Corpus
(eVideo)

Book Cover
Average Rating
Contributors
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Women Make Movies, 1999., Kanopy Streaming, 2018.
Format
eVideo
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (49 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Status

Description

Loading Description...

Also in this Series

Checking series information...

More Like This

Loading more titles like this title...

More Details

Language
English

Notes

General Note
Title from title frames.
General Note
Film
General Note
In Process Record.
Participants/Performers
Selena Quintanilla-Perez
Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally produced by Women Make Movies in 1999.
Description
CORPUS is a moving tribute to Selena, the Tejana superstar gunned down in 1995 at the age of 23 as she was on the brink of blockbuster crossover fame. While the story of her murder, which was filled with sex, glamour and betrayal, caught the attention of many outside the Chicano community, this film moves well beyond the sensational to present a nuanced feminist analysis of Selena's story.. Award-winning filmmaker Lourdes Portillo (SEÑORITA EXTRAVIADA, LAS MADRES: THE MOTHERS OF PLAZA DE MAYO) intersperses Filmclips of rare home movies, family photos, and glossy music videos from later in Selena's career with lively conversations with her father, sister and Latina intellectuals that shed light onto just who Selena was and what makes her such a powerful figure today. She also interviews ordinary people in Selena's hometown of Corpus Christie, including starry-eyed teenaged fans and tearful strangers who visit her grave. With a compassionate lens, Portillo places Selena's life and legacy in a cultural context, revealing powerful social forces that transformed a popular entertainer into a Chicana cultural icon turned modern-day saint.
System Details
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language
In English,Spanish

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Portillo, L. (1999). Corpus . Women Make Movies.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Portillo, Lourdes. 1999. Corpus. Women Make Movies.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Portillo, Lourdes. Corpus Women Make Movies, 1999.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Portillo, Lourdes. Corpus Women Make Movies, 1999.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.