Overview

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: Despues del Terremoto, the Oscar-nominated Las Madres: The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, La Ofrenda: The Days of the Dead, The Devil Never Sleeps, and Corpus: A Home Movie for Selena. The first study of Portillo and her films, this collection is collaborative and multifaceted in approach, emphasizing aspects of authorial creativity, audience reception, and production processes typically hidden from view. Rosa Linda Fregoso, the volume editor, has organized the book into three parts: interviews (by Fregoso, Kathleen Newman, and B. Ruby Rich); critical perspectives (essays by Fregoso, Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano, Sylvie Thouard, Norma Iglesias, and Barbara McBane); and production materials (screenplays, script notes, storyboards).

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Author:   Rosa Linda Fregoso
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780292725256

ISBN 10:   0292725256
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   01 May 2001
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction: Tracking the Politics of Love Part One: The Woman Behind the Camera Introduction Interview with Lourdes Portillo (1998): Rosa Linda Fregoso Interview with Lourdes Portillo (1994): Rosa Linda Fregoso Interview with Lourdes Portillo (1990): Kathleen Newman and B. Ruby Rich Part Two: Critical Perspectives Introduction Devils and Ghosts, Mothers and Immigrants: A Critical Retrospective of the Works of Lourdes Portillo: Rosa Linda Fregoso Ironic Framings: A Queer Reading of the Family (Melo)drama in Lourdes Portillo's The Devil Never Sleeps/El diablo nunca duerme: Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano Performances of The Devil Never Sleeps/El diablo nunca duerme: Sylvie Thouard Who is the Devil, and How or Why Does He or She Sleep? Viewing a Chicana Film in Mexico: Norma Iglesias Prieto Pinning Down the Bad-Luck Butterfly: Photography and Identity in the Films of Lourdes Portillo: Barbara McBane Part Three: Production Materials Introduction Script notes for Despues del terremoto Cast List for Despues del terremoto Funding application for Despues del terremoto Letter for Oscar Nomination of Las Madres: The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo Transcript for English and Spanish narration of La Ofrenda: The Days of the Dead Transcript for interviews in La Ofrenda Screenplay for Columbus on Trial Floor plans for set design of Columbus on Trial Storyboard for Columbus on Trial Appendix: ?Quien es el diablo, como y por que duerme? La lectura de una pelicula chicana en Mexico: Norma Iglesias Prieto Filmography Awards and Honors Notes Notes on Contributors Index

Reviews

Like Portillo's films, this collection provides passionate critical responses that challenge convention on a global level... The text successfully negotiates biography, theory, and production in a manner which enables readers to comprehend Portillo's aesthetic choices. -Alvina E. Quintana, author of Home Girls: Chicana Literary Voices

Author Information

Rosa Linda Fregoso is the author of The Bronze Screen: Chicana and Chicano Film Culture. She is Professor of Women and Gender Studies at the University of California, Davis.

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