Efrain Gutierrez Taller
  • Blog
  • About
  • Contact
  • True Chicano Merchandise

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

8/6/2018

1 Comment

 
Picture
​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 support@chicano.ucla.edu 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
1 Comment
linda
8/21/2018 09:38:01 pm

how can i buy a copy of Run Tecato Run

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Categories

    All
    Art
    Music

    Archives

    August 2019
    July 2019
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2017
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    April 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014

    Efrain-Abran Gutierrez Jr.

    Just keeping you updated here @ Efrain Gutierrez

    RSS Feed

    Check out Efrain Gutierrez Taller de Cine, Arte, Musica, Modelaje y Comida on Yelp
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.