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Set against the backdrop of the Great Depression and World War II, Lydia chronicles the rise of a young woman with a guitar, defying racial and gender norms to carve out a groundbreaking career in music. Born in Houston, Texas, to a migrant family, Lydia learns guitar from her mother. She grows up singing on street corners, working in cotton fields, and performing wherever people gather, all while facing the harsh realities of poverty and discrimination. With her soulful, unadorned voice and unique twelve-string guitar, Lydia breaks barriers to become the first Mexican-American recording star. But her path to fame is anything but easy. Through each episode, we see Lydia battle against industry prejudice, financial hardship, and societal expectations of women, while capturing the hope and struggle of an entire generation of Mexican-Americans seeking their place in a country that often denies their identity.
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Lydia Mendoza was a Mexican-American guitarist and singer of Tejano and traditional Mexican-American music. Historian Michael Joseph Corcoran has stated that she was "The Mother of Tejano Music", an art form that is the uniquely Texas cultural amalgamation of traditional Mexican, Spanish, German, and Czech musical roots. She recorded on numerous labels throughout her six-decade career of live performing. The aggregate total of her records numbers an estimated 200 different Spanish-language songs on at least 50 LP record albums.

 

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