About this title: 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 ...
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Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Date Published: 2001
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Publisher: University of Texas Press, Austin TX
Date Published: 2001
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Univ of Texas Press, Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
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Publisher: University of Texas Press
Date Published: 2001
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Publisher: University of Texas Press
Date Published: 2001-05-15
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Edition: First Thus
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780292725256ISBN:0292725256
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: AUDIO FORUM
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780292725256ISBN:0292725256
Description: New. "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 Porti... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN-13:9780292725256ISBN:0292725256
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Texas Press
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN-13:9780292725256ISBN:0292725256
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