Ramona: Birth of a Mis-ce-ge-Nation

David Avalos

1991 | 00:20:00 | United States | English | Color | 4:3 |

Collection: Single Titles

Tags: Hollywood, Post-colonialism

California has been multicultural for at least 100 years, home to Indians, Spaniards, and Anglos. An 1884 romance novel, in fact, paired a half-European/half-Indian woman with the son of a Luiseño Indian chief. This experimental video essay examines the conventional wisdom on mixing of the races and includes popular movie images from Elvis Presley’s film Flaming Star, The Last of the Mohicans, and West Side Story.

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