Jesús Salvador Treviño Accessions

Collection

Identifier: UPWC-22129

Scope and Contents

The Jesús Salvador Treviño Accessions consist primarily of reel-to-reel audio tapes and audiocassettes documenting Treviño’s early filmmaking and his involvement in the Chicano Movement from 1968 to the early 1970s. The recordings include interviews, speeches, rallies, meetings, and production sound elements related to his student films and the documentary project Yo Soy Chicano.

Significant recordings document the Educational Issues Coordinating Committee (EICC), the 1968 Los Angeles student walkouts and Board of Education sit-ins, the Chicano Moratorium, and organizing activities across the Southwest. Interview subjects include activists such as Reies López Tijerina and Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales. The collection also includes recordings of Chicano music groups and a small number of awards and plaques recognizing Treviño’s film and television career.

The materials provide primary source documentation of Chicano civil rights activism, cultural expression, and independent media production.

Dates

Creation: 1968-2018

Creator

Treviño, Jesús Salvador (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Materials from the Wittliff Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user assumes responsibility for determining copyright status, obtaining permission to publish, and abiding by U.S. copyright laws. https://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu/research/visit/policies/publication.html

Biographical Notes

Born in El Paso, Jesús Salvador Treviño was raised in California and came of age as a college student just as the Chicano movement erupted in the late 1960s. He began documenting the movement with a Super 8 camera and soon became a full-time writer/director.

He is the winner of numerous international film awards including two from the Directors Guild of America. His television directing credits include Law and Order Criminal Intent, Bones, ER, Criminal Minds, Third Watch, NYPD Blue, Resurrection Blvd., Crossing Jordan, The Practice, Nash Bridges, Star Trek Voyager, Babylon Five, Chicago Hope, Dawson’s Creek, New York Undercover, Martial Law, The Pretender, The O.C. and many other prime time programs.

He was Co-Executive Producer of the four-part PBS documentary series Chicano! History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement (1997) and of Showtime’s Resurrection Blvd. (2000), the first prime-time Latino drama series on American television. He directed the successful pilot and created the artistic look of the series. In 1991, the Mexican feature film which he wrote and directed, Raices de Sangre (Roots of Blood), was included as one of the 25 most significant films of Latin American Cinema at the 36th Annual International Film Festival of Valladolid, Spain. He has won numerous international film awards including (twice) the Directors Guild of America Award for best daytime drama and the Imagenes Lifetime Achievement Award.

Treviño is also a noted writer and is the winner of American Book Award. He is the author of the short story collections, The Fabulous Sinkhole, The Skyscraper That Flew, Return to Arroyo Grande and the memoir Eyewitness: A Filmmaker’s Memoir of the Chicano Movement, all published by Arte Publico Press.

Full Extent

4 Linear Feet

Full Extent

8 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

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Additional Description

Abstract

The Jesús Salvador Treviño Accessions document the career of filmmaker, writer, and activist Jesús Salvador Treviño from 1968 to 2018, with particular strength in his early work documenting the Chicano Movement. The collection consists primarily of original audio recordings—including reel-to-reel tapes and audiocassettes—featuring interviews, speeches, rallies, meetings, and production sound elements related to Treviño’s student films and the documentary project Yo Soy Chicano. Also included are recordings associated with the Educational Issues Coordinating Committee (EICC), the Chicano Moratorium, and prominent activists such as Reies López Tijerina and Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales. The collection further contains sound recordings of Chicano music groups and a small number of awards and plaques recognizing Treviño’s achievements in film and television.