Run, Chicano, Run: Efraín Gutiérrez, in search of the individual within Chicano cinema

Authors

Fred Garcia, University of Texas-Pan American

Date of Award

5-2006

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

History

First Advisor

Dr. Roberto M. Salmon

Second Advisor

Dr. Elena M. Bastida

Third Advisor

Dr. Michael Weaver

Abstract

Run, Chicano, Run (2006) is about Efraín Gutiérrez, the first Chicano to direct a feature-length film. Because he was active after the Chicano Movement and before the rise of Chicano Studies, his movies are difficult to interpret. His movies are personal, not adhering to ideological formulations. Gutiérrez ceased making movies in 1979 and was not present during the later years of Chicano filmmaking and the emergence of a body of literature dedicated to Chicano cinema.

This thesis is divided into five chapters. Chapter One explores Gutiérrez's place within the literature dealing with Chicano cinema. Chapter Two tells the story behind the making of Gutiérrez's first movie. Chapters Three and Four offer interpretations of Gutiérrez's first two films. Chapter Five offers reasons why Gutiérrez has been rendered obscure.

Comments

Copyright 2006 Fred Garcia. All Rights Reserved.

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Granting Institution

University of Texas-Pan American