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![Luis Alberto Urrea - "Across the Wire"](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: CV 184AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaProgram: KPFACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
About Mexican people trying to cross the border and all of the hardships people face during their journey, and the aftermath.
![Californians of Mexican descent; Program #2: The culture they brought, Reel 1 of 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 5/8/1963Call Number: CE 643Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Collin B. EdwardsProgram: Californians of Mexican descentCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Explores the culture that Mexican immigrants represent - visual art, architecture, and music. Discusses Spanish America and colonial impact on Indigenous peoples, the impact of Catholicism on art/culture, folk culture, and the issue of what is really Mexican culture versus European culture is raised.
![Californians of Mexican descent; Program #2: The culture they brought, Reel 2 of 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 5/8/1963Call Number: CE 644Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Collin B. EdwardsProgram: Californians of Mexican descentCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Discussion of the culture and skills Mexicans brought to California: dance, the question of Native influence, metal and leather craftsmanship, stone cutting and mining techniques, agricultural knowledge, and irrigation.
![Californians of Mexican descent; Program #3 Culture and the question of language, Reel 1 of 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 5/15/1963Call Number: CE 645Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Collin B. EdwardsProgram: Californians of Mexican descentCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Discusses how closely Californians of Mexican descent retain Mexican language and culture. Multiple interviews about the use of Spanish and English. The danger of the loss of cultural identity, assimilation, inferiority, and bilingualism.
![Californians of Mexican descent; Program #3 Culture and the question of language, Reel 2 of 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 5/18/1963Call Number: CE 646Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Collin B. EdwardsProgram: Californians of Mexican descentCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Various interviews conducted; discussion of the challenges of the acquisition/retention of Spanish with each generation of Mexican Americans, Spanglish or code switching, the role of communities in language usage; literacy, and the interest or lack thereof in Mexican and Spanish language literature.
![Californians of Mexican descent; Program #4 Drama in the Mexican Community, Reel 1 of 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 5/22/1963Call Number: CE 647Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Collin B. EdwardsProgram: Californians of Mexican descentCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Discusses the retention and development of Mexican American drama. Includes interviews with theater groups. Discussion of the role of church, and of interest or lack thereof in drama in Mexican American communities.
![Californians of Mexican descent; Program #4 Drama in the Mexican Community, Reel 2 of 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 5/22/1963Call Number: CE 648Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Collin B. EdwardsProgram: Californians of Mexican descentCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Explores the interest in Mexican film in Mexican Americans, and the differences between films from Mexico and the US. Various interviews.
![Californians of Mexican descent; Program #5 Their taste and talent in music, Reel 1 of 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 5/29/1963Call Number: CE 649Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Collin B. EdwardsProgram: Californians of Mexican descentCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Explores the musical interests of Californians of Mexican descent including their attachment or lack thereof to Mexican music, Latin music, and music from the US. Various interviews.
![Californians of Mexican descent; Program #5 Their taste and talent in music, Reel 2 of 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 5/29/1963Call Number: CE 650Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Collin B. EdwardsProgram: Californians of Mexican descentCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Explores the historical and ethnic origins of various types of Mexican music; includes interviews with musicians and musical samples of what music they discuss.
![Californians of Mexican descent; Program #6 Their dances and artists, Reel 1 of 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 6/5/1963Call Number: CE 651Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Collin B. EdwardsProgram: Californians of Mexican descentCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Explores the instruments and dances from Mexico and how they are utilized in Mexican American communities. Musical samples and interviews included.