Cine Acción records, 1982-2008. Press clippings, film posters, festival programs, newsletters, grant applications and financial records documenting 20+ years of one of the oldest community-based Latino arts organizations in the United States. Image: Program for Cine Acción's 8th Film Festival. Stanford Libraries https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/6550050.
Image: Señorita Extraviada (Missing Young Woman), Lourdes Portillo film investigating the brutal rapes and murders of women that occurred with apparent impunity in Northern Mexico's Ciudad Juárez since the early 1990s. Lourdes Portillo archive, circa 1979-2012. Stanford Libraries https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/5970969.
Image: Lobby card for 1948 film La Perla. It was simultaneously shot in Spanish & English with John Steinbeck, author of the original novel co-author of the script with acclaimed Mexican filmmaker Emilio Fernández, who directed the film. Stanford Libraries, Mexican lobby card collection, 1937-1977. https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4328787.
Image: Rayo del sur movie poster on the life of rebel cleric José María Morelos, key leader of Mexico's fight for independence from Spain (1810-1821). Stanford Libraries, Mexican movie poster collection 1940-1989. https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4084773.
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