{"product_id":"lourdes-portillo-rosa-linda-fregoso-9780292725256","title":"Lourdes Portillo: The Devil Never Sleeps and Other Films","description":"\u003cp\u003e 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: \u003ci\u003eDespu駸 del Terremoto, \u003c\/i\u003e the Oscar-nominated \u003ci\u003eLas Madres: The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa Ofrenda: The Days of the Dead, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Devil Never Sleeps, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCorpus: A Home Movie for Selena.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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 and 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, etc.). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This innovative collection provides \"inside\" information on the challenges of making independent films. By describing the production constraints Portillo has surmounted, Fregoso deepens our appreciation of this gifted filmmaker's life, her struggles, and the evolution of her art. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rosa Linda Fregoso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292725256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292725256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 0.80d","brand":"Rosa Linda Fregoso","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946388553983,"sku":"9780292725256","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_14b7c4bd-1cb1-4160-b510-401563d7ee36.jpg?v=1681512864","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lourdes-portillo-rosa-linda-fregoso-9780292725256","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}