I Am Joaquín | |
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Directed by | Luis Valdez |
Based on | "
I Am Joaquín" by Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzáles |
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Running time | 20 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
I Am Joaquín is a 1969 short film by Luis Valdez, a project of his El Teatro Campesino. [1] [2]
It is based on the poem " I Am Joaquín" by Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzáles, a key text of the Chicano movement. [3] [4]
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". [5] I Am Joaquin was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017. [6] [7]