Lourdes Portillo: The Devil Never Sleeps and Other Films

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: Despu s 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292725256
• ISBN13: 9780292725256
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"