Book Reviews by Mary Coffey
Americas, 2005
In 1969 art historian Shifra Goldman initiated a campaign to restore América Tropical, a public m... more In 1969 art historian Shifra Goldman initiated a campaign to restore América Tropical, a public mural painted by Mexican artist David Alfaro Siqueiros in 1932 on a second-story, outside wall of Old Italian Hall in Los Angeles' historic Olvera Street. Jesus Treviño's 30-minute film is an artifact of that early initiative. Equal parts historical documentary, political activism, and promotional campaign, the video situates Siqueiros' most important U.S. mural within the cultural nationalism of the Chicano civil rights movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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Book Reviews by Mary Coffey