El Teatro Campesino

Duration: 1:01:00

Genre: Documentary

Year Published: 1970

Creator: National Educational Television and Radio Center: Copyright

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Presents a history of El Teatro Campesino (the theater of the farmworkers) from its beginning in the fields, by boosting the morale of striking Mexican-American farmworkers and winning over non-strikers, to its present role as theater committed to social change on a broad front. Explains that the theater presents plays and music stressing the relationship between economic advancement and the political solidarity of the Chicanos. Shows the group, directed by Louis Valdez, performing musical numbers, a satirical skit, a puppet show, and an excerpt from a full-length play., Presents a history of El Teatro Campesino (the theater of the farmworkers) from its beginning in the fields by boosting the morale of striking Mexican-American-farmworkers and winning over non-strikers to its present role as theater committed to social change on a broad front. Explains that the theater presents plays and music stressing the relationship between economic advancement and the political solidarity of the Chicanos. Shows the group, directed by Louis Valdez, performing musical numbers, a satirical skit, a puppet show, and an excerpt from a full-length play.

Complete Record: , A history of the theater of the farmworkers from its origins as a morale-booster during the strike by Mexican-American farmworkers which began in California in 1965, to its present role as guerrilla theater committed to social change on a broad front, and to promoting the solidarity of Chicanos . The group, directed by Luis Valdez, performs musical numbers, a satirical skit, a puppet show and an excerpt from a full-length play. , Presents a history of El Teatro Campesino (the theater of the farmworkers) from its beginning in the fields by boosting the morale of striking Mexican-American-farmworkers and winning over non-strikers to its present role as theater committed to social change on a broad front. Explains that the theater presents plays and music stressing the relationship between economic advancement and the political solidarity of the Chicanos. Shows the group, directed by Louis Valdez, performing musical numbers, a satirical skit, a puppet show, and an excerpt from a full-length play.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.