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A crushing love : Chicanas, motherhood and activism / Sylvan Productions ; producer, writer, director, Sylvia Morales.

The Women Make Movies Non-Exclusive Collection (Docuseek) Available online

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Morales, Sylvia, film director, film producer, screenwriter.
Sylvan Productions, production company.
Women Make Movies (Firm), distributor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Huerta, Dolores, 1930-.
Huerta, Dolores.
Martínez, Elizabeth Sutherland, 1925-2021--Interviews.
Martínez, Elizabeth Sutherland.
Moraga, Cherríe--Interviews.
Moraga, Cherríe.
Escalante, Alicia--Interviews.
Escalante, Alicia.
Cotera, Martha--Interviews.
Cotera, Martha.
Women political activists--United States.
Women political activists.
Women social reformers--United States.
Women social reformers.
Hispanic American single mothers.
Mexican American women.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (58 min.)) : sound, color
Other Title:
Chicanas, motherhood and activism
Place of Publication:
[New York, New York] : Women Make Movies, [2009]
System Details:
System requirements: An Internet browser with HTML5 support.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
digital
Summary:
A CRUSHING LOVE, Sylvia Morales' sequel to her groundbreaking history of Chicana women, CHICANA (1979), honors the achievements of five activist Latinas -- labor organizer/farm worker leader Dolores Huerta, author/educator Elizabeth "Betita" Martinez, writer/playwright/educator Cherrie Moraga, civil rights advocate Alicia Escalante, and historian/writer Martha Cotera -- and considers how these single mothers managed to be parents and effect broad-based social change at the same time.
Participant:
Featuring: Dolores Huerta, Elizabeth Martinez, Cherrie Moraga, Alicia Escalante and Martha Cotera.
Credits:
Cinematography, Maritza Alvarez [and others] ; editor, Ana Zapata ; music, Germaine Franco.
Notes:
Sequel to: Chicana.
Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 19, 2022).
OCLC:
1345483114
Publisher Number:
wm-clove Docuseek2
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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