• Chulas fronteras (58 min.) : Part I : Introduction to the region
• Chapter 1. Cancion mixteca (Mixtec song) / DAR (Ramiro Cavazos and Rafael Ramírez)
• Chapter 2. José Morante on being Tejano followed by Mi Tejanita (My Texas girl) / DAR (Los Pinguinos del Norte)
• Chapter 3. José Morante on the German origin of polkas
• Part II : Two pioneer recording artists : Narciso Martínez (El Huracan del Valle) and Lydia Mendoza
• Chapter 4. Muchachos Alegres (The happy boys) (Polka) / PD (Narciso Martínez)
• Chapter 5. Luzita (Mazurka) / Narciso Martínez (Narciso Martínez)
• Chapter 6. Panchita / PD (Lydia Mendoza and La Familia Mendoza)
• Chapter 7. Mal hombre (Evil man) / PD ; arranged by Lydia Mendoza (Lydia Mendoza)
• Chapter 8. Lydia on her singing then performing Pero hay que triste (Oh, how sad) / Lydia Mendoza (Lydia Mendoza)
• Part III : The harsh life of migrant farm workers
• Chapter 9. Chulas fronteras (Beautiful borders) / Eulalio "Lalo" González ("El Piporro")
• Chapter 10. Los rinches de Texas (The Texas Rangers) (Corrido) / Willie López (Dueto Reynosa)
• Chapter 11. Willie López on a racist event he experienced
• Chapter 12. El Corrido de Cesar Chavez (The ballad of César Chávez) / Rumel Fuentes (Los Pinguinos del Norte)
• Chapter 13. Diddy Fuentes on going north to pick crops and El Corrido de Texas (The ballad of Texas) / PD (Ramos y Ramírez)
• Chapter 14. Diddy Fuentes on his hopes for his children
• Chapter 15. A cock fight plus Chicano / Doug Sahm (Rumel Fuentes and Los Pinguinos del Norte)
• Part IV : The regional record business and other pioneer recording artists
• Chapter 16. Salomé Gutiérrez of San Antonio on his record and song writing business
• Chapter 17. La nueva zenaida (The new "Zenaida") (Corrido) / Santiago Jiménez (Flaco Jiménez and Fred Ojeda)
• Chapter 18. Flaco Jiménez teaching his son, David Jiménez, to play accordion
• Chapter 19. Un mojado sin licensia (A wetback without a license) / Santiago Jiménez (Flaco Jiménez)
• Chapter 20. Cotula (Polka) / Santiago Jiménez (Santiago Jiménez, Sr.)
• Chapter 21. Santiago Jiménez on how he learned from his father
• Chapter 22. Prenda del alma (Token of the soul) / PD arranged by Tomás Ortiz (Los Alegres de Terán)
• Chapter 23. Mrs. Abrego's story about meeting her husband, Eugenio
• Chapter 24. Volver, volver (Return, return) / Fernando Maldonado (Los Alegres de Terán)
• Chapter 25. Mexico-Americano / Rumel Fuentes (Los Pinguinos del Norte).

• Del mero corazón (Straight from the heart) : love songs of the Southwest (28 min.) : Chapter 1. Seis pies abajo (Six feet under) / DAR (Ricardo Mejía and Rubén Valdez)
• Chapter 2. Zenaida / DAR (Los Madrugadores)
• Chapter 3. Las quejas de Zenaida (Zenaida's complaints) / Andrés Berlanga (Andrés Berlanga)
• Chapter 4. El camioncito pasajero (The passenger bus) / DAR (Conjunto Tamaulípas (Rafael Ramírez and Toño Borrego))
• Chapter 5. Al pie de la tumba (At the foot of your grave) / Alfredo Garcia (Conjunto Tamaulípas)
• Chapter 6. Andrés Berlanga telling funny stories to Fred Zimmerle and friends
• Chapter 7. El troquero (The truck-driver) / Juan Gaytan (Conjunto Tamaulípas)
• Chapter 8. Politician and grocery store owner, Mr. Centano on how to clean up the town
• Chapter 9. En cada vida hay un momento (In everyone's life there is a moment) / DAR (Leo Garza y su conjunto (Noe Rocha, Freddy Peña, Martín Alvarez))
• Chapter 10. Quiero que sepas (I want you to know) / DAR (Chavel Ortíz and Raymond Flores)
• Chapter 11. Besos y copas (Kisses and drinks) / Victor Cordero (Chavela Ortíz and Brown Express)
• Chapter 12. Las nubes (The clouds) / Juan Hernandez (Little Joe y La Familia).

• Lost and found : bonus footage (32 min.) : Part I : Re-visiting pioneer recording artists
• Chapter 1. Introduction to Lydia Mendoza
• Chapter 2. Mal hombre (Evil man) / PD arranged by Lydia Mendoza (Lydia Mendoza)
• Chapter 3. Amore de madre (Mother's love) / Lydia Mendoza (Lydia Mendoza)
• Chapter 4. Llorando en navidad (Crying at Christmas) / DAR (Lydia Mendoza)
• Chapter 5. Amarga navidad (Bitter Christmas) / Jose Alfredo Jiménez (Lydia Mendoza)
• Chapter 6. Polka / PD (Narciso Martínez)
• Chapter 7. Huapango / PD (Narciso Martínez)
• Chapter 8. Viva seguin (Polka) / Santiago Jiménez (Santiago Jiménez)
• Chapter 9. La piedrera (Polka) / Santiago Jiménez (Santiago Jiménez)
• Part II : José Morante
• Chapter 10. Madrecita idolatrada (Dearest mother) / José Morante (José Morante)
• Chapter 11. Mi borrachera (My drinking spree) / José Morante (José Morante)
• Part III : The roots of Norteño music
• Chapter 12. Huapango / PD (Los Hermanos Cárdenas)
• Chapter 13. Mazurka / PD (Los Hermanos Cárdenas)
• Chapter 14. Los ojos de Pancha (Pancha's eyes) / Juan Manuel Romero (Los Alegres de Terán)
• Chapter 15. El ausente (The absent one) / DAR (Los Alegres de Terán).

Two documentaries about Mexican-Americans in southern Texas. Chulas fronteras (58 min., 1976) features the music and culture of Mexican-Americans living in southern Texas, showing food preparation, family life, dances, fieldwork, and other social activities. Del mero corazon (28 min., 1979) is a lyrical journey through the musings of the heart in the Mexican-American Nortena music tradition. Various performers are shown in dancehalls and cantinas, presenting songs of passion and death, hurt and humor, and the pleasures and torn dreams of love.