Mexican American Movies

On August 1, 1942, a 22-year-old Mexican American man was stabbed to death at a party. To white Los Angelenos, the murder was just more proof that...

When Ruben, a young Chicano musician, is caught between his mother’s expectations and his own hopes, he is forced to make a decision that will...

A year in the life of an underdog competitive high school mariachi band in the Texas borderlands.

A young mariachi faces his first performance alone but discovers his brother has always been by his side.

CORPUS explores the mass adulation and explosive posthumous recognition of Selena Quintanilla, the Tejano rock singer murdered by the president of...

Diversity trainer Lee Mun Wah assembles a diverse group of eight American men to talk about their experience of race relations in the United States....

As forces threaten to divide and silence Latino communities, a lowrider club in rural Washington transforms personal tragedy into a rolling act of...

On Jan. 5, 1931, Mexican-American students were barred from attending their local elementary school. The parents took the school district to court.

This feature length documentary tells the story of three Latino wine makers in California's Napa Valley. From their humble beginnings as immigrant...

The Longoria Affair is about a controversy that arose when the body of a dead soldier from WWII was finally identified in 1949.

Told through the eyes of a young journalist named Maya, who has inadvertently gotten captured into a human trafficking ring while doing an...

Chicano is an exploration between the similarities and differences between Chicano culture in America and Japan, and how the scene is not all about...

This coming-of-age story follows three students of El Paso's Bowie High and their search for the American dream, a dream inspired by family, fueled...

Violence erupts when two vicious street gangs go to war in the inner city. Duke, the gang leader of Tokers Town, is feeling the pressure from his...

Mexican American Rodolfo P. Hernandez faced death along the 38th parallel, earning a Congressional Medal of Honor for valor during the Korean War. A...

During practice, a performer of Mexican folkloric dance delves into her philosophy on a challenge she faces on stage.

In THE COLOR OF FEAR, eight American men participated in emotionally charged discussions of racism. In this sequel, we hear and see more from those...

Marthas is a PBS documentary about an extraordinary rite of passage in Laredo, Texas where teenage Mexican-American girls debut in a grand Colonial...

"They Called Us Rebels: The 1968 Edcouch-Elsa Walkout is the story of Mexican-American students organizing a seminal demonstration of resistance...

"Stolen Education" documents the untold story of Mexican-American school children who challenged discrimination in Texas schools in the 1950s and...