Chicana/o & Latinx Studies

For centuries the border between the United States and Mexico has been an area of rich cultural exchange and cooperation, and conversely a source of great conflict and controversy.

This four part landmark documentary series now a classic for Mexican American history of the U.S., chronicles the struggle for equality and social justice of the Mexican American community in the United States from 1965 to 1975.

Children In No-Man's Land is an award-winning documentary that uncovers the current plight of the 100,000 unaccompanied minors entering the United States.

Chicana writer Gloria Anzaldúa tells us that the border is "una herida abierta [an open wound] where... the lifeblood of two worlds is merging to form a third country — a border culture."

Episode One: La Historia explores the extraordinary history and heritage of Colorado's Latino culture from the 1500s to the 1940s.

El Movimiento examines the Colorado Chicano Movement during the turbulent 1960s and 1970s

This six-episode documentary from PBS chronicles the rich and varied history and experiences of Latinx people in the United States.

Dubbed “King Tiger” and “the Malcolm X of the Chicano Movement,” Reies López Tijerina inspired Mexican-American college students of the late 1960s and early 1970s to start the Chicano Civil Rights Movement that stressed ethnic pride, ethnic studies, and opposition to police brutality.

The music and dance in this documentary come from a corner of the African Diaspora with which few people are familiar: the Afro-Peruvians.