Calle Chula (12 min16mm, 1998) explores the effects of re-colonization on memory and memory loss. With Calle Chula (Chula Street), Majano tells the story of 15-year old Calle, a mixed Salvadoran and Ohlone girl. Calle leads us through her San Francisco Mission District neighborhood memories on a search to understand the changes brought on by colonization, dislocation, and more recently "gentrification." Her journey traces a history of this neighborhood dating back to its first residents, the Ohlone Indians. From the perspective of this 15-year old girl we hear the sounds disappear, see the walls change, and witness the people move as she makes sense of her native land.
Screenings: The Cuban Film Festival (Cuba), The Guggenheim Museum (New York), the Mix Festival (New York), Women in the Director's Chair (Chicago), and Talking Pictures (Taos, New Mexico).
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