Chicana (film)

Chicana is a 1979 short documentary film by director Sylvia Morales overviewing the history of the Chicana figure from the pre-Columbian era to the Chicano Movement.

[2] The film has been referred to the first documentary done through a Chicana feminist lens.

[2] A review for the Los Angeles Times referred to it as "well-researched and [a] spirited documentary made with much love.

"[1][5] Chicana was preserved and restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from a 16mm reversal print and 16mm magnetic track.

The restoration had its Los Angeles premiere at the 2024 UCLA Festival of Preservation.