Themes:
Arts & Crafts
History of Mexico
Immigration
Literature
Music
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Arts and Crafts
Art of the Americas Before Columbus, The
Melville See
1993 Crizmac
Available from Crizmac
This video program highlights the artistic accomplishments of the indigenous
peoples of Mexico , Central and South America before the arrival of Christopher
Columbus.
Milagros: Symbols of Hope
1996 Crizmac
Available from Crizmac
Video tape, poster, student booklet, milagros samples and teacher's guide
examine the strength and significance of milagros from Ancient Greece and
Rome to contemporary Latin America. Spanish/English text.
Oaxaca: Valley of Myth and Magic
1995 Crizmac
Available from Crizmac
Video, teacher's guide, blackline masters, student booklet and map bring
the vibrant colors of Oaxacan folkart to life. History, folktales and values
of the Zapotec people are explored.
History of Mexico
Hunt for Pancho Villa
(American Experience)
Available from PBS Video
In 1916, the legendary Mexican revolutionary, Pancho Villa, raided the town
of Columbus, New Mexico in an attempt to provoke the U.S. to intervene in
the Mexican Revolution. This video chronicles the attempt by Gen. John Pershing
and the U.S. Army, in one of the last great calvary mobilizations in American
history, to apprehend Villa. Archival footage, interviews and picture postcards
are used to create a picture of the violent life on the border in the years
before World War I.
La Conquista - The Spanish Conquest of America Part 1
(Hispanic Culture Series)
1993 Video Knowledge, Inc.
Available from Knowledge Unlimited
ISBN# 0-922645-04-3
The influence of Spain in the New World is presented with an emphasis on
how the Conquistadors created a Hispanic culture in the Western Hemisphere.
Included is historical background of the conquest of Mexico. Spanish/English
text.
La Conquista: The Conquest, Part Two
(Hispanic Culture Series)
1993 Video Knowledge, Inc.
Available from Knowledge Unlimited
ISBN# 0-922645-87-6
This video examines the conquest and rule by Spain of many Caribbean Islands
and much of South America. English and Spanish text.
History of Mexican
Americans
Chicano: History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement
1996 Nat. Latino Communications Consortium/Galan Prod.
Available from PBS
Four-part series focusing on the movement by Mexican Americans to gain social
justice, political empowerment and cultural affirmation in the years between
1965 and 1975. Episodes highlight Cesar Chavez and the UFW, student movements
to reform education, and the emergence of a third political party, La Raza
Unida. The series is narrated by the Honorable Henry Cisneros, Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development.
Immigration
Hernandez Family, The
1981 Anti-Defamation League
Available from Social Studies School Service
The experiences of three generations of the Hernandez family provides the
context for an exploration of the history of Mexican immigration to the
U.S. and the experiences of Mexican Americans in the U.S. Family members
describe in their won words the immigrant experience, struggles against
discrimination, their desires to preserve their ethnic identity, and more.
A teaching guide is included with the video.
SWEET 15
1990 WonderWorks Family Movie
Available from Social Studies School Service
The effect of illegal immigration on Mexican-American families is reflected
in this realistic story of Marta Delacruz who is about to turn 15 and celebrate
her quinceanara, a mass followed by a lavish party that syumbolically ushers
a Mexican girl into womanhood. To prove her maturity, Marta helps undocumented
workers gain citzenship through her church's amnesty office, where she discovers
that her own father is not a U.S. citizen.
Literature
Smithsonian World: Voices of Latin America
1987 Public Broadcasting Service
Available from PBS
This video examines the cultural identity of Latin America as it is revealed
through its writers and literature. Five writers are profiled, each a voice
of a respective area. Dramatizations and interviews profile the lives of
Garcilaso de la Vega, El Inca, Elena Poniatowska, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz,
Jose Marti, and Jorge Luis Borges.
Music
Chulas Fronteras\Del Mero Corazon
Les Blank Chris Strachwitz
1994 Brazos Films
Available from Arhoolie Productions Inc./ Down Home Music
Two documentary films of classic Tejano music, Mexican American music
from south Texas.
Santana: Sacred Fire in Mexico
Peter Nydrle
1995 Polygram Records, Inc.
Available from Santana International Fan Club
Recorded during Santana's 1993 tour, this concert features Top 20 hits
"Oye Como Va," "Evil Ways" and "Black Magic Woman." |
