The UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center has Recently Restored Efrain Gutierrez's Historic 1979 movie "Run, Tecato, Run"

​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. 
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