact on the evolution of civil rights in the U.S. As violence began to emerge from the brewing social tensions in Los Angeles, this event galvanized the Chicano civil rights movement and carried its implications to the present day. The riots not only catalyzed an organized resistance movement against systemic discrimination and injustice that lasts today, but they also provided a platform for reclaiming Chicano cultural identity. The film dives deep

After watching the movie “A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story”, I realized that I didn’t know much about how Mexico lost part of their land to the United States and about how hard life used to be for Mexican Americans compared to now. I learned about how Mexican Americans were treated in the United States. The movie was mainly about how Mexican Americans were discriminated and they were treated as inferior people. They were not seen as actual “Americans”, but as a second class, calling

The film Alambrista (1977) by Robert M. Young is a film about a young Mexican man, Roberto who lives in Mexico. His daughter is born at that the beginning of the film, which prompts him to illegally cross the border to the United States in order to obtain money for his family. He finds work, but it is extremely demanding and backbreaking with very little pay or benefits. To make matters worse, he doesn’t know any English, which causes him to stand out. He eventually finds help and kindness with a

The film that I have chosen to do is The Road to El Dorado. El Dorado is a film that was done by Disney the movie is about two con artist that win a map to the legendary City of Gold, El Dorado, in a rigged gambling match. After they realized it is a rigged map they get aboard a ship to go to the New World, during the trip they get caught as stowaways an are later captured and imprisoned for it, but the two later get away. They later realize they are in Mexico, and have made it to El Dorado. The

there were still many more singers who sang about their opinions during different eras and about many different issues. At first, there were Mexican-American singers who had to change their name due to the existing racism in the United States. One of these examples is Ritchie Valens, who changed his name from Richard Valenzuela. Most of the earliest Mexican-American rockstars came from very poverty stricken areas and from very little education due to them having to work very labor intensive jobs

The subject matter of the film “Reel Injun” was an especially intriguing and surprising concept to me. The idea that an entire race of people could be so severely underrepresented in popular media is terrifying, and goes to show just how easy it is to cast an imprecise portrait of an unknown culture. What really fascinated me was the segment on Iron Eyes Cody. How could one of the most popular depictions of a Native American actually be a second generation Sicilian immigrant? What other lies have

In The Homeland, Aztlán/El Otro México by Gloria Anzaldúa she writes about “border culture” (41). Using both English and Spanish in her writing and inserting poems, songs and films she talks about the Mexican-American war and the aftermath. She writes about the creation of the borderland as Anzaldúa describes it “a vague and undetermined place created by the emotional residue of an unnatural boundary. It is in a constant state of transition. The prohibited and the forbidden are its inhabitants” (41)