L.E.A.R.: THE LEAGUE OF REVOLUTIONARY WRITERS AND ARTISTS
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Produced by Yvettes Nieves-Cruz
1988, color, 31 minutes
Purchase: $99.95
Examines the history of this famous organization founded in Mexico City in 1934. The League, whose founding members included painters such as Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros, included artists from various disciplines, all of whom shared a commitment to the fusion of art and politics.
“…offers a rare look into the richest post-revolutionary period of cultural work in Mexico…rescues the voices and visions of a cultural movement intricately involved with the social consciences of that extraordinary time.”—David Brooks, North American Congress on Latin America
1988, color, 31 minutes
Purchase: $99.95
Examines the history of this famous organization founded in Mexico City in 1934. The League, whose founding members included painters such as Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros, included artists from various disciplines, all of whom shared a commitment to the fusion of art and politics.
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“…an excellent example of the insight oral history provides…Recommended for college libraries.”—Library Journal“…offers a rare look into the richest post-revolutionary period of cultural work in Mexico…rescues the voices and visions of a cultural movement intricately involved with the social consciences of that extraordinary time.”—David Brooks, North American Congress on Latin America