Film
Chicano Movement Shorts Program
- 2PM
Q&A
Q&A with Rick Tejada-Flores (director of Si Se Puede) following the screening.
Dir. Luis Valdez
1969, 20min, DCP
El Teatro Campesino—the theatrical group founded by Luis Valdez in conjunction with César Chávez's United Farm Workers—adapt the eponymous poem, a paean to Mexican-American identity that became a rallying cry of the Chicano Movement.
Print Courtesy Academy Film Archive
Dir. Jesús Salvador Treviño
1972, 27min, Digital
A chronicle of the first national convention of La Raza Unida, the grassroots political party established to advance Chicano rights.
Dir. Rick Tejada-Flores
1972, 45min, Digital
This stirring account of political protest documents a 24-day hunger strike by César Chávez in support of Chicano farm workers' right to strike.
Go to the movies just once a month and a BAM membership pays for itself.
A landmark of independent cinema and a profoundly moving look at the immigrant experience.
A powerful portrayal of Mexican-Chicano workers' solidarity.
The very first Chicano feature ever made is a miracle of regional independent filmmaking.