Hispanics and United States Film: An Overview and Handbook
by Keller, Gary
Released: 1994
Hispanics and United States Film begins its study around the turn of the century and provides an overview of the changing image of Hispanics in American film from the earliest cinema to the present. The book includes chapters on the emergence of United States Hispanics in film, the depiction of race in films, character and film types in the first decades, and the era of social consciousness. Major attention is given to the silent period, the social problem films, the movies of the early Civil Rights movement, and current film and television.