![]() Amid the comedic one-liners are real gems of the intercultural experience. One of her most Pocho peliculas is the classic Ni de Aqui, Ni de Alla, where a young Maria leaves her native village to work for some gringos, is a hilarious trans-national romp seasoned with biting economic & cultural observations from a woman’s perspective. ![]() La India Maria was our rascuache James Bond! Yet in film after film, the wiley “indian” gets the better of hustlers, smugglers, foreigners, US Customs agents and even international spy rings. Her “Maria” represented the downtrodden and most exploited class in Latin America indigenous women. Maria Elena’s comedy persona, an iconic indigenous woman named “The Indian Maria” was a mashup of rural paisa estyle: well worn chanclas, gaudy fabrics with excessive ruffles, multiple petticoats, thick braids wrapped in ribbons and a beloved box of chiles. Her big break came in 1969 when “La India Maria” was featured on Siempre el Domingo, hosted by Latino star-maker Raul Velasco (the Ed Sullivan of Mexico). Often compared to Lucille Ball, Maria Elena got her start as a showgirl at the legendary Teatro Tivoli in Mexico City, moving quickly to performing in comedy sketches. A tip of the tando for this legendary actress, producer and major female film director. La India Maria (aka Maria Elena Velasco), a pocharrific indigenous comedienne from Puebla Mexico, took that combi to the sky on May 1st, a special day for progressive proles y paisas alike. She was a regular on Siempre En Domingo, where she’d flirt with the show’s host, Raul Velasco, and make us laugh all the while eidtorializing about the moments events. 16 were such box-office blockbusters as Suave Patria, a film about two unemployed actors who stage a kidnapping as an act without imagining the disastrous (and hilarious) consequences Morelos, a historical drama about the final years of Jose Maria Morelos, leader of Mexican Independence El Infierno, a dark comedy about a Mexican town ravaged by drug trafficking and violence and Abel, the award-winning story directed by Diego Luna about a nine-year-old boy who must hold his family together after his father passes away.*I remember La India Maria. “ 'La India Maria' has an enormous and loyal following throughout the Mexican and Hispanic communities in the U.S., and we’re confident it will draw huge audiences.”Īccompanying La hija de Montezuma on Sept. ![]() premiere of her final film,” Jim McNamara, vice chairman of Hemisphere Media Group, Cinelatino’s parent company, said. “We are honored to pay tribute to the life of the deeply influential actress Maria Elena Velasco and her iconic character, 'La India Maria,' with the exclusive U.S. 16, in tribute to Mexico's independence from Spain. Until now, the film has not appeared on a U.S.-based television network. On May 1, 2015, Velasco died at age 74 in Mexico City. La hija de Montezuma, the final installment in a 42-year series of films in which Velasco portrays an indigenous woman known for her braided hair and ribbons and colorful blouses and skirts, was released in Mexico last year. ![]()
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