1492 Revisited: A Documentary Film from Espinosa Productions: Using the Power of Media to tell Chicano/Latino Stories

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"...1492 challenges viewers to look beyond the simple and accepted concept of Christopher Columbus, explorer."
"...challenges people to rethink the story of Columbus discovering America."

"...surprisingly provocative and challenging vehicle to tear down some of the myths." Los Angeles Times

"Watch 1492 Revisited. You'll never think of Christopher Columbus in the same way again. San Diego Union-Tribune

Featuring art work from an exhibition titled "Counter Colon-ialismo," this program offers an alternative perspective on the quincentenary celebration. Besides presenting provocative art pieces addressing various aspects of the colonial encounter, the program also raises questions about the nature of history and its construction. Included in the program are interviews with: Alurista, a Chicano poet and cultural critic; artists David Avalos and Deborah Small from San Diego and Los Angeles-based Karen Atkinson; Native American writer and activist Jan Elliot, editor of the journal Indigenous Thought; Chicano scholar and critic Victor Zamudio-Taylor; and two of the curators of the exhibition, Patricio Chavez from the Centro Cultural de la Raza in San Diego and Liz Lerma from MARS Artspace in Phoenix, Arizona.

National PBS broadcast
Gold Apple, National Educational Film and Video Festival
Selected as one of seven programs to compete for Best of Festival
San Antonio CineFestival Best Documentary, Brooklyn Arts Council Festival
Chicano/Latino Film Retrospective, University of San Diego
Feature screening, American Studies Association Annual Meeting

Screened in "Will/Power:
Independent Media by People of Color," Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio
Cine Accion screening for "Columbus Didn't Discover Us," San Francisco
Screened in "Una Historia," part of the "Rock the Boat" series, Deep Dish T.V. Network: The First National Public Access Satellite Network, Fall

For more information about this topic, check out the following links:

1492: An Ongoing Voyage: This website from the Library of Congress presents a portrait of life before and after Columbus' historic voyage.

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1492 Revisited (1992)

Producer/Director
Director/Editor
Music Composed by

Paul Espinosa
Jeffrey S. Betts
Frederick Lanuza

KPBS-TV
City of San Diego's Commission for Arts and Culture