Sylvia Morales
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Sylvia Morales is an American film director, writer, producer, and editor. Morales is recognized as one of the first female Mexican-American filmmakers. Morales has won multiple awards for her documen
Still from "A Crushing Love: Chicanas, Motherhood and Activism" (2009)
Luis Valdez
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Luis Miguel Valdez is an American playwright, screenwriter, film director and actor. Regarded as the father of Chicano film and playwriting, Valdez is best known for his play Zoot Suit, his movie La B
Sylvia Morales
…milieu, Sylvia Morales along with other early Latino activist filmmakers which include Moctesuma Esparza, Jesus Salvador Treviño, Susan Racho, and Luis Valdez became involved with civil rights activism. Some were also among the first Latinos to be able to enter film schools and receive formal training. According…
Valdez in 2008