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La ofrenda : the days of the dead
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- Summary
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Documents Mexican and Mexican American observances of Los Días de Muertos. Emphasizes the enduring meaningfulness of practices and beliefs regarding death which appear pre-Columbian in origin.
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- Creator
- produced and directed by Lourdes Portillo and Susana Muñoz ; written by Lourdes Portillo, Fenton Johnson, B. Ruby Rich
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- Baron, Carlos, narrator
- Victor, René, narrator
- Portillo, Lourdes, producer, director, author of screenplay
- Muñoz, Susana, producer, director
- Johnson, Fenton, author of screenplay
- Rich, B. Ruby, author of screenplay
- Omori, Emiko, cinematographer
- Chin, Michael, cinematographer
- Lighthill, Stephen, cinematographer
- Hillgrove, Vivien, film editor
- Adler, Mark, composer
- Direct Cinema Ltd
- Publication
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- Santa Monica, Calif. : Direct Cinema Limited, [2004]
- [2004], c1989
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (51 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- OCLC
- ocn268662002
- Credits
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- Narrator: Carlos Baron, Rene Victor
- Cinematographers, Emiko Omori, Michael Chin, Steven Lighthill; editor, Vivien Hillgrove Gilliam; narrators, Carlos Baron, Rene Victor; folk artists, Pedro Linares ... [et al.]; original music, Mark Adler, performances by La Bandita de mi Pueblo, Quetzal; scholars Miguel Audifret ... [et al.]; translations, Estela García, Lourdes Portillo
- This disc has been recorded using DVD-R equipment and may not play in all DVD players or drives.
- English and Spanish with English subtitles.
- DVD release of the 1989 film production.
- DVD-R ; NTSC.
Subjects
- All Souls' Day -- Mexico.
- All Souls' Day -- United States.
- Death -- Mexico -- Psychological aspects.
- Folklore -- Mexico.
- Folk festivals -- Mexico.
- Folk festivals -- United States.
- Mexico -- Social life and customs.
- Mexico -- Religious life and customs.
- California -- Social life and customs.
- California -- Religious life and customs.