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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Treviño, Jesús Salvador.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Treviño, Jesús Salvador.

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

Civil rights movements.

Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.

Civil rights workers.

Mexican Americans--Biography.

Mexican Americans.

Mexican Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.

Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Biography.

Motion picture producers and directors.

United States--Ethnic relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (398 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Houston, Tex. : Arte Publico Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9781611926170

1611926173

9781611921434

1611921430

OCLC:

318833608