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.
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