Lourdes Portillo, director of “The Devil Never Sleeps”, dies at 80

Lourdes Portillo, director of THE 1994 documentary "THE Devil Never Sleep” And A visual artist, investigator journalist And social activist, deceased SATURDAY In her San Francis House. She was 80.

Portillo concentrate her work on in writing, direction And produce movie And videos that center THE emotions And circumstances of Latin American, Mexican And Chicano experiences. Portillo documentaries blend Fashions of narration has to focus on themes of identify And social justice In THE WE. And Latin America.

Portillo was 21 When She First of all help A friend out on A documentary, After which She began official movie training. She product her First of all movie In 1979 called "After THE Earthquake" Or " Despite of the Terremoto. Although THE majority of her work was documentary movies, She Also created different video facility And screen writings.

THE Academy Museum of Movement Pictures Currently has A Gallery experience devoted has Portillo, highlighting her life And career, as A part of It is Limit Series And Projectors. He concentrates on key projects of hers including "The ace Mothers: THE Mothers of Place of Mayo,” "There Offering: THE Days of THE Dead," "THE Devil Never Sleep” And " Madam Extraviada, » Or "Missing Young Women. »

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Portillo investigation THE kidnapping, grated And murder of on 350 young women In Juarez, Mexico, which borders THE WE., In her documentary "Missing Young Women." Most of THE women were factory workers, WHO THE authorities do little has No effort has find Or provide justice For. Portillo concentrates on THE testimonials of THE families of THE victims has unravel THE layers of complicity that allowed these murders has continue.

Her documentary "The ace Mothers: THE Mothers of Place of Mayo” concentrate on THE the mothers of Argentine desaparecidos, thousands of citizens WHO disappeared during Argentina military dictatorship between 1976 until 1983. Politically active the mothers staging weekly demonstrations In THE Place of Mayo, exhorting THE government has release information about their missing children. Co-created next to director Suzanne Blaustein Munoz, THE movie was appointed For THE Academy Price For best documentary functionality In 1986.

Portillo was born In Chihuahua, Mexico, And raised In The bone Angeles. She East Survived by her three son And younger sister.

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