Tex-Mex: Music of the Texas Mexican Borderlands

Tex Mex / Documentary

Overview

The documentary Tex Mex, part of Jeremy Maare's Beats of the Heart series, chronicles the music that combines Mexican and American culture. While showing how the music developed from a specific conflagration of influences, the film offers performance footage from such figures as singer Lydia Mendoza and accordionist Flaco Jimenez.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/28/2001
UPC:	0016351120694
Original Release:	1998
Rating:	NR
Source:	Shanachie
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital]
Language:	English
Time:	1:00:00
Sales rank:	8,317

Scene Index

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0. Scene Access
1. Start Program [4:07]
2. Poor lives - rich songs [2:41]
3. Lydia Mendoza [2:46]
4. Beer and accordians [7:07]
5. Border radio [3:18]
6. Flaco Jimenez [12:17]
7. Serenade in a Mexican bar [4:23]
8. Border patrol in Brownsville [4:40]
9. Santiago Jiminez, Jr. [6:38]
10. Little Joe Hernandez [3:56]

Menu

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