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.

​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. 

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     Efrain Gutierrez, an award-winning and internationally-known Chicano filmmaker, will be in Houston, Texas on Thursday, June 29, 2017 at Talento Bilingue de Houston, 333 South Jensen, Houston, Texas, to speak about his new documentary currently in production, “Al Norte”. The presentation is free, but a $10 donation is suggested. All donations going towards the production of “Al Norte”. Gutierrez is recognized by academia as being the first Chicano/Mexican American to independently produce a feature film titled “Please Don't Bury Me Alive/Por Favor No Me Entierren Vivo” released in 1976. The classic Chicano film was selected by the Library of Congress to be included in the National Film Registry in 2014. Gutierrez also has the distinction of being the first Chicano/Mexican American to have three films archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archives. His papers are archived at the Green Library at Stanford University. For his contribution to film, 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’ oral history and film memorabilia will be archived at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Museum, scheduled to open in Los Angeles, California in 2018. “Al Norte” documents stories of families from Texas and Mexico that labored as farm workers in the northern United States in the 1940s to the 1970s, many of them are now successful professionals. Gutierrez will share some of those stories. A brief history about Texas and its relations with Mexicans during the period of 1915 to 1970s will begin the presentation. The impact that the Mexican Revolution, WWI and WWII had on Mejicanos and Chicanos living in Texas and who had to confront racism, school segregation, unemployment, hanging by Texas Rangers, and the deportation of Mexicans in 1930s and 1950s, will be part of the presentation. “La Onda Chicana”,1976 musical video staring Little Joe y La Familia, Los Chachos, La Fabrica and Laura Canales with Snow Ball and Company will open the program. Gutierrez would enjoy meeting with, and possibly interviewing former Texas migrant farmworkers that would like to share their story for this documentary. Former migrant farm workers wanting to share their stories can contact Gutierrez at 210-815-0018 or email him at efraingutierrez_1@hotmail.com. “We are producing the documentary “Al Norte” to give Chicano/Mexican American students, especially children of migrant farm workers like me, a brief look at our history in hopes of understanding how and why we are where we are today. I believe that by understanding our history, knowing where you came from and how much our families struggled to get here is very important to know. It is important to know the sacrifices and hardships our families suffered and endured to give us this great opportunity to get an education.”

Efrain Gutierrez For event information please call Jesus Cantu Medel at 713-575-7080.

​For interview contact Gutierrez at 210-815-0018 or email him at efraingutierrez_1@hotmailcom

For immediate press release The Ms. International Top Modeling Pageant Charm School directed by Irma Salinas de Gutierrez is now accepting applications for a three months (30 hours) etiquette/modeling classes. The scheduled etiquette/modeling classes begins September 27, 2016 and it will cover speaking ability ,walking, posture, poise, modeling and presentation. Female applicants between the ages of five through twenty-five (5-25) may pick up application at the ITMP charm school studio Monday-Friday from 5:00pm-7:00pm and Saturday 10:00am-12:00pm or email Gutierrez at irmag6@hotmail.com. The ITMP charm school studio is located at 3403 South Flores, San Antonio, Texas . ITMP charm school classes will conducted it's etiquette/modeling classes every Tuesday's, Thursday and Saturday. The classes will conclude with a Fashion Show Recital scheduled December 3, 2016. Tuition is $150.00 with a $50.00 registration fee. Schedule: Tuesdays & Thursdays Years Time 10-15 5-7 p.m. 16-25 7-9 p.m. Saturdays Years Time 5-9 10:00am-12:00pm Please call 210-815-0018 or email irmag6@hotmail.com for more information. Irma Salinas de Gutierrez was born and raised in Laredo, Texas and is a J.W. Nixon high school graduate. Gutierrez is a former professional model who founded and directed the Ms. International Top Model pageant in Laredo, Texas (1985-1999). Gutierrez produced and choreographed pageants in Houston, Austin, Brownsville, Mc Allen and Laredo in the United States and Puebla, Monterey, Matamoros, Reynosa and Nuevo Laredo in Mexico. Gutierrez education includes: AA degree in Multimedia, Bachelor degree in Family Relations from Texas A&M Kingsville, two Master degrees; Bilingual Education and Special Education from Texas A&M in San Antonio. For more information please call 210-815-0018 or email irmag6@hotmail.com

This interview was filmed by EPCC Mass Communication students at EPCC TV February 18, 2016 in El Paso, Texas where we celebrated the 40th Anniversary of Efrain Gutierrez film "Please Don't Bury Me Alive!" Clips from the film are incorporated throughout the interview.​

In celebration of the 40th year anniversary of the concert La Onda Chicana, Efrain Gutierrez is making it available for free screening for the month of July. This concert was filmed in Port Lavaca ,TX on July 4th 1976 U.S. bicentennial. “La Onda Chicana,” captures the sound and feel of 1970s Chicano/Tejano music. The film, shot in Port Lavaca 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. Filmed and edited by Efrain Gutierrez preserved by 3GFilms and UCLA Film and Television Archive.