Chicano: Quest for the Homeland is a documentary that focuses on the Chicano movement of the 1960s. The better part of the documentary focuses on the leader of the Alianca group, Reis Lopez Tijerina, who led other Mexican people in protesting about the federal land as their own. This was according to the treaty signed between Mexico and the US, twenty years earlier. According to Tijerina and his people, millions of acres of land had been taken from landowning families and years later, the US Forest Service revoked nearly half of the grazing permits from the New Mexicans. In 1967, federal charges were imposed on anyone found occupying the land. Tijerina’s early actions revolved around the arrest of citizens starting with Alfonso Sanchez, who was a district attorney.
Corky Gonzales, a former boxer who joined democratic politics was also an important member of the Chicano movement. Gonzales began by pushing for more registration of Mexican American voters for John F. Kennedy. …show more content…
History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement consisting of four parts. This documentary provides a sense of the growing unrest of the Chicano population, their evolution and the power of mass action. Through the documentary, we learn that the movement begins with Tijerina in New Mexico and later picked by Corky in Denver. Corky defines the true meaning of Chicano through his poem I am Joaquin that embraces all Chicanos resulting in a wave of political awareness. Through his epic poem, Gonzales managed to reach out to the youth in masses that helped in their participation in La Raza Unida Party. In conclusion, this documentary segment is important because it describes the roots of the Chicano nationalism that are a critical part of the understanding history of the Chicano both socially and politically. This is made possible through the documentary’s affirmation of cultural identity that is grounded in Aztec
Corky Gonzales, a former boxer who joined democratic politics was also an important member of the Chicano movement. Gonzales began by pushing for more registration of Mexican American voters for John F. Kennedy. …show more content…
History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement consisting of four parts. This documentary provides a sense of the growing unrest of the Chicano population, their evolution and the power of mass action. Through the documentary, we learn that the movement begins with Tijerina in New Mexico and later picked by Corky in Denver. Corky defines the true meaning of Chicano through his poem I am Joaquin that embraces all Chicanos resulting in a wave of political awareness. Through his epic poem, Gonzales managed to reach out to the youth in masses that helped in their participation in La Raza Unida Party. In conclusion, this documentary segment is important because it describes the roots of the Chicano nationalism that are a critical part of the understanding history of the Chicano both socially and politically. This is made possible through the documentary’s affirmation of cultural identity that is grounded in Aztec