Mexican American Studies: Feature Films
Alla en el Rancho Grande
Northridge, CA: Laguna, 2000, c1948.
Videocassette release of the 1948 motion picture directed by Jorge Negrete. Media PN1995.9.M5 A55 2000
Alonso's Dream
Brooklyn, NY: First Run/Icarus Films, c2000.
Alonso lives in the Highland of Chenalho, where his community is filled with conflict due to the standoff between the Zapatista National Liberation Army and the Mexican government. The Zapatistias are demaning equal rights for the indigenous people. This film focuses on the impact the revolution and paramilitary violence have had on the daily lives of Mayan peasants. Dialogue in Spanish and Mayan with English voiceover; title and credits in English. (71 min.) Media F1435.3.S68 A46 2000
Ambiciosos (see Fever Mounts in El Pao)
Amor Se Dice Cantando
Northridge, CA: Laguna Films, c1999.
Director, Miguel Morayta. Starring Miguel Aceves Mejia, Julia Sandoval, Maria E. Podasta, Ethel. (100 min.) Media PN1997.5 .A4 1999
Los Amores de Juan Charrasqueado
Madera, CA: Dist. by Madera CineVideo, 199-?
Juan Charrasqueado va de pueblo en pueblo enamorando mujeres y abandonándolas, con el afán de vengarse del abandono de María, emborrachándose y sosteniendo pleitos en las cantinas. Videocassette release of the Mexican motion picture. In Spanish. Starring David Reynoso, Lucha Villa, Irma Dorantes, Irma Serrano, Eleazar Garcia. Media PN1997.5 .A46 1990z
El Angel Exterminador (Exterminating Angel)
Las Cruces, NM: Hen's Tooth Video, 1991, c1962.
Feature film by Luis Buñuel. High society dinner guests find themselves unable to leave the room, stay there for days and go totally to the bad before the strange spell is broken. When they go to church to give thanks, they find themselves unable to leave the church. Note Spanish dialogue, English subtitles. (93 min.) Media PN1997 .A533 1991
Angelitos Negros
Madera, CA: Madera Cinevideo [distributor], 2000, c1948.
Feature film starring Pedro Infante. El color de la piel, las diferencias de raza, abren un enorme abismo entre los seres humanos. Que, en ocasiones, llevan hasta rechazar a los hijos. Skin color, racial differences, open an enormous abyss between human beings, who, on occasion, even deny their own children. Media PN2318.I5 A5 2000
Los Años de Greta
Mexico: [s.n.], c1991.
Feature film directed by Alberto Bojórquez and starring Beatriz Aguirre, Pedro Armendáriz, Helena Rojo. (108 min.) Media PN1997 .A56 1991
Los Apuros de Dos Gallos
[S.l.]: Mexcinema Video; Madera, CA: Distributed by Madera Cinevideo, c1988.
Four stars of Mexican music in a sensational musical. Directed by Emilio Gomez Muriel Miguel Aceves Mejía, Lucha Villa, Marco Antonio Muñiz. (86 min.) Media PN1997.5 .A67 1988
Aqui Esta Juan Colorado
W. Hollywood, CA: Mexcinema Video Corp., 1988.
Una pelicula clasica del cine Mexicano, situada en la epoca de la revolucion, llena de aventuras, violencia y muerta. Le vida de un hombre valiente que se dedica a fusilar a los delatores y a enamorar a las mujeres. Videocassette release of the film from the 1940s. Music, Rosalio Ramirez. Starring Raul de Anda, Luis Aguilar, Yadira Jimenez, Irma Torrez. (90 min.) Media PN1997.5 .A68 1988
Ay, Pena, Penita, Pena
Northridge, CA: Laguna Films, c1999.
Feature film directed by Miguel Morayta and starring Luis Aguilar, Antonio Badú, Lola Flores. (90 min.) Media PN1997.5 .A9 1999