Lourdes Portillo
Mexican film director (1943–2024) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lourdes Portillo (11 November 1943 – 20 April 2024) was a Mexican film director, producer, and writer. The political perspectives of Portillo's films have been described as "nuanced" and versed with a point of view balanced by her experience as a lesbian[1] and Chicana woman.[2] Portillo films have been widely studied and analyzed, particularly by scholars in the field of Chicano studies.[3]
Lourdes Portillo | |
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Born | (1943-11-11)11 November 1943 Chihuahua, Mexico |
Died | 20 April 2024(2024-04-20) (aged 80) |
Education | San Francisco Art Institute |
Occupation(s) | Film director, producer, writer |
Years active | 1979–2024 |
Children | 3 |
Website | https://www.lourdesportillo.com/ |
Portillo got her first filmmaking experience at the age of twenty-one when a friend in Hollywood asked her to help out on a documentary. Portillo formal training began several years later.[4] She had thus been making award-winning films about Latin American, Mexican, and Chicano/a experiences and social justice issues both as a director and screenwriter[5] for about forty years. Since Portillo first film in 1979, After the Earthquake (Después del Terremoto), she produced over 12 works that demonstrate her work as not only a director, but also an activist, artist, and journalist. While the majority of her work is in the documentary film genre, she also created video installations and screen writings.