By Orlando Mayorquín Lourdes Portillo, an Oscar-nominated, Mexican-born documentary filmmaker whose work explored Latin American social issues, died on Saturday at her home in San Francisco.

Lourdes Portillo, filmmaker of the 1994 documentary “The Devil Never Sleeps” and a visual artist, investigative journalist and social activist, died Saturday in her San Francisco home.

Influential documentary filmmaker Lourdes Portillo, who used her art as social activism to illuminate the struggles of the working class, has died. The Mexico native, who made “The Devil Never ...

Phillips Lourdes Portillo, the prominent Mexican filmmaker and social activist behind The Devil Never Sleeps and the Oscar-nominated Las Madres – The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, has died.

Lourdes Portillo, who wrote and directed the 1994 ... Award for “Las Madres -- The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo,” died Saturday. She was 80. Portillo, who was also an investigative journalist ...

(Photo by Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic) Lourdes Portillo, the Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker, has died at the age of 80. The Mexican director, producer and writer, perhaps best known for the ...

Lourdes Portillo, the Mexican-born, Chicana-identified filmmaker who crafted nuanced film and video works that center the emotions and circumstances of diverse Latinx experiences, died on Saturday ...