I Am Joaquin (film)

I Am Joaquín is a 1969 short film by Luis Valdez, a project of his El Teatro Campesino.

Summary

It is based on the poem "I Am Joaquín" by Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzáles, a key text of the Chicano movement.

Reception and legacy

In 2010, this film was selected for the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". I Am Joaquin was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017.

External links

• I Am Joaquin essay by Daniel Eagan In America's Film Legacy, 2009-2010: A Viewer's Guide To The 50 Landmark Movies Added To The National Film Registry In 2009–10, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2011, pages 124-127 https://books.google.com/books?id=4GNRD_icEmkC

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