Les Blank's 'Chulas Fronteras,' a transporting 1976 portrait of life on the Mexico/Texas border, finally gets a proper theatrical release. By John DeFore Documentarian Les Blank left an irreplaceable ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Una versión restaurada del documental “Chulas fronteras” (1976), se presenta en tres funciones en el Gene Siskel Film Center como parte de su serie “Panorama ...

See two newly restored classic films by Les Blank -- one-night only and featuring special musical guests! CHULAS FRONTERAS (BEAUTIFUL BORDERS) is a zesty introduction to the music and culture of the ...

In “Chulas Fronteras,” Les Blank’s 1976 film about Mexican and Mexican American music from Texas border towns, his camera dwells on food almost as much as musicians. While accordion and guitar (or ...

Late documentarian Les Blank covered a truly remarkable amount of material over the course of a half-century, from portraits of legendary musicians like Dizzy Gillespie and Leon Russell to docs about ...

A complex, insightful look at the Chicano experience as mirrored in the lives and music of the most acclaimed Norteño musicians of the Texas-Mexican border, including Flaco Jimenez and Lydia Mendoza.

“Chulas Fronteras,” Les Blank’s humane and informative 1976 documentary on the music of the Texan-Mexican border, screens at the Roxie Theater on Saturday, Aug. 26, as part of the movie house’s series ...

Witness the special screening of Les Blank’s 1976 documentary Chulas Fronteras with special musical guest Flaco Jiménez and filmmaker/artist Harrod Blank, the son of Les Blank, in person. All events ...