Purpose Of Jason C. Johansen's Ideas Behind Chicano Cinema

The purposes of Jason C. Johansen’s ideas behind Chicano Cinema are that they are reflected into the roots, origins, and culture genre on Chicano films'. They can be into a group of categories such as “film BY Chicanos, films FOR Chicanos, and films ABOUT Chicanos”. Referring to the “Notes on Chicano Cinema (1979) by Jason C. Johansen”. We also can see that Johansen’s ideas are based on the types of musicals that are created by Chicanos. The type that connects to the futuristic science-fiction length film is based on the first category, style that links Johansen ideas and Chicano films'. The other category is the technique of the outlines of the stories, where it connects the value of the film with the Chicanos. We can see that those categories are based on the type of how the Chicanos stories ended through the film as part of the reflection and portraying the real meaning of the Chicano films stories.

I can say those films are based on real events in the most cases where the directors try to portray the meaning of the story by the manipulation of the film. Those styles can be reflected throughout the film with the variety of the forms as the camera work, music, and story outline. I can see how Hollywood usually has been degrading, insulting, and show a discrimination against Chicano films and to our culture. These had given a negative effect to our Chicano films, to those viewers that really don’t know our history and our origins. In the other hand, I can refer that Chicano cinema movement had moved forward with positive approval. Where Chicanos Cineaste creates a great film with a strong meaning to our society by showing either fiction or nonfiction stories, such as Zoot Suit 1981 and My Family/Mi