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In the mid 70s we had a major epidemic that affected mostly Mejicanos and Chicano youth. From Mexico City to cities in the midwest and all over Texas. Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, Laredo, the valley, wherever raza lived, especially in public housing, paint sniffing by teens and children as young as 6 years old were getting addicted by the thousands. Surprisingly white and black youth were not affected. Because it did not affect their children, politicians ignored the problem. In San Antonio, Dario Chapa and the Mexican American Neighborhood Civic Organization pushed for a law outlawing the sale of paint to minors. MANCO working with substance abuse children wanted to show politicos how bad paint sniffing was hurting our youth, “El Juanio” was produced by Efrain Gutierrez with music by Steve Jordan. After viewing “El Juanio” Newly elected governor Bill Clemens passed a law that made the sale of paint to anyone under 18 years old, illegal. Thet law stopped the paint sniffing epidemic.
For the next week you can view this historical film for free. . Expires May 29th
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Watch a true lesson in Texas history with the 180th anniversary of the council house meeting. "The Betrayal" is a docudrama by Efrain Gutierrez about The Council House Massacre that occurred in San Antonio, Texas on March 19, 1840. Brought to you by 3GFilms, San Antonio River Mission Descendants, Casa Gutierrez, South Texas Gunfighters, and Dr. Francisco Pena starring Mambo Flores and Epifanio Hernandez.
San Antonio College-Mexican America Studies (MÁS) Programs Movimiento: The Forgotten Activists of the Chicana/o Civil Right Movement oral history project under the direction of Jasmine Munoz will be celebrating Efrain Gutiérrez, and his work for the community during their Open House. Efrain will be presented with an attractive poster board with a summary of the report written about him along with his picture. Program is scheduled 9/04/2019 from 5:30-7:00 at MAS locate at the Chance Academic Center (CAC) Room 100. His family is appreciative that he is being recognize in his home town.
Admission is free for this event. September 4, 2019 San Antonio College MAS locate at the Chance Academic Center (CAC) Room 100 5:30pm - 7:00pm In 2016, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Preservation and Foundation Programs selected Efrain Gutierrez to be part of the permanent Academy Film Archive collection, where it will be presented as a unique and personal window into motion picture history. Gutierrez was interviewed at the Austin Film Society studio in Austin, Texas on April 29, 2016 by Charles Ramirez Berg, University of Texas Distinguished Teaching Professor in Media Studies, Department of Radio-TV-Films. http://pstlala.oscars.org/interview/efrain-gutierrez/The UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center (est. 1969) houses a library, academic press, multi-disciplinary research projects, competitive grant and fellowship programs, and community partnerships. The Chicano Cinema and Media Art Series is an outgrowth of the CSRC’s Chicano Cinema Recovery Project, a collaboration with the UCLA Film and Television Archive they have recently restored Efrain Gutierrez's Historic 1979 movie "Run, Tecato, Run". The Movie "Run, Tecato, Run" (Run, Junkie, Run) depicts a junkie's efforts to break his heroin habit in order to reclaim and raise his daughter. Produced for $60,000, the film explores the connections be-tween the Vietnam War, drug addiction, and crime and juxtaposes them to Mexican-American family, culture, and spirituality. It stars Efrain Gutierrez, Arturo Castillo, and Josie Gutierrez (Josephine Faz). "Run, Tecato, Run" is the last of three low-budget social-problem films that Gutierrez released in the 1970s. Please, Don't Bury Me Alive!/Por Favor, No Me Entierren Vivo! (1976), his first film and the first Chicano feature produced, was followed by Chicano Love Is Forever/Amor Chicano Es para Siempre (1977). Also included with the movie is bonus short: Efrain Gutierrez's "La Onda Chicana" (18 minutes, 35 seconds, color) captures the sound and feel of 1970s Chicano/Tejano music. The film, shot in Port Lavaca, Texas, in 1976, showcases some of the leading bands of the time, including Little Joe y La Familia, Snowball and Company, Los Chachos, and La Fabrica. Efrain Gutierrez is a self-taught San Antonio filmmaker. His grassroots production and distribution strategies allowed his films to outperform Hollywood releases in several cities, inspiring filmmakers in Mexico who focused on U.S.-Spanish-language theaters and Chicano filmmakers working on English-language independent features.
To purchase, select among three versions available on Amazon.com (linked below)*: Original version in English and Spanish (no subtitles) English and Spanish with Spanish in English subtitles English and Spanish with captions for the hearing impaired *Institutions such as universities and museums must purchase this DVD directly through the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. Contact [email protected] or 310-825-2363. The institutional rate includes rights for educational and public screenings. Program content 1979 Efrain Gutierrez. Poster design by Chista Cantu. Package design and summary copyright 2016 UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. All rights reserved. www.chicano.ucla.edu Rio Bravo, Texas lies 9 miles south of Laredo, a settlement founded along the banks of the Rio Grande in 1981 by 25 families seeking economic refugee. Today this “Colonia” is a |
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