Chicana is a 1979 short documentary film by director Sylvia Morales overviewing the history of the Chicana figure from the pre-Columbian era to the Chicano Movement.[1] The film has a run time of 22 minutes.[2]

The film is often discussed among other Chicano films as a Chicana perspective on film.[3] In 2021, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."[4][5]

Background

Sylvia Morales made the film while she was a student at UCLA.[2] The film has been referred to the first documentary done through a Chicana feminist lens.[2]

Reception

A review for the Los Angeles Times referred to it as "well-researched and [a] spirited documentary made with much love."[1][5]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Chicana". www.wmm.com. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  2. ^ a b c "Eight films with UCLA ties among 25 named to the National Film Registry". UCLA. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  3. ^ Fregoso, Rosa Linda (1993). The Bronze Screen: Chicana and Chicano Film Culture. U of Minnesota Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-4529-0100-8.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "SELENA and CHICANA Added to the Library of Congress' National Film Registry". Cinema Tropical. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  5. ^ a b "'Chicana,' 'Selena' and 'Requiem 29' Named to National Film Registry – Latin Heat". Retrieved 2023-01-24.

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