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Ramsey Muniz
Ramsey Muniz, of Corpus Christi, the first Chicano to run for governor of Texas. He ran as the nominee of the Raza Unida party in 1972 at the age of 29. Ramsey Muniz speaks of the Raza Unida Platform and the importance of an independent Chicano Party, denounces the Democrats and Republicans for not helping Chicanos.
Pajaro Latino
Date: 8/22/1996Call Number: JH 505AFormat: Cass AProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Mensaje de EZLN a los Chicanos
Quinto Festival de los Teatros Chicanos: Primer Encuentro Latinoamericano
Casa Laya
Quinto Festival de los Teatros Chicanos: Primer Encuentro Latinoamericano
Danzantes de Tapant la muncipio de teatro campesino
La Raza Unida excerpts
A press conference with two La Raza Unida party leaders. Brief interviews with 11 and 12 year olds, and other material related to La Raza Unida Party.
Guillermo Gomez-Peña "New World Border"
Guillermo Gomez-Peña performing "New World Border" with Coco Fusco on KGNU in Boulder. Gomez-Peña's performance piece relates to shifting political, economic and cultural landscapes that continue to confound and possibly eliminate borders.
Guillermo Gomez-Peña Performance and Interview 1991
Date: 11/8/1991Call Number: CV 064AFormat: Cass AProgram: Cal PerformancesCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Guillermo Gomez-Peña stages a performance art piece focusing on shifting and paradoxical cultural, social and economic borders in the 1990's. Legacy of Columbus for the 1992 quincentenary. Performance followed by interview with Chuy Varela on immigration, divisions among Latinos, and economic support for multiculturalism and art.
Margarita Martinez - Watsonville Canning Strike
Chuy Varela interviews striking frozen food cannery worker Margarita Martinez 11 months into Watsonville Canning Strike (probably in 1986). They discuss the difficulty of supporting a family while on strike, the success of the strike's solidarity, and future plans of the workers.
Watsonville Cannery Interviews
Interiews by Chuy Varela about the decertification election for the Watsonville Canning Strike in 1986. Varela interviews strike leader Gloria Betancourt and Teamsters Local 912 Secretary Treasurer Sergio Lopez about the importance of the election, the support for the strike, and the participation of the Teamsters International in the boycott of the plant's products.
It's 1992 And America Hasn't Discover Itself
An epic poem by Gerardo Navarro performed by him and Elena Rodrigo in August 1989. Themes include the Columbus "discovery" and the encounters of different North American and Latin American cultures.