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Lourdes Portillo (born c. 1950 ) is a well known Chicana film-maker. Portillo has dedicated her career as a filmmaker almost entirely to Latin America n issues. She made her debut in 1979 , when she directed '' Después Del Terremoto '', which was translated into English as "After the Earthquake". Portillo spent the next several years researching for future films to be made. In ''. The 64-minute film, released in 1986 , was about the organization named Mothers Of The Plaza De Mayo , a group of Argentine women who gather weekly in the famed Plaza De Mayo in Buenos Aires to remember their children that were murdered or " Disappeared " by The Military Regime , and the victims themselves. In '', a documentary about a yearly celebration in Mexico . Portillo kept producing and directing films about the Hispanic experience in 1989 , when she released '' Vida '' ("Life"), and in 1992 , when she directed '' Columbus On Trial '', about Christopher Columbus . Lourdes Portillo continued her work as a director with 1993 '' Mirrors Of The Heart ''. In 1994 , she made her Screenwriting debut with '' El Diablo Nunca Duerme '' ("The Devil Never Sleeps"). Her next feature, ''. In 1999 , Portillo produced and directed '' Corpus '', a series of home films about slain Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla , an icon among Hispanics both in the United States and most of Latin America. ''Corpus'' earned Portillo an award at the San Francisco International Film Festival (the Golden Spire ). This was the first award earned by Portillo as a filmmaker. After two years, Portillo returned to filming documentaries, recording what may be her most compelling work so far, '' Señorita Extraviada '' ("Missing Young Woman"), which deals with the Female Homicides In Ciudad Juárez . In it, Portillo details the suffering of the victim's families, as well as details about the victims and/or missing women themselves and the insecurity women in Ciudad Juárez face, among other things. Portillo has not released any documentaries since ''Señorita Extraviada''. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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