Hispanic Cinema Series: Lourdes Portillo. Director of “Señorita Extraviada” and “The Devil Never Sleeps”.

Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, and raised in Los Angeles, Lourdes Portillo has been making award-winning films about Latin American, Mexican, and Chicano/a experiences and social justice issues for nearly thirty years. Since her first film, “After the Earthquake”/”Despues del Terremoto” (1979), she has produced and directed over a dozen works that reveal her signature hybrid style as a visual artist, investigative journalist, and activist. Portillo’s seventeen completed films include the Academy Award® and Emmy® Award nominated “Las Madres: The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo” (1986), “La Ofrenda: The Days of the Dead” (1988), “Columbus on Trial” (1992), “The Devil Never Sleeps” (1994), “Corpus: A Home Movie for Selena” (1999), “Señorita Extraviada” (2001), “My McQueen” (2004), “Al Más Allá” (2008), and her new short film animated film “State of Grace” (2020). “Señorita Extraviada” Kanopy https://www.kanopy.com/product/senorita-extraviada-0 “The Devil Never Sleeps” Women Make Movies