After the Earthquake/Después del Terremoto

TRT: 24 minutes, in Spanish and English with English subtitles, Black & White, copyright: 1979, Featuring: Vilma Coronado, Agnelo Guzman

Filmmakers Lourdes Portillo and Nina Serrano provide a glimpse into the complex everyday experience of an immigrant in the United States: a young woman balances her new life in San Francisco with the arrival of her fiance, who was imprisoned and tortured for his political activism in their home country. This visually rich Black & White short illuminates the multi-generational Latino community of San Francisco in the 1970's, contrasting cultural identities among different members of this community, and highlighting the trauma that often accompanies refugees resettling in a new land.

Scenes from After the Earthquake/Después del Terremoto

making *after the earthquake*, co-directors Lourdes portillo (left) and nina serrano (right) with actress vilma coronado (center) in San francisco, Ca.

cinematographer stephen lighthill shooting a scene for *after the earthquake* in San francisco, Ca.

**WATCH Lourdes Portillo in dialogue with poet, filmmaker and past collaborator on After the Earthquake/Después del Terremoto, Nina Serrano, (March 2022): HERE**