Free La Onda Chicana Screening & Director’s Talk
Contact: Christopher Ramírez (505) 277-5020; cramire4@unm.eduThe Raza Graduate Student Association (RGSA) and other campus and community co-sponsors invites UNM students, faculty and staff as well as the Albuquerque community to join us on Monday, September 14 at 6:00 p.m. in the UNM Student Union Building (SUB) Theater for the FREE screening of “La Onda Chicana.” The film, adocumentary of Mexican music in the United States from the 1950s-90s, is one of four parts of "Latin Music USA" airing on PBS this fall! After the screening, Director John Valadez will present a short talk and answer questions from the audience. Following the talk, John’s other documentary, “The Last Conquistador,” will also be screened. John is visiting campuses throughout the Southwest including NMSU and UTEP.
“La Onda Chicana” is being co-sponsored by the following co-sponsors: De Colores/Hispanic Heritage Month, UNM El Centro de la Raza, UNM Mellon Foundation Fellows Program, UNM Mexican Student Association (MexSA), UNM Movimiento Estudiantil Chicana/o de Aztlan (MEChA), National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) Albuquerque/Santa Fe, UNM Office of Equity & Inclusion (OEI), UNM Office of Student Affairs, UNM Raza Graduate Student Association (RGSA), UNM University Libraries and UNM Women's Resource Center. Latin Music USA is a film about American music. Fusions of Latin sounds with jazz, rock, country, rhythm and blues — music with deeper roots and broader reach than most people realize. It's a fresh take on our musical history, reaching across five decades and across musical genres to portray the rich mix of sounds created by Latinos and embraced by all. The four-hour documentary series premieres on October 12th (Episodes 1&2) and October 19th (Episodes 3&4) 2009, on PBS stations nationwide and on PBS.org/latinmusicusa. Produced by a team led by WGBH, in co-production with the BBC, Latin Music USA invites the audience into the vibrant musical conversation between Latinos and non-Latinos that has helped shape the history of popular music in the United States. Fittingly, the series launches in Hispanic Heritage Month, a time to recognize the contributions of Latinos to the United States and to celebrate Latino heritage and culture. Episode Three (La Onda Chicana): Mexican-Americans in CA, TX and across the Southwest create their own distinct musical voices during the second half of the 20th century. Their music would play an important role in the struggle for Chicano civil rights and ultimately propel them from the barrio to the national stage. Check out http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/latinmusicusa/en/index.html for more information.
