Lourdes Portillo Movie Trailers

Corpus: A Home Movie About Selena Trailer (1999)

13 July 1999

CORPUS explores the mass adulation and explosive posthumous recognition of Selena Quintanilla, the Tejano rock singer murdered by the president of her fan club in 1995.

The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Trailer (1985)

01 September 1985

1985 Argentine documentary film directed by Susana Blaustein Muñoz and Lourdes Portillo about the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo.

Conversations with Intellectuals About Selena Trailer (1999)

31 December 1999

Five Chicana cultural critics gather over a meal to discuss and debate the life, death, and legacy of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez.

State of Grace Trailer (2019)

15 October 2019

State of Grace is a short (4-minute) film documenting an artistic rendition of a transformative dream.

The Days of the Dead Trailer (1988)

01 January 1988

A documentary exploring the varying cultural practices of the Day of the Dead in both Mexico and Chicano/a communities in the United States.

Beyond the Beyond Trailer (2008)

25 July 2008

Portillo’s most recent work uses a range of narrative elements to explore the realities of shifting global wealth and drug trafficking along the Mayan coastline of Mexico.

Columbus on Trial Trailer (1992)

01 January 1992

Inspired by the controversy surrounding the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' "discovery" of America, Portillo has fashioned a fanciful version of a courtroom were Columbus to return from his grave to stand trial.

Mirrors of the Heart Trailer (1992)

20 March 1992

A discussion about issues of race & ethnicity in three Latin American countries: Bolivia, the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

After the Earthquake Trailer (1979)

01 June 1979

This dramatic story follows a young Nicaraguan immigrant, Irene, as she faces the challenges of life in the U.

The Devil Never Sleeps Trailer (1994)

13 September 1994

The Devil Never Sleeps is a “whodunit” documentary about family secrets. Filmmaker Lourdes Portillo received a phone call informing her of the mysterious death of her wealthy Mexican uncle Oscar.