Moctesuma Esparza (1949-present), born in East Los Angeles, California, is a first generation Chicano producer and filmmaker. East Los is local or Calo slang for East Los Angeles, California, USA. See also Sleepy Lagoon Pachuco ... A Chicano or Chicana is a person whose political ideology consists of improving civil rights for Mexican-Americans. ...

Image File history File links Representación pictórica de la Piedra del Sol Representação pictórica da Pedra do Sol File links The following pages link to this file: Aztec calendar Wikipedia:Commons ... A Chicano or Chicana is a person whose political ideology consists of improving civil rights for Mexican-Americans. ... La raza (Spanish: The race) or La raza mexicana is a term which many Mexicans commonly use to denote mestizo ancestry. ... // Etymology Latino, feminine Latina derives from Latin (the adjectives latinus, latina), originally referring to Latium, the area of Rome, by aitiology derived from a king of the name Latinus. ... The ethnonym Mexican American describes United States citizens of Mexican ancestry (14 million in 2003) and Mexican citizens who reside in the US (10 million in 2003). ... Hispanic, as used in the United States, is one of several terms used to categorize U.S. citizens, permanent residents and illegal aliens whose ancestry hails either from Spain, the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America, or the original settlers of the traditionally Spanish-held Southwestern United States. ... The History of Mexican-Americans is wide-ranging, spanning more than four hundred years and varying from region to region within the United States. ... The Mexican Cession (red) and the Gadsden Purchase (orange) The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was the treaty that ended the Mexican-American War of 1846 to 1848. ... The birthday party for Eleanor Coronado, held at her parents rural Los Angeles County home, was winding to a close in the early hours of Sunday, August 2, 1942, as a large group of young people from 38th Street pulled up. ... The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of riots that erupted in Los Angeles, California during World War II, between sailors and soldiers stationed in the city and Mexican American youth gangs headed by pachucos, recognized because of the zoot suits they favored. ... Chicanismo is a cultural movement by Mexican Americans to recapture their Mexican, Native American culture, which began in the 1930s in the Southwest United States. ... Aztlán (, from Nahuatl Aztlan ) is the legendary ancestral home of the Aztec/Mexica. ... El Plan Espiritual de Aztlán (Spiritual Plan of Aztlan) is a document adopted in March 1969 by the First National Chicano Liberation Youth Conference at a convention held at Denver, Colorado. ... Plan de Santa Barbara is the founding document of the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan MEChA. It was adopted in April 1969, one month after Plan Espiritual de Aztlan. ... Alianza Federal de Mercedes, led by Reies Tijerina, was a group based in New Mexico in the 1960s that fought for the land rights of Hispanic New Mexicans, primarily in northern New Mexico. ... The Chicano Moratorium, formally known as the National Chicano Moratorium Committee, was a movement of Chicano anti-war activists that built a broad-based but fragile coalition of Mexican-American groups to organize opposition to the Vietnam War. ... César Estrada Chávez or Cesar Estrada Chavez (March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) founded the National Farm Workers Association that later became the United Farm Workers. ... A Católicos por la Raza demonstration Catolicos Por La Raza is a political association organized by Ricardo Cruz in the later 1960s in Los Angeles, California. ... Hernandez v. ... MEChA is an acronym for Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (Chicano Student Movement of Aztlán), an organization that seeks to promote an awareness of Chicano history by education and political action. ... The United Farm Workers of America (UFW) are a labor union that evolved from unions founded in 1962 by César Chávez and Dolores Huerta. ... For the community youth organization see Brown Berets (Watsonville). ... The National Council of La Raza (“The Race”) is a Hispanic civil rights organization dedicated to improving the status of Hispanic Americans. ... Caló is an Argot of Mexican Spanish spoken in the first half of the 20th century in the southwest United States and was associated with the Zoot Suit or Pachuco culture. ... Chicano English is a dialect of American English used by Chicanos (persons of Mexican descent in America). ... Spanish is the second most common language in the United States, after English, being spoken natively by about 30 million people 5 years and over (or 12% of the population) in 2005 excluding 4. ... Chicano rap is not a style of hip hop music, but rather hip hop music by all Chicanos. ... Chicano Rock Music is rock music performed by Mexican American groups or music with themes derived from Chicano culture. ... Tejano (Spanish for Texan) or Tex-Mex music is the various forms of folk and popular music originating among the Mexican-descended Tejanos of Central and South Texas. ... Estrada Courts is a low-income housing project in the Boyle Heights area of East Los Angeles, California, located in the vicinity of 3200 and 3300 Olympic Boulevard, near Lorena Street. ... Cholo is a Spanish term of Latin American origin. ... A pachuco was a Chicano youth in the mid-20th century who wore flashy clothes (such as a Zoot Suit). ... 1961 Chevrolet Impala LowRider A lowrider is a car or truck which has had its suspension system modified (usually with hydraulic suspension) so that it rides as low to the ground as possible. ... A zoot suit A zoot suit is a mans suit with wide-legged, tight-cuffed, or pegged, trousers (called tramas); and a long coat with wide lapels, and wide, padded shoulders (called the carlango). ... The following is a partial list of United States cities and towns in which a majority (over 50%) of the population is Hispanic or Latino, according to data from the 2000 Census. ... César Chávez, activist Adela Dalto, singer, song writer and author Rodolfo Corky Gonzales, godfather of the Chicano Civil Rights Movement, 1928-2005 José Ángel Gutierrez Reies Lopez Tijerina Categories: People by race or ethnicity ... 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Childhood and education

Esparza was raised in East Los Angeles, California. Welcome sign on Atlantic Boulevard East Los Angeles (often shortened to East L.A.) is an unincorporated area located in Los Angeles County, California, United States that is bounded by the city of Los Angeles to the west and north, the cities of Montebello and Monterey Park to the east...

Esparza studied theatre arts, motion pictures and television at UCLA, where he received his B.A.in 1971 and M.F.A. in the same field in 1973. The University of California, Los Angeles, popularly known as UCLA, is a public, coeducational university situated in the neighborhood of Westwood within the city of Los Angeles. ... A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B.) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... MFA is an abbreviation, initialism or acronym for: Master of Fine Arts (most notable usage) Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States Ministry of Foreign Affairs Malta Football Association [1] Music for America [2] Managed Funds Association Multi Fibre Arrangement This is a disambiguation page — a... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...

Public service

Member, Board of Trustees, California State University (2004-2008)

Chair of the Board, New America Alliance (2000-03)

Co-Founder/Board member, National Association of Latino Producers

Founding member, Cesar Chavez Foundation (2002- )

Corporate Board of Directors, Motion Picture Television Fund

Advisory Board, National Hispanic Media Coalition

Board of Directors, Museum of Latin American Art

Founder, Los Angeles Academy of Arts and Enterprise Charter School

Board of Advisors, Minority Media Telecommunications Council

Filmography

Producer Credits

• Gods and Generals (2003)
• Price of Glory (2000)
• Selena (1997)
• The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca (1997)
• Gettysburg (1993)
• Hoxsey: The Quack Who Cured Cancer (1988)
• The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
• The Telephone (1988)
• Radioactive Dreams (1986)
• Walkout(2005-2006, in production)

Physical Effects Credits

• Gettysburg (1993)

Quotes

When I finally decided this was going to be my career, I chose to take on the role to transform our image, not just in the United States, but in the world; to transform an image Hollywood had created which was stereotypical and demeaning, into an image of us as a people, as human beings of this land, who have something special to offer this country and the world, along with the rest of the native people of this continent. [1]

See also

• Resume California State University
• Complete filmography
• Payan, Victor Interview of Mocetesuma Esparza In Motion Magazine

• Moctesuma Esparza Hispanic Magazine (November, 2005)