[Home movie: Recovering American and Puerto Rican Narratives from the Caribbean, Los Angeles, Cristina Saralegui]

About this film

Synopsis A home movie by Keyvan Antonio Heydari in Los Angeles, California. It starts with footage of his friends driving around Los Angeles. On another car ride, they pass through what they call the gay bar district in Los Angeles. With them in the car is TV host Cristina Saralegui and her husband Mario Avilés, presumably before her show ever started. Collection description This film (Heydari_0013) is part of the collection Recovering American and Puerto Rican Narratives from the Caribbean . This media belongs mainly to the Vázquez family. Much of the footage was captured by Lt. Col. Juan Vázquez, and his family. He acquired movie and photo cameras during his military career and on the way to the Korean War, where he was a commander with the Korean Military Advisory Group (KMAG). He had also been with the decorated Borinqueneers (65 de Infantería) regiment, and then returned to Puerto Rico. His was one of the first citizen movie cameras on the island. Lt. Col. Vázquez was given the honor of being the translator and liaison for President Franklin Roosevelt when he visited Puerto Rico in the 1930s. There are Army brass and political figures in the material. His son Dennis Vázquez al…

Directors & creators

Keyvan Antonio Heydari

Subjects

Al Larvick Fund; Pro8mm; home movies; Los Angeles (California); Super 8mmm; 1980s, friends; cars; streets, Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.);

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