Columbus on trial / by Lourdes Portillo with Culture Clash ; producer and director, Lourdes Portillo ; screenplay by Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas, Herbert Siguenza, Lourdes Portillo.

New York, NY : Distributed by Women Make Movies, [1997?]

1 videodisc (18 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in. burning

A satire on the controversy surrounding Christopher Columbus as to whether he, indeed, did discover America and introduce European civilization and Christianity to the native populations there, or if he (from the Native American point of view) invaded their territories and began the systematic destruction of their cultures that has continued for the following 500 years. Acted and co-written by the comic trio Culture Clash, imagines the trial of the Discoverer 500 years after the fact. presided over by a woman judge of Hispano-American descent.

Images / Video & Film

English

May 17, 2018

Cinematography, Kyle Kibbe ; editor, Vivien Hillgrove ; art director, Alessandro Moruzzi ; music, Perez Prado, Danda Taurina de Genaro Nunez.

Herbert Siguenza, Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas, Roberta Delgado, Terry Coleman, Charo Toledo, Xochitl Perales, Carlos Scarlata, Maimonides Herrero, Andy Serrano, Jessica Jojola, Beatriz Flores, Maria Luna, Lupe Saavedra, Eric Martinez, Tad Anderson.

DVD.