Editing Chicano (section)

=== Film ===
{{Main|Chicano cinema|List of Chicano films}}
[[File:Sylvia_Morales,_Self_Portrait_(1998).png|thumb|203x203px|[[Sylvia Morales]] directed the short documentary film ''[[Chicana (film)|Chicana]]'' (1976)]]
Chicano film has been marginalized since its inception and was established in the 1960s. The generally marginal status of Chicanos in the [[film industry]] has meant that many Chicano films are not released with wide theatrical distribution.<ref name="Maciel-2022b">{{Cite book |last1=Maciel |first1=David R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IgOBEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22chicano+films%22&pg=PA104 |title=Chicano Renaissance: Contemporary Cultural Trends |last2=Ortiz |first2=Isidro D. |last3=Herrera-Sobek |first3=María |date=2022|publisher=University of Arizona Press |isbn=9780816550586 |pages=104–120 |language=en}}</ref> Chicano film emerged from the creation of political plays and documentaries. This included [[El Teatro Campesino]]'s ''[[I Am Joaquin (film)|Yo Soy Joaquín]]'' (1969), [[Luis Valdez]]'s ''[[El Corrido]]'' (1976), and [[Efraín Gutiérrez (director)|Efraín Gutiérrez]]'s ''[[Please, Don't Bury Me Alive!]]'' (1976), the latter of which is referred to as the first full-length Chicano film.<ref name="EnriquePérez-2009a">{{Cite book|title=Rethinking Chicana/o and Latina/o Popular Culture|last=Enrique Pérez|first=Daniel|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|year=2009|isbn=9780230616066|pages=93–95}}</ref><ref name="Maciel-2022b"/>

[[Docudrama]]s then emerged like [[Esperanza Vasquez]]'s ''[[Agueda Martinez: Our People, Our Country|Agueda Martínez]]'' (1977), [[Jesús Salvador Treviño]]'s ''[[Raíces de sangre|Raíces de Sangre]]'' (1977), and [[Robert M. Young (director)|Robert M. Young]]'s ''[[Alambrista!|¡Alambrista!]]'' (1977).<ref name="EnriquePérez-2009a" /> Luis Valdez's [[Zoot Suit (film)|''Zoot Suit'']] (1981), Young's ''[[The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez]]'' (1982), [[Gregory Nava]]'s, ''[[My Family (1995 film)|My Family/Mi familia]]'' (1995) and [[Selena (film)|''Selena'']] (1997), and [[Josefina López]]'s ''[[Real Women Have Curves]]'' (2002).<ref name="EnriquePérez-2009a" /> Chicana/o films continue to be regarded as a small niche in the film industry that has yet to receive mainstream commercial success.<ref name="Maciel-2022b"/> However, Chicana/o films have been influential in shaping how Chicana/os see themselves.<ref name="Maciel-2022b" />