Chulas Fronteras

Accomplished documentarian Les Blank directed this 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. Much of Chulas Fronteras features no dialog, and this lack of narration allows for more focus on the sights and sounds of the local music and culture.

Chulas Fronteras ("Beautiful Borderlands") was added to the National Film Registry in 1993.