Lourdes Portillo : : The Devil Never Sleeps and Other Films /

Lourdes Portillo : : The Devil Never Sleeps and Other Films / / ed. by Rosa Linda Fregoso.

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Filmmaker Lourdes Portillo sees her mission as "channeling the hopes and dreams of a people." Clearly, political commitment has inspired her choice of subjects. With themes ranging from state repression to AIDS, Portillo's films include: Después del Terremoto, the Oscar-nominated Las...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Fregoso, Rosa Linda,
Iglesias Prieto, Norma,
McBane, Barbara,
Newman, Kathleen,
Rich, B. Ruby,
Thouard, Sylvie,
Yarbro-Bejarano, Yvonne,
HerausgeberIn:
Fregoso, Rosa Linda,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2001
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Chicana Matters
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Physical Description:1 online resource (328 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part One: The Woman behind the Camera
  • 1. Interview with Lourdes Portillo (1998)
  • 2. Interview with Lourdes Portillo (1994)
  • 3. Interview with Lourdes Portillo (1990)
  • Part Two: Critical Perspectives
  • 4. Devils and Ghosts, Mothers and Immigrants: A Critical Retrospective of the Works of Lourdes Portillo
  • 5. Ironic Framings: A Queer Reading of the Family (Melo)drama in Lourdes Portillo’s The Devil Never Sleeps/El diablo nunca duerme
  • 6. Performances of The Devil Never Sleeps/El diablo nunca duerme
  • 7. Who Is the Devil, and How or Why Does He or She Sleep? Viewing a Chicana Film in Mexico
  • 18. Pinning Down the Bad-Luck Butterfly: Photography and Identity in the Films of Lourdes Portillo
  • Part Three: Production Materials
  • 9. Script notes for Después del terremoto
  • 10. Cast List for Después del terremoto
  • 11. Funding application for Después del terremoto
  • 12. Letter for Oscar Nomination of Las Madres: The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
  • 13. Transcript for English and Spanish narration of La Ofrenda: The Days of the Dead
  • 14. Transcript for interviews in La Ofrenda
  • 15. Screenplay for Columbus on Trial
  • 16. Floor plans for set design of Columbus on Trial
  • 17. Storyboard for Columbus on Trial
  • Appendix: ¿Quién es el diablo, cómo y por qué duerme? La lectura de una película chicana en México
  • Filmography
  • Major Awards and Honors
  • Notes
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index

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