Las Muralistas: Our Walls, Our Stories

Las Muralistas: Our Walls, Our Stories is a 30-minute documentary directed by Javier Briones and edited by Claudia Escobar, in partnership with SFMOMA. The film features women muralists whose works cover the walls of San Francisco’s Mission District. The muralism movement that emerged in the 1970s in the Mission District marked the beginning of a tradition of activism, expression, and community building through public art. Hear from artists Juana Alicia, Smokie Arce, Susan Cervantes, Elaine Chu, Priya Handa, Yolanda López, Consuelo Méndez, Irene Pérez, Patricia Rodriguez, and more on their experiences, the impact of femmes in the movement, and the effort to make space for future muralistas. This film was produced as part of Proyecto Mission Murals, a digital publication which examines the origins of the community mural movement in San Francisco’s Mission District from 1972 to 1988. The project was created in collaboration with Mission District community partners, and includes documentation of murals, oral histories, an audio zine, essays, a mural map, and new artists biographies. Proyecto Mission Murals: www.sfmoma.org/publication/mission-murals/ Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 02:25 History of Mujeres Muralistas 09:10 Legacy of Mujeres Muralistas & Precita Eyes 12:21 Las Lechugueras / La Llorona's Sacred Waters 13:40 Balmy Alley 15:00 MAESTRAPEACE (Women's Building Mural) 20:30 All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. 25:24 Credits Credits: Featured Artists: Juana Alicia, Smokie Arce, Graciela Carrillo, Susan Kelk Cervantes, Elaine Chu, Priya Handa, Yolanda López, Consuelo Méndez, Irene Pérez, Marina Perez-Wong, and Patricia Rodriguez With appearances by: Miranda Bergman, Edythe Boone, Meera Desai, Yvonne Littleton Director: Javier Briones Producers: Erica Gangsei, Myisa Plancq-Graham Consulting Producer: Camilo Garzón Cinematography: Chris Tipton-King Archival Film & Video: Ray Balberan – Mission MediaArts Archive, Philip Brookman – UCSB Special Collections, Vicente Franco – Franco Productions, Kristi Lomax – GLBT Historical Society, Ana Montano – Mission Film Workshop, Michael Nolan, John Rogers – Optic Nerve Archival Photography: Juana Alicia, Susan Kelk Cervantes, Tim Drescher, Irene Pérez, Jim Prigoff, Patricia Rodriguez Original Score Written by: Diana Gameros / Performed by: Diana Gameros & Aaron Kierbel Proyecto Mission Murals Media Advisory Board: Lydia Chávez, John Jota Leaños, Fátima Ramirez, Melissa San Miguel Read full credits here: https://www.sfmoma.org/watch/las-mura... About This Channel: Wondering who makes art? Curious about the how...and the WHY? Featuring insights directly from the artists, SFMOMA Shorts takes the public inside the studios, and minds, of a fascinating and diverse range of creators. With a collection that spans architecture, design, media arts, painting, sculpture, and photography, the museum's YouTube channel is a go-to destination for videos about modern and contemporary art. New to SFMOMA Shorts? Start with the "Best of SFMOMA Shorts" playlist. Or, take a trip inside artist studios with “Artist Cribs” and discover the spaces and places where art is born. You can also find interviews about art on view at the museum in the "Now on View" playlist. About SFMOMA: Founded in 1935 under the direction of Grace McCann Morley, SFMOMA was the first museum on the West Coast dedicated to modern and contemporary art. While SFMOMA has yet to adopt an institution-wide land acknowledgment, we encourage audiences to view this film commissioned for our platform Open Space: . Updates on the museum’s ongoing diversity, equity, and inclusion work can be found here: http://sfmoma.me/3a46wzO. In support of our commitment to institutional accountability, SFMOMA’s social media team will routinely moderate and respond to public comments to ensure they remain spaces of lively discourse and art appreciation from many voices.