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A 5 page paper which summarizes, analyzes, and compares these two Hispanic (Mexican-American and Mexican) films released during the 1990s. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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that were responsible for jumpstarting the Hispanic film industry and revealing for the first time its potential as well as lucrative audience base, Mi Familia (My Family) and Like Water
for Chocolate (Como Agua Para Chocolate). By 2010, census analysts predict that Hispanics will represent the largest ethnic minority in the United States. These films do not simply
reflect the Mexican familial bonds that have strengthened with the passage of time; they also provide for mainstream audiences greater understanding of these passionate and hard-working people as they experience
triumphs and tragedies. Gregory Navas 1995 film, Mi Familia, chronicles the struggles of the Sanchez family as Jose (Jacob Vargas) leaves his homeland and hopes to sow seeds of prosperity
in Los Angeles back in the 1920s (Tepper PG). The saga lays its framework with the meeting and marriage of the patriarch to his lovely Maria (Jennifer Lopez), and
movingly captures their early happiness and growing family. It was a time when youthful enthusiasm believed anything was possible. But hardship was never far away from this family
as the underlying theme of colliding cultures becomes dominant as the film progresses. Mi Familia masterfully blends the superstitious elements that characterize Mexican tradition with the contemporary realism of
complex family relationships. It is a cinematic postcard for family values but not a cloying one. It is moving, insightful, and as Kirby Tepper observed in his overview
of the film, "[Director] Nava has portrayed... real people with real struggles. And he has done so with grace and humanity" (PG). In his review of 1992s Like Water for
Chocolate, Newsweek critic David Ansen praised the film as a "generous serving of Mexican magic realism" (74). In Alfonso Araus breathtaking screen adaptation of his wife Laura Esquivels novel
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