I Am Joaquin (film)

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I Am Joaquín
Directed byLuis Valdez
Based on"I Am Joaquín"
by Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzáles
Release date
  • 1969 (1969)
Running time
20 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

I Am Joaquín is a 1969 short film by Luis Valdez, a project of his El Teatro Campesino. It is based on the poem "I Am Joaquín" by Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzáles, a key text of the Chicano movement. In 2010, this film was selected for the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[1] I Am Joaquin was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017.[2][3]

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  • I Am Joaquin at IMDb
  • I Am Joaquin essay by Daniel Eagan In America's Film Legacy, 2009-2010: A Viewer's Guide To The 50 Landmark Movies Added To The National Film Registry In 2009-10, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2011, ISBN 1441120025 pages 124-127 [1]

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