CHICANO 135B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Roger Ebert, Che Guevara
30 Nov 2020
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Week 8: fresa y chocolate: strawberry and chocolate. Tomas gutierrez alea"s changing images of the revolution-pp 99-112. Queer issues in contemporary cinema- fresa y chocolate- pp 185-193. Background: (section 4 the latin american connection) The u. s. /mexican border, immigration and the war on drugs are front page topics these days and the film studios and independents are hot on the trail. But a recent crop of films takes us much further south. In motorcycle diaries we follow a young che guevara in his life changing journey through latin america. Maria full of grace is an independently produced film that deals with a very personal story of an independent young woman who takes her fate into her own hands in a very dangerous journey from colombia to new york. Tomas gutierrez alea is quoted as saying, "for the development of the revolution, criticism of the revolution is fundamental.
