This home movie captures scenes of the donor, Cristela Gonzalez, celebrating her quinceañera in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, in 1965. Cristela, accompanied by her damas and chambelanes, attends a special mass at church before hosting a lively reception with dinner and cake and plenty of dancing. A quinceañera, also called a fiesta de quince años, is the celebration of a girl's 15th birthday in Mexican and other Latin-American cultures. This birthday marks the girl's transition from childhood to womanhood and is celebrated with a Catholic ceremony and large reception where the girl wears a formal gown, takes mass, performs a traditional waltz, and toasts champagne with her family and friends.