Film Screening: “Chulas Fronteras” and "Del Mero Corazon"

Event Date: 
Monday, September 16, 2019 - 7:30pm
Event Location: 
Multiple Locations

Join us for screenings of Chulas Fronteras (1976) and Del Mero Corazon (1979) at four Laemmle Theatre locations across the Los Angeles area as part of the theater chain's Culture Vulture series. Screenings co-sponsored by the CSRC.

  • Laemmle Royal (Purchase Tickets)

    11523 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025

  • Laemmle Town Center 5 (Purchase Tickets)

    17200 Ventura Blvd., Encino, CA 91316

  • Laemmle Claremont 5 (Purchase Tickets)

    450 West Second St., Claremont, CA 91711

  • Laemmle Playhouse 7 (Purchase Tickets)

    673 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101

Recently restored in 4k, Chulas Fronteras (1976) is an introduction to the music and culture of the Texas-Mexican border. From joyous, lively dance tunes to soulful, political work songs, musica Norteña fuses traditional Mexican harmonies with central European dancehall rhythms, and a little something extra. Chulas Fronteras celebrates the famed Mexican-American musicians of the borderlands, the migrant farming communities from which they come, the strong family bonds of Tejanos, and the social protest ethos inscribed in their music.  Produced by Chris Strachwitz, founder of the online archive Strachwitz Frontera Collection of Mexican and Mexican American Music, a joint project of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, the Arhoolie Foundation, and the UCLA Digital Library Program.

Featuring: Flaco Jiménez, Lydia Mendoza, Los Alegres de Terán, Narciso Martínez, Santiago Jiménez, Rumel Fuentes, Don Santiago Jiménez, Los Pingüinos del Norte, and Ramiro Cavazos.

Directed by Maureen Gosling, Les Blank, Guillermo Hernández, and Chris Strachwitz, Del Mero Corazon (1979) is a lyrical journey through the heart of Chicano culture, as reflected in the love songs of the Tex-Mex Norteña music tradition, constructed from outtakes from Chulas Fronteras (1976).

Featuring: Little Joe & La Familia, Leo Garza & His Conjunto, Chavela & Brown Express, Andrés Berlanga, Ricardo Mejía, Conjunto Tamaulípas.

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