Agueda Martinez: Our People, Our Country

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Agueda Martinez: Our People, Our Country
Directed byEsperanza Vasquez
Produced by Moctesuma Esparza
Production
company
Moctesuma Esparza Productions
Distributed byEducational Media Corporation
Release date
  • 1977 (1977)
Running time
16 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Agueda Martinez: Our People, Our Country is a 1977 American short documentary film about weaver Agueda Salazar Martinez, produced by Moctesuma Esparza. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "NY Times: Agueda Martinez: Our People, Our Country". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2008.
  2. "The 50th Academy Awards (1978) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved June 12, 2019.