Lourdes Portillo, Oscar nominee for “Las Madres,” dies at 80

Mexican-born filmmaker, writer and activist Lourdes Portillo, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her 1985 feature documentary Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, passed away on ...
April 22, 2024

Mexican-born filmmaker, writer and activist Lourdes Portillo, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her 1985 feature documentary Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, passed away on ...

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Andrew Tracy joined Realscreen as associate editor in 2021, following 17 years as managing editor of the award-winning international film magazine Cinema Scope. From 2010 to 2020 he also held the position of senior editor at the Toronto International Film Festival, where he oversaw the flagship publication for the organization’s year-round Cinematheque programming and edited its first original monograph in a decade, Steve Gravestock’s A History of Icelandic Film. He was a scriptwriter and consultant on the first season of the Vice TV series The Vice Guide to Film, and his writing and reporting have been featured in such outlets as Cinema Scope, Reverse Shot, Sight & Sound, Cineaste, Film Comment, MUBI Notebook, POV, and Montage.

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