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Chulas Fronteras

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Chulas Fronteras
Directed byLes Blank
StarringLos Alegres De Teran,
Flaco Jiménez,
Lydia Mendoza
Running time
58 min.
LanguageEnglish

Chulas Fronteras is a documentary film from 1976 which tells the story of the norteño or conjunto music which is played on both sides of the MexicoTexas border. It was directed by Les Blank. A CD soundtrack of the music played in the film is also available, under the same title.

In 1993, this film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".