La ofrenda : the days of the dead.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: 1361620 | KanopyPublisher: Lourdes Portillo, 1988Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2017Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (51 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type:- two-dimensional moving image
- computer
- online resource
- Posada, José Guadalupe, 1852-1913
- Mesa-Bains, Amalia -- Interviews
- Mesa-Bains, Amalia
- All Saints' Day -- Mexico
- All Saints' Day -- California
- All Souls' Day -- Mexico
- All Souls' Day -- California
- All Saints' Day
- All Souls' Day
- Folk festivals -- Mexico
- Folk festivals -- California -- San Francisco
- Fasts and feasts -- Mexico
- Fasts and feasts -- California -- San Francisco
- Death -- Mexico -- Psychological aspects
- Death -- Folklore
- Folklore -- Mexico
- Folklore -- California
- Mexican Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- Social life and customs
- Death -- Psychological aspects
- Folk festivals
- Folklore
- Folk art -- Mexico -- Themes, motives
- Indians of Mexico -- Rites and ceremonies
- Death in art
- Folk art -- Themes, motives
- Manners and customs
- Mexico -- Social life and customs
- Mexico -- Religious life and customs
- California -- Social life and customs
- California -- Religious life and customs
- Mexico
- United States
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Originally produced by Lourdes Portillo in 1988.
A first and thorough look at the Mexican celebration of the dead, the sacred days when the souls of the departed return to visit the living. Tracing the Days of the Dead tradition from its roots in Indian culture to its manifestations in contemporary Chicano communities, this unconventional and visually arresting documentary contemplates the loving and sometimes humorous Mexican cultural attitudes toward "that constant companion," death.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.