From Curandera to Chupacabra: The Stories of Rudolfo Anaya

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From Curandera to Chupacabra: The Stories of Rudolfo AnayaNMPBS26 min 11 sec - Apr 25, 2007This film about Rudolfo Anaya looks at the struggles and exultations of the creative process of writing from the standpoint of an author ... all � whose life is steeped in New Mexican tradition. Steering away from a strict biographical sketch, the documentary has friends, colleagues and other writers reading excerpts from Rudolfo Anayas novels, short stories, plays, travelogues, and childrens books, each contemplating their personal perspective on Anayas prose. Anaya himself talks about how he shapes his writing from influences such as childhood, family, New Mexicos landscapes and traditional folktales, as well as the mythological and dream-like symbols arising from his own subconscious world. Besides fame as a 2001 winner of our national Presidential Medal of Arts and being dubbed the grandfather of Chicano literature, Rudolfo Anaya is committed to writing about la raza the people and la tierra - the land - a commitment that has earned him an honorary place in the humble hearts of New Mexicans. Originally broadcast on New Mexico PBS station KNME.
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