De sangre chicana (in English, "Of Chicano Blood") is a 1974 Mexican lucha libre crime drama film written and directed by Joselito Rodríguez, and starring Pepe Romay, José Chávez Trowe and Elizabeth Dupeyrón.
[3] Several reviews noted that despite its title, the protagonists' condition as Chicanos was ultimately little addressed, with David E. Wilt in The Mexican Film Bulletin stating that "there isn't a lot of talk about racism or discrimination.
The exaggerated stereotypes of the main characters are highly improbable and the plot has little to do with the most basic social issues affecting the present-day Chicano.
The importance of De Sangre Chicana is that the subplots developed and the caricatures represented in the story are reflective of past general Mexican attitudes towards Chicanos.
Mexican cinema almost totally ignored a major social movement that took place largely in the Southwest of the United States and touched its own northern border.