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Record Nr.

UNINA9910966858303321

Autore

Trevino Jesus Salvador

Titolo

Eyewitness : a filmmaker's memoir of the Chicano Movement / / Jesus Salvador Trevino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Houston, Tex., : Arte Publico Press, c2001

ISBN

9781611926170

1611926173

9781611921434

1611921430

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (398 p.)

Disciplina

973.046872

Soggetti

Civil rights movements - United States - History - 20th century

Civil rights workers - United States

Mexican Americans

Mexican Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century

Motion picture producers and directors - United States

United States Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments.

Sommario/riassunto

Noted filmmaker Jesús Salvador Treviño participated in and documented the most important events in the Mexican American civil rights movement of the late 1960's and early 1970's: the farm workers' strikes and boycotts, the Los Angeles school walk-outs, the Chicano Youth Conference in Denver, the New Mexico land grant movement, the Chicano moratorium against the Vietnam War, the founding of La Raza Unida Party, and the first incursion of Latinos into the media. Coming of age during the turmoil of the sixties, Treviño was on the spot to record the struggles to organize students and workers into the largest social and political movement in the history of Latino communities in the United States.   As important as his documentation of historical events is his self-reflection and chronicling of how these events helped



to shape his own personality and mission as one of the most renowned Latino filmmakers. Treviño's beautifully written memoir is fascinating for its detail, insight, and heretofore undisclosed reports from behind the scenes by a participant and observer who is able to strike the balance between personal reflection and reportage.