Efraín Gutiérrez Papers, 1966-1998

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Summary

Title:
Efraín Gutiérrez Papers
Dates:
1966-1998
Creators:
Gutiérrez, Efrain
Abstract:
Scripts and production notes related to feature films and proposed projects. Miscellaneous correspondence. Production and business documents: scripts, shooting notes, promotion, box office receipts, contracts, and legal correspondence. Original posters for all three feature films. Photographs. Clippings include local and grassroots publications that are difficult to find elsewhere. These provide a rare opportunity to study grassroots feature film production and distribution.
Extent:
3.0 Linear feet
Language:
Preferred citation:

Efrain Gutiérrez Papers. M1103. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

Collections contains scripts and production notes related to feature films and proposed projects, miscellaneous correspondence, production and business documents such as scripts, shooting notes promotion, box office receipts, contracts, and legal correspondence. Also contains original posters for all three feature films, photographs, clippings from local and grassroots publications. This collection provides a rare opportunity to study grassroots feature film production and distribution.

Biographical / historical:

Efrain Gutierrez is a Chicano filmmaker whose film Don't Bury Me Alive! is the first Chicano-produced feature film. It addressed a number of issues relevant to the Chicano civil rights movement. The film broke the Mexican film industry's monopoly on the Spanish-language theater circuit in the United States. Guiterrez later directed and starred in two other feature films: Amor Chicano es Para Siempre, 1977, and Run, Tecato, Run , 1979.

Acquisition information:
Purchased, 1999.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Processed by Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Sean Quimby.
Date Prepared:
2002
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2014-04-17T14:28-0700

Access and use

Restrictions:

The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

Terms of access:

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Preferred citation:

Efrain Gutiérrez Papers. M1103. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:
Department of Special Collections, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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