Film Series Accompanies Latin American Posters Exhibition at National Hispanic Cultural Center

From the website of the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque:

A series of films in conjunction with the Latin American Posters: Public Aesthetics and Mass Politics exhibition at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque. The exhibit opens September 8, 2006 and runs through March 4, 2007.

Yo Soy Joaquín (I am Joaquín), 1969, 19 min. Directed by Luis Valdez. Dramatization of the classic Chicano poem by the same name by Rodolfo "Corky González about the Mexican American experience from the Spanish conquest to the farmworkers' struggle. González was a leading Chicano activist in Denver, CO.

Salt of the Earth, 1954, U.S., 92 min. Directed by Herbert Biberman. Based on the 1951 zinc miners' strike in Silver City, NM. The film stars several miners and their families, including the labor leader Juan Chacón. It also deals with the struggle of the miners' wives for recognition, dignity and equality. The film was made at the height of the McCarthy era and denounced as subversive and subsequently blacklisted.

(Editor's Note: Thanks to Michelle Meaders for the heads up on this and other events.)