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Chulas fronteras Del mero corazon = Straight from the heart
Title
Chulas fronteras [videorecording] ; Del mero corazon = Straight from the heart. / conceived and produced by Chris Strachwitz.
Published
El Cerrito, Calif. : Brazos Films, [1994]
Physical Description
1 videocassette (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Notes
"BF-104"--Cassette & container.
In Spanish and English with English and Spanish subtitles.
Summary
Chulas fronteras (58 min.) features the music and culture of Mexican-Americans living in southern Texas, showing food preparation, family life, dances, fieldwork, and other social activities. Del mero corazon (28 min.) is a lyrical journey through the musings of the heart in the Mexican-American Nortena music tradition. Various performers are shown in dancehalls and cantinas, presenting songs of passion and death, hurt and humor, and the pleasures and torn dreams of love.
Variant and related titles
Straight from the heart
Cassette title: Chulas fronteras and Del mero corazón
Del mero corazon
Other formats
Both issued also as motion pictures in 1976 & 1979.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Spanish; English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Performers
Lydia Mendoza, Flaco Jiménez, Narciso Martínez, Los alegres de Terán, Little Joe & la familia, Leo Garza, Chavela Ortíz, Andres Berlanga, Ricardo Mejia.
System details note
VHS.
Contents
1. Chulas Fronteras (58 min.)
2. Del Mero Corazón (28 min.)
Videorecording number
BF-104 Brazos Films
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