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14
SONGS NEVER BEFORE RELEASED ON FILM
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Chulas Fronteras
with: Lydia Mendoza, Flaco Jiménez, Narciso Martínez,
Los Alegres de Teran, Rumel Fuentes, Don Santiago Jiménez,
Los Pinqüinos Del Norte, Ramiro Cavazos (Canción Mixteca),
and others. |
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Del Mero Corazón
with: Little Joe & La Familia, Leo Garza, Chavela Ortiz, Andres
Berlanga, Ricardo Mejia, Conjunto Tamaulipas, and more. |
30 Min Bonus Footage (DVD ONLY)
with: Lydia Mendoza, Narciso Martinez, Santiago Jimenez, Jose
Morante, Las Hermanso Cardenas, & Los Alegres de Teran.and
more. |
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"Chulas Fronteras' provides a magnificent introduction
to the most exciting Norteña (“Northern” Texas-Mexican
border) musicians working today: Los Alegres de Teran, Lydia Mendoza,
Flaco Jimenez and others. The music and spirit of the people is seen
embodied in their strong family life and sheer enjoyment of domestic
rituals preparing of food and eating, celebrating a 50th wedding anniversary,
gathering in the backyard with friends. At the same time Blank does
not overlook the hardships, in particular the Chicano experience of
migrating from state to state with the seasons for work in the fields.
He makes clear the role that music has in redeeming their lives by
giving utterance to collective pain. For music, politics and life
are integrated in this film in a way that is both enchanting and unsettling.”
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