At the end of the video there is a notice that "no human cadavers" were used in the film. Throughout the film Valadez lugs a box with the alleged head of Murrieta in large jar, but the viewer never sees the contents of the box except for a fraction of a second when Valadez is about to bury the box in the desert. No provenance is provided as to the authenticity of the jars contents, which according to the note at the end of the film isn't of a human head anyway.
Lori Wilson's excellent The Joaquin Band evidently was not used as a source for this film. She provides considerable evidence there was more than one "Joaquin" operating in California, and they were not Robin Hoods, just criminals willing to rob and kill anyone, not just Anglos but anyone who might have anything of value they would want.
Valadez spends considerable time in this video discussing how Anglos stole the land from Mexican Americans after the U.S.-Mexico War, but in discussion with a university professor exploring his family's genealogy he has to admit that his own ancestors stole the land from the Indians. He also discusses injustices performed on Mexicans in south Texas, but given the title of the video, this is a topic that merits its own film.
Maybe Valadez didn't have enough information on Murrieta to fill his half-hour film--he uses Ridge's Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murrieta and the Hollywood film "Joaquin Murrieta", not the best sources if one is looking for historical accuracy rather than legend. Anyone wishing to learn more about Murrieta should take the time to read Wilson's excellent book.
Lori Wilson's excellent The Joaquin Band evidently was not used as a source for this film. She provides considerable evidence there was more than one "Joaquin" operating in California, and they were not Robin Hoods, just criminals willing to rob and kill anyone, not just Anglos but anyone who might have anything of value they would want.
Valadez spends considerable time in this video discussing how Anglos stole the land from Mexican Americans after the U.S.-Mexico War, but in discussion with a university professor exploring his family's genealogy he has to admit that his own ancestors stole the land from the Indians. He also discusses injustices performed on Mexicans in south Texas, but given the title of the video, this is a topic that merits its own film.
Maybe Valadez didn't have enough information on Murrieta to fill his half-hour film--he uses Ridge's Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murrieta and the Hollywood film "Joaquin Murrieta", not the best sources if one is looking for historical accuracy rather than legend. Anyone wishing to learn more about Murrieta should take the time to read Wilson's excellent book.
