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Five well known plays by well known playwright and screenwriter
Josefina Lopez presented with a detailed introduction from Dr.
Jorge A. Huerta. Real Women Have Curves explores the politics of
beauty and the power women have when working together. Simply Maria
or the American Dream deals with the struggle of a young Mexican
girl to find her identity and stay true to her self and her dreams.
Confessions of Women from East L.A. shatters stereotypes of Latina
women by providing complex explorations into to the Latina
experience. Food for the Dead is a satirical look at machismo while
celebrating Mexican cultural traditions and sexual liberation.
Unconquered Spirits explores the legend of "La Llorona" from a
Chicana feminist perspective retelling the spiritual conquest of
Mexico and celebrating the unbeatable spirit of the indigenous and
Chicanos. Josefina Lopez is best known for authoring the play and
co-authoring the film Real Women Have Curves, a coming-of-age story
about Ana, a first-generation Chicana torn between pursuing her
college ambitions, a personal goal, and securing employment which
is a family expectation. Along the way, Ana confronts a host of
cultural assumptions about beauty, marriage and a woman's role in
society. Although Real Women Have Curves is Lopez' most recognized
work, it is only one of many literary and artistic works she has
created since her artistic career began at 17. Born in San Luis
Potosi, Mexico in 1969, Josefina Lopez was five years old when she
and her family immigrated to the United States and settled in the
East Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights. Josefina was
undocumented for thirteen years before she received Amnesty in 1987
and eventually became a U.S. Citizen in 1995. Josefina has been an
activist and has been doing public speaking for over 20 years and
has lectured on various topics including Chicano Theater, Women's
History Issues, Minority representation in Cinema at over 200
universities such as Yale, Darmouth, and USC. She also has a
magazine column called "Ask A Wise Latina." She has been the
subject of countless TV & Radio interviews in which she has
passionately discussed immigration issues and other controversial
subjects concerning women and minorities. Josefina is the recipient
of a number of other awards and accolades, including a formal
recognition from U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer's 7th Annual "Women
Making History" banquet in 1998; and a screenwriting fellowship
from the California Arts Council in 2001. She and Real Women Have
Curves co-author George LaVoo won the Humanitas Prize for
Screenwriting in 2002, The Gabriel Garcia Marquez Award from L.A.
Mayor in 2003, and the Artist-in-Residency grant from the NEA/TCG
for 2007. Josefina is presently developing the musical version of
Real Women Have Curves. Her first novel titled Hungry Woman in
Paris came out last spring. She wrote a play to protest SB1070
titled Detained in the Desert, which she is currently making into a
film. She is working on her next novel Summer of San Miguel and
opening a cultural center in Boyle Heights where she plans to
continue celebrating women and Latinos For more information please
go to josefinalopez.com & casa0101.org.
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