Sylvia Morales | |
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.png) Sylvia Morales self portrait in 1998 Los Angeles, California. | |
| Born | Phoenix, Arizona, United States |
| Education | BA & MFA in film, UCLA |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, producer, screenwriter, author, professor |
| Years active | 1971–present |
Sylvia Morales (born 1943 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American film director, writer, producer, and editor.[1] Morales is recognized as one of the first female Mexican-American filmmakers to have established a Latino cinema.[2] In her filmmaking career, Morales has been nationally recognized winning awards for film and video documentary on topics ranging from the farm workers struggle to the music of Los Lobos.[1]
While the majority of her work is in the documentary film genre, she has also done work for the mass media television. She has also published essays and photographs on Latina and feminist issues.[2] Sylvia Morales has lectured and taught in different Universities throughout Southern California. Morales' work is characterized by strong documentaries that portray the Latino community. She also has work that covers feminist issues in the Chicano community.
- ^ a b "Sylvia Morales". Women Make Movies. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
- ^ a b Baugh, Scott L. (April 30, 2012). Latino American Cinema: Sn Encyclopedia of Movies Stars, Concepts and Trends. ABC-CLIO, 2012. p. 179. ISBN 9780313380365.