Finding Aid for the Lorena Parlee Collection 1970 -
1996
Processed by CSRC.
Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA
UCLA
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Lorena Parlee Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1970 - 1996
Collection number: 85
Creator: Parlee, Lorena
1945-2006
Extent:
.5 linear feet
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract: This is a small collection donated by Lorena
Parlee's mother to the Center in 2007. It consists of LP records, color
slides and papers related to her films, Mexico and Break of Dawn.
Physical location: Materials currently housed at the
UCLA CSRC library archive
Language of Material: Collection materials in English, Spanish
Access
Collection is open for research.To view the collection or any part of
it, please contact the CSRC at http://www.chicano.ucla.edu/
Publication Rights
For students and faculty researchers of UCLA, all others by
permission only. Copyright has not been assigned to the Chicano Studies
Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archivist and/or the
Librarian at the Chicano Studies Research Center Library. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research
Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include
or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be
obtained. [
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Lorena Parlee Collection, 85, Chicano
Studies Research Center, UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles.
Biography
Documentary filmmaker Lorena Parlee died Aug. 18 after an extended
illness. She was 61. Parlee was producer, director, and co-writer of the
feature-length IMAX film "Mexico," an award-winner at San Jose's
Cinequest Maverick Film Festival. Before working in film, Dr. Parlee was
a Professor of Mexican and Chicano History at the University of
California's Santa Barbara and Irvine campuses and press secretary to
Cesar Chavez. In 1986 she produced, directed, and wrote "The Wrath of
Grapes," an advocacy video for the United Farm Workers of America. She
co-produced "Concerto for the Earth," a large-format Showscan 3D film,
which was shown at the 1992 World's Fair Environmental Pavilion in
Seville, Spain. Parlee was president of Sol Films, a 70mm large-format
production company and of Reel View Productions, an archival and stock
film research company for documentaries, feature films and commercials.
At the time of her death she was a editing a feature length film about
Chavez.
Related Material
Please the The Pedro Gonzalez Collection and the Isaac Artenstein
Collection
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Lorena Parlee
Mexico
Pedro J. Gonzalez
Box 1, Folder 1
Lorena Parlee Collection
n.d. and 1996,1998
Physical Description: photocopied clippings and press releases
Scope and Content Note
Camera embraces art in IMAX movie saluting Mexico
Los Angeles Daily Bulletin
21 Sept. 1998
Lorena Parlee Puts Mexico's History On The Big Big Screen
by Cristina Prado
Mexico City Times
23 March 1996
8p.t.ms.
The Making of Mexico
plus related 2p. t.ms
Box 1, Folder 2
Lorena Parlee Collection
1985
Physical Description: Photographic material
Scope and Content Note
35 slides,Pedro Gonzalez with a Mural
incl. draft of correspondence
1 p. t.l.
from [Lorena Parlee]
to Chavez, Cesar
n.d.
San Diego,CA.
(this letter appears not to have been sent.)
Box 1, Folder 3
Lorena Parlee Collection
1981 and 1985
Physical Description: Photographic material
Scope and Content Note
35mm color slides of Pedro Gonzalez at UFW
35mm slides of filming Balad of An Unsung Hero
Box 1, Folder 4
Lorena Parlee Collection
1995 and 1998
Physical Description: feature film
Scope and Content Note
Mexico DVD plus related production stills
Box 1, Folder 5
Lorena Parlee Collection
[ca.1980]
Physical Description: audio materials
Scope and Content Note
Huelga en General
Songs of the United Farm Workers
by El Teatro Campesino
Box 1, Folder 6
Lorena Parlee Collection
1982
Physical Description: audio materials
Scope and Content Note
Joan Manuel Serrat
dedicado a Antonio Machado Poeta
Box 1, Folder 7
Lorena Parlee Collection
1968-1980 and 1983
Physical Description: audio materials
Scope and Content Note
Leon Chavez Teixeiro Canciones
Note
this includes a.m. note on verso
Box 1, Folder 8
Lorena Parlee Collection
n.d.
Physical Description: audio materials
Scope and Content Note
Las ultimas composiciones de Violeta Parra
Box 1, Folder 9
Lorena Parlee Collection
n.d.
Physical Description: audio materials
Scope and Content Note
Los 2 Angeles del Tango
Angel D Agostino-Angel Vargas
Box 1, Folder 10
Lorena Parlee Collection
1959
Physical Description: audio materials
Scope and Content Note
Miles Davis Sketches of Spain
arranged and conducted by Gil Evans
Box 1, Folder 11
Lorena Parlee Collection
1977
Physical Description: audio materials
Scope and Content Note
Pixinguinha/70
concerto comemorativo do 70 aniversario de mestre Pizinguin
ao vivo 18 maio 1968
teatro municipal
Box 1, Folder 12
Lorena Parlee Collection
1999
Physical Description: audio materials
Scope and Content Note
Silvio Rodriguez
dias y flores
Box 1, Folder 13
Lorena Parlee Collection
n.d.
Physical Description: audio materials
Scope and Content Note
Una historia de la musica de la frontera
Texas-Mexican Border Music Vol. 2
Corridos
Part 1 1930-1934
includes the orignial recording of Corrido de Gregorio Cortez
Box 1, Folder 14
Lorena Parlee Collection
1980
Physical Description: audio materials
Scope and Content Note
Viva Brasil
