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Mi Familia

Title: Mi Familia

Date: 1995

Media type: Film

Category: Families in Society, Family Life Education Methodology

Keywords: social and cultural influences, cultural and global perspectives

Rating: R

Audience(s): College Age, Adults

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: A multigenerational immigration story of a Mexican American family in East Los Angeles.  Characters: El Californio: Don Alejandro Vasquez; Parents: Maria & Jos‚ Sanchez; Sons: Paco (narrator), Jess (Chucho), Guillermo (Memo), Jimmy; Daughters: Antonia (Toni), Irene (marries Gerardo). Directed by Gregory Nava and written by Gregory Nava and Anna Thomas.

Places to view: Youtube

Contributor: Libby Balter Blume, PhD, CFLE