Una versión restaurada del documental “Chulas fronteras” (1976), se presenta en tres funciones en el Gene Siskel Film Center como parte de su serie “Panorama Latinx”. Dirigido por Les Blank y Chris ...

Les Blank's 'Chulas Fronteras,' a transporting 1976 portrait of life on the Mexico/Texas border, finally gets a proper theatrical release. By John DeFore Documentarian Les Blank left an irreplaceable ...

See two newly restored classic films by Les Blank -- one-night only and featuring special musical guests! CHULAS FRONTERAS (BEAUTIFUL BORDERS) is a zesty introduction to the music and culture of the ...

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These days, purveyors of Tex-Mex music are used to being taken seriously by at least some outsiders, but it wasn’t always that way. Back when conjuntos were rarely heard by Northern ears, a guy named ...

Enhanced by a deeply saturated 16mm film grain, haunting cinematography and a startlingly beautiful soundtrack, there’s a case to be made that 1976’s Chulas Fronteras is one of the best music ...

Witness the special screening of Les Blank’s 1976 documentary Chulas Fronteras with special musical guest Flaco Jiménez and filmmaker/artist Harrod Blank, the son of Les Blank, in person. All events ...

Late documentarian Les Blank covered a truly remarkable amount of material over the course of a half-century, from portraits of legendary musicians like Dizzy Gillespie and Leon Russell to docs about ...

“Chulas Fronteras,” Les Blank’s humane and informative 1976 documentary on the music of the Texan-Mexican border, screens at the Roxie Theater on Saturday, Aug. 26, as part of the movie house’s series ...