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Provides a brief biography on some of the more dynamic Hispanic Americans of the day.
Relates the story of the rise to fame and the tragic death of this Texas-born Tejano singer.
Describes the lives and struggles of successful Asian Americans, including actor Dustin Nguyen and Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club.
Presents a biography of the Cuban-born singer, composer, and entertainer who has recorded such hits as "Into the Light, " "Conga, " "Turn the Beat Around, " and "Reach."
A biography of the creator of the popular "Peanuts" comic strip.
Robert Rodriguez stands alone as the most successful U.S. Latino filmmaker today, whose work has single-handedly brought U.S. Latino filmmaking into the mainstream of twenty-first-century global cinema. Rodriguez is a prolific (eighteen films in twenty-one years) and all-encompassing filmmaker who has scripted, directed, shot, edited, and scored nearly all his films since his first breakout success, El Mariachi, in 1992. With new films constantly coming out and the launch of his El Rey Network television channel, he receives unceasing coverage in the entertainment media, but systematic scholarly study of Rodriguez's films is only just beginning. The Cinema of Robert Rodriguez offers the firs...
Presents a biography of the young Latino filmmaker who made "El Mariachi" for $7000 and went on to direct "Desperado" and "From Dusk Till Dawn."
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