THE DEVIL NEVER SLEEPS
Producer Biography
LOURDES PORTILLO (Director/Producer/Writer)
is a Mexican-born Chicana independent filmmaker whose work has centered on Latino themes. Her film The Mothers of Plawa de Mayo earned her a 1985 Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary. This was followed by La Ofrenda: The Days of the Dead (PBS) in which Portillo documented the Mexican/Chicano "days of the dead" celebration. Her film Cloumbus on Trial screened at the London and Sundance Film Festivals and was selected for the 1993 Whitney Museum Biennial. She also produced segments for two Independent Television Service (ITVS) series: EQUALITY'S CHILD, for DECLARATIONS: ESSAYS ON AMERICAN IDEALS, and SOMETIMES MY FEET GO NUMB, for POSITIVE: LIFE WITH HIV. SOMETIMES MY FEET GO NUMB was featured in the short film competition at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival. Portillo was honored with a 1994 Guggenheim Fellowship and a 1997 Intercultural Fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation.
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