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Nosotros Venceremos
Date: 1/1/1971Call Number: V 214Format: VHSProducers: Jon LewisCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
An organizing tool for UFW members and their supporters. Presents still photographs of the Delano grape strike. Shows march to Sacramento, the fast of Cesar Chavez, and the first victory, all combined with songs and speeches.
This is a 16MM PRINT
Song for Cesar
Date: 1/1/2006Call Number: V 565Format: DVDProducers: Andres AlegriaCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Features interviews with Dolores Huerta, Co-founder of the UFW; Arturo Rodriguez, UFW President; Cesar's brother, Richard Chavez; Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Program Director CECF and Paul Chavez, President of the National Farmworkers Service Center. Music recorded by The Prophets with Jorge Santana and Abel Sanchez.
Nosotros Venceremos
Date: 1/1/1971Call Number: V 564Format: DVDProducers: Jon LewisCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
From a 16mm film made in 1971 by Jon Lewis, set to his photographs of the Unied Farm Workers in Delano and other locations in the Central Valley of California. Features Cesar Chavez.
La Raza de Colorado - La Historia
Date: 1/1/2005Call Number: V 356Format: DVDProducers: Rocky Mt PBS - Lisa OlkenCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Explores the history and heritage of Colorado's Latino culture from the 1500s to the 1940s - from the Aztecas and the Spanish Conquistadors to the 1846 US war on Mexico, from the rise of the migrant farm workers to the zoot suit rebellion. Includes rare footage and extensive interviews.
La Raza de Colorado: El Movimiento
Date: 1/1/2006Call Number: V 357Format: DVDProducers: Rocky Mt PBS - Lisa OlkenCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Examines the Colorado Chicano Movement during the 1960s and 1970s. Riveting firsthand accounts speak to the significant social issues of our time: identity, racial conflict, civil rights, and cultural pride.
Nosotros Venceremos
Date: 1/1/1971Call Number: V 371Format: BetaProducers: Jon LewisCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
From a 16mm film made in 1971 by Jon Lewis, set to his photographs of the Unied Farm Workers in Delano and other locations in the Central Valley of California. Features Cesar Chavez.
Interview with Ramsey Muniz
Date: 10/3/2003Call Number: V 373Format: VHSProducers: Rolando GarzaCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Interview with political prisoner Ramsey Muniz. He explains his political views - his accomplishments as a Raza Unida Party leader. In 1972 and 1975 he ran for governor of Texas. As a leader of the Raza Unida Party he organized for the cultura – building unity for one cause – representing Mexican Americans in the US. He was framed in 1994 with drug charges, because of his political views. He was sentenced to life without parole and he still remains a political prisoner to this day.
Lucha de mi pueblo
Call Number: V 399Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Aftermath of the victory of land rights activist Amador Flores in Tierra Amarilla, as this campaign led to defeat of developers. But Mexican owners’ rights to their land are still under threat. Features Tierra Amarilla youth brigade.
Tierra Amarilla Youth Brigades - Leadership Institute
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: V 602Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Summer program of the T.A.Y.B. Beginning of long hike, and songs and speeches. Extensive footage on the educational forums with topics that range from Nahuatl philosophy, La Mujer, Critical Educational Theory, Contemporary Mexican History, the Mexican Revolution and the history of the Chicano Movement.
Reies Tijerina - Part 1
Date: 1/1/2000Call Number: V 612Format: Mini DVProducers: Erika ZarcoCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Interview in Mexico City while Tijerina is bedridden and in poor health.
