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This month’s Special, Unique, and Rare pop-up exhibit offers a glimpse into world CINEMA through Stanford Libraries’ collections: posters, stills, scrapbooks, artists' books, directors' archives and more! Drop in any time between 2-4 PM on Tuesday, March 10th, Hohbach 123 (Silicon Valley Archive classroom, Green Library).

The Pearl was simultaneously shot in Spanish & English. This poster marketing it to US audiences highlights John Steinbeck, author of the original novel and co-author of the script with acclaimed Mexican filmmaker Emilio Fernández.

The Pearl was filmed simultaneously in Spanish & English. John Steinbeck co-authored the script with well known Mexican film star & director Emilio "Indio" Fernandez. Legendary Mexican cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa and his iconic black & white images earned him several awards, including a Golden Globe and the Venice Film Festival.

Lobby cards for the film #LaPerla highlights Pedro Armendariz, a leading actor of Mexico's golden age of cinema, also star of several US films. The Mexican film poster https://tinyurl.com/6ymz2xbm included credit for Gabriel Figueroa as the cinematographer.

Special, Unique, & Rare pop-up CINEMA exhibit: posters, stills, scrapbooks, artists' books, & directors' archives. 2-4pm Tue March 10, Hohbach 123 @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social. My selections on #ThePearl: John Steinbeck's project w/ Mexico's filmmakers Emilio Fernandez & Gabriel Figueroa.

Guzmán, Victoria & Paula Valenzuela. Desbordar el cauce: diálogos con artistas contemporáneas. Santiago de Chile: Metales Pesados, 2025.

Namorato, Luciana, et al., editors. The Other Fridas : the Lives and Works of Latin American Women Artists. Lexington Books, 2025.

Poniatowska, Elena. The Women of Mexico's Cultural Renaissance: Intrepid Post-Revolution Artists and Writers. Translated by Elizabeth Coonrod Martinez, Palgrave Macmillan, 2023

Fajardo-Hill, Cecilia, et al. Radical Women : Latin American Art, 1960-1985. Los Angeles: Hammer Museum, 2017.

It's #WomensHistoryMonth, see recent E-books tinyurl.com/337z7dpd on #LatinAmericanWomenArtists, all from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social. Also 100+ print copies tinyurl.com/54nd9fdt. #ArtistasLatinoamericanas Check it Out! @adiazcayeros.bsky.social @spantoja.bsky.social

Guerra González, Antonio. Tzompantli. Mexico City: Taller Azul, Arte Útil, 2013. Accordion folded sheet with silkscreen images bound in leather with linoleum printed carving and clasps made of carved deer antler. “This book draws an analogy between the pre-Hispanic Tzompantli (skull rack) and the violence in Mexico of the recent past. It contains the names of the places with the highest rates of violence in Mexico, which are joined together to form a single, endless word. This word is a metaphor for the unity and strength of society; by acknowledging the violence and reading the word, it functions as a kind of mantra that helps heal the pain of the people.” Copy 3 of 10 signed by the artist. https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/10084297.

Cegarra, Alejandro. Dos muros = Two walls. Manizales, Colombia: Raya Editorial, 2025 https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/in00000881702. “Explores the journey of migration along Mexico's borders, emphasizing the barriers—physical, administrative, and psychological—that many face. Over eight years, I documented these stories, witnessing Mexico transform from a refuge into an extension of U.S. immigration policies. This book is a historical record of resistance, resilience, and identity—an ode to dignity and memory. It's my way of honoring those I’ve met and creating a lasting testimony that migrating is not a crime” author’s site https://tinyurl.com/44hhcjmz.

Guerrero Murillo, Marcela and Edinson Montaño [et al]. Hebrando mis raíces[Weaving my roots] https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/in00000290023. A tribute to Afro identity, history, and cultural resistance, narrated from the perspective of curly hair from an Afro-Colombian young woman. A reflection on displacement, memory, and the symbolic power of hair as a vehicle of resistance and pride. The book uses synthetic fiber to resemble curly hair and is designed to be read bottom up in just the same way as Afro hair grows up and up and up. It’s housed in a box, which has (three-dimensional) braided synthetic hair (Kanekalon) woven into a picture frame design, with a braided knob and hook that serve as a locking mechanism. Bound in printed paper wrappers with a wraparound tab to cover the page edges; pages are double-folded with fold at outer edge. Image: Adan Griego. See also artist's website https://www.hebrandomisraices.com/.

romero, gino. The Things We Take (and the Things We Couldn't). [New York, N.Y.]: [gino romero], 2024 https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/in00000462458. Box set containing an assemblage of items comprising 4 artworks, including: sculpted cut-paper flower with miniature book attached; small manila envelope containing metal key and metal tag on metal key ring; muslin teabag containing rosary made of rolled paper beads and cardstock paper cross; plastic LED votive candle and pop-up paper house "altar." All objects are enclosed in a wooden box that replicates a shipping crate. The top lid of the box features three travel stamps in black: "VZLA," "MIA," "NYC", and printed label in red and white: "Fragile, Please Handle With Care, Thank You." "This set of books is inspired by what one is able to take and what one is forced to leave behind. These books explore the political crisis in Venezuela, diasporic grief, and religion through personal narratives and poems"--Artist's statement. Edition size of 16, signed and numbered by artist on box, colophon, and each individual art piece. Image: https://booklyn.org/catalog/the-things-we-take-and-the-things-we-couldnt/.

#Codex2026 book fair tinyurl.com/mrp3pvpf coming to Bay Area w/ lots of #artistsbooks. To complement the fair see sample works from/about #LatinAmerica & the Latinamerican diaspora in US tinyurl.com/3n4n2pf7, all from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social. @spantoja.bsky.social @adiazcayeros.bsky.social

LBGTQ🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️reports from/about Latin America tinyurl.com/msy4uruh recently catalogued by @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social. Webarchive urls available to any & all.

Publishers are “stepping back” from LGBTQ+ books amid bans & the current GOP president - LGBTQ Nation "In the face of so many book bans and so much concern about decreasing school library sales of queer content" publishers are "passing" on LGBTQ+ books.

Publishers are “stepping back” from LGBTQ+ books amid bans & the current GOP president www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/publ...

Rueda, María Helena, and Vania Barraza Toledo. Female Agency in Films Made by Latin American Women. Palgrave Macmillan, 2024.

Satarain, Mónica, Christian Wehr. 2020. Escenarios postnacionales en el Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano: Argentina - Mexiko - Chile - Peru - Cuba. AVM, AKADEMISCHE VERLAGSGEMEINSCHAFT MÜNCHEN.

Tierney, Dolores. (2018). New transnationalisms in contemporary Latin American cinemas. Edinburgh University Press Ltd.

It's film award season, check out Ebooks tinyurl.com/bde85h2d from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social on #LatinAmericanCinema, with lots of film streaming options too: tinyurl.com/3ue3mmry. Enjoy! @adiazcayeros.bsky.social @spantoja.bsky.social

Soneto: “Quién sino tú, dulcísima María, libró con mano fuerte al Mexícano, del acero feroz de su paisano” [Broadside]. [México]: [s. n.], [ca. 1821]. Stanford Manuscripts Collection: MISC 1630.

El Rayo del Sur. [Movie poster, 1943]. Stanford Manuscript Collection: M0945, Box 6

Dávalos, Felipe, and Francisco Serrano. La Virgen de Guadalupe [pop-up book]. CIDCLI, 1998. https://tinyurl.com/mt9npp5j

LA VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE DEFENDIENDO LOS DERECHOS DE LOS XICANOS https://bit.ly/3VSMfEb by Ester Hernandez, https://stanford.io/2TmmiRf.

Today is the feast of the #VirginOfGudalupe, a very special day for people of #Mexican ancestry. See images from #SpecialCollections & e-books stanford.io/3W8rofG on the #VirgenDeGuadalupe, all from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social. @adiazcayeros.bsky.social @spantoja.bsky.social

This week in 1985 #Maryknoll Sisters #ItaFord & #MauraClark, Ursuline Sister #DorothyKazel, & lay missioner #JeanDonovan were killed by Salvadoran soldiers tinyurl.com/5n7j8c2s. Check tinyurl.com/2cppzve4 from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social for ++. @spantoja.bsky.social @adiazcayeros.bsky.social

#OTD in 1854 Peru's president Ramón Castilla abolished slavery in the Andean country. For more on #Afroperuvian culture see these Ebooks tinyurl.com/bdk75jxm from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social, & more tinyurl.com/4ynve864 Check it Out! @adiazcayeros.bsky.social @spantoja.bsky.social

On this #InternationalDayForEliminationOfViolenceAgainstWomen
Check out these Ebooks tinyurl.com/5f9knttk from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social

Streaming films from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social even while on Thanksgiving break tinyurl.com/3h769dcf. Just make sure you authenticate tinyurl.com/yc5527mj. Check it Out! @adiazcayeros.bsky.social @spantoja.bsky.social

Mujer Valiente, [postcard] ca 1911. Mexican Revolution Ephemera Stanford Manuscripts Collection M1744. https://tinyurl.com/2jfnvfe5

[Soldier with wooden leg, n.d.] Mexican Revolution: Photographs, ca. 1910–1920 Stanford Manuscripts Collection: MSS Photo 205 https://tinyurl.com/3sxadnkx

Si Adelita se fuera con otro. [Movie poster, 1948] Mexican Movie Posters, ca. 1940–1969. Stanford Manuscripts Collection: M0945, Box 7. https://tinyurl.com/2dwe2yfv

José Guadalupe Posada Collection; Gran marcha triunfal [Broadside]; México: Imp. de Vanegas Arrollo https://tinyurl.com/yr3b7mbc

Nov 20th is #MexicanRevolution day, here are some images from 2010 @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social exhibit. See also tinyurl.com/y9btvnw7 & stanford.io/2jOTjik. @adiazcayeros.bsky.social @spantoja.bsky.social

*Accordion book 43 [cuarenta y tres] by Lorena Velazquez https://tinyurl.com/3yyzs8v2

*Desaparecen, special photo portfolio by Pablo Ortiz Monasterio https://tinyurl.com/4c6dscrr

Special exhibit @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social for Ayotzinapa round table tinyurl.com/nhhu79d4 sponsored by Center for Latin American Studies. Join us this Friday: Hohbach Hall 123, Green Library-East Wing 1-3:30pm. On display *Accordion book, *Special photo portfolio & ++. tinyurl.com/4c7wwe8u

Chile's presidential elections heading to 2nd round tinyurl.com/4ev94k6a. Check @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social for recent 📚on Chile's socio-political issues tinyurl.com/2vuw8kju, some are online tinyurl.com/4u3r6bv7. @adiazcayeros.bsky.social @spantoja.bsky.social #ChileanElections #EleccionesChile

Researching Argentina? Check @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social raries.bsky.social for recent 3k books from the Southern Cone country tinyurl.com/mu94af8p. Want them in English ABOUT Argentina? We have those too, 1500+ recent ebooks tinyurl.com/bddjcm6m. @adiazcayeros.bsky.social @spantoja.bsky.social

José Guadalupe Posada. El panteón de las pelonas [The Graveyard of the Short-Haired Women]. 1924. Wood block print on paper; 15⅝ × 11½ in.

La Calavera Tapatía : una aproximación festiva a la identidad mexicana ancestral.Guadalajara: Taller Gráfica de Comala, 2024. "Versos populares atribuidos al editor Antonio Vanegas Arroyo impresos originalmente por él a principios del siglo XX con un grabado de Manuel Manilla y algunas vin̋etas de José Duadalupe Posada. Impresos nuevamente con una introducción y grabados complementarios de Nacho Gómez Arriola." Limited hand printed edition of 140 copies signed and numbered by the book artist. Letterpress printing with movable metal type.

José Guadalupe Posada, Gran Baile de Calaveras (The Great Dance of Calaveras), 1906. Wood block print on paper; 15⅝ × 11½ in.

Mexico's #JoseGuadalupePosada creator of the satirical #Calaveras (images 1 & 3) or skulls we see often during #DayOfTheDead. See images from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social. Image 2 from #TallerDeGraficaComala. #DiaDeMuertos. @adiazcayeros.bsky.social @spantoja.bsky.social

Yesterday I had 2 classes reviewing #primarysources @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social, a great opportunity to show how history can be documented as it happens: #pandemic #ephemera collected from the streets of San Francisco.

Muitos e-books para sua pesquisa sobre o #Brasil. Faça uma visita virtual ao #StanfordLibraries. / Lots of ebooks from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social for your research on #Brazil 📚https://tinyurl.com/ycybr2v9. Check it Out!

#Bolivia held #presidentialelections yesterday tinyurl.com/5n772sf4. For more on the country's socio-political conditions of the last 20 years check out 📚 tinyurl.com/2easrs6e from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social. Election ephemera coming soon to Green Library.

El Rayo del Sur. [Movie poster, 1943]. Stanford Manuscript Collection: M0945, Box 6.

Born Sept 30 1765: rebel cleric José María Morelos, independence leader during Mexico's fight (1810-1821) vs. Spain. Often whitewashed in history, he was of #AfroMexican ancestry bit.ly/3BH45k8. See stanford.io/3s6w4Xk & more from 2010 @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social exhibit bit.ly/33FIbkG.

So many resources (#ebooks, #videostreaming, #ejournals) for you research projects on #LatinAmerica, all from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social. Check it out tinyurl.com/5b52vvc8. 📚 🌎@adiazcayeros.bsky.social @spantoja.bsky.social #Libraries

Baez, Frank. La Marilyn Monroe de Santo Domingo. Madrid: Estampa Ediciones, 2016. https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/11691017

Grigsby, Carlos, and Norberto. Gil. Tarde del Tropico. Biblioteca Americana. Madrid: Estampa Ediciones, 2018. https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/12781310

Jaramillo Agudelo, Darío, and Ramiro Fernández Saus. Gatos. Madrid: Estampa Ediciones, 2011. https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9351365

Celebrate #HispanicHeritageMonth: Check out some of the limited edition books from Biblioteca Americana (18 titles) tinyurl.com/ycj3jubw. All housed in @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social Special Collections. #LatinxHeritageMonth

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753-1811). He was a middle-class criollo (a Spaniard born in the New World). In 1803 he became head of the parish of Dolores in the present central state of Guanajuato. His intellectual and political curiosity led him to become involved in the tertulias, or literary societies familiar with Enlightenment ideas in early 19th century Mexico, which were to become precursors to the fight for independence. At one of those gatherings a conspiracy to rebel in December of 1810 was planned, but it had to be carried out on September 16, 1810 after the plot was uncovered. Hidalgo’s fight for independence was short-lived. He fell in a royalist ambush and was defrocked, tried, and executed in the Northern city of Chihuahua in July of 1811. As an early martyr of Mexico’s fight for independence he is considered Padre de la Patria or Father of the Nation and is depicted as a heroic figure in this 1910 Independence Centennial music score.

José María Morelos y Pavón (1765-1815). He was born into a poor family and most likely had Indian and African blood on his mother's side. He was a student of Hidalgo and joined rebel forces shortly after the Grito de Dolores and assumed the insurgent leadership after the execution of Hidalgo. In 1813 Morelos convened the Chilpancingo National Assembly where he proclaimed Mexico’s independent from Spain. He was captured in November of 1815 and executed a month later after facing a military court and an Inquisition trial. He is depicted here in the 1943 movie poster as the heroic Rayo del sur or Southern Thunderbolt. Photo: El Rayo del Sur. [Movie poster, 1943]. Stanford Manuscript Collection: M0945, Box 6

#MiguelHidalgo & #JoseMariaMorelos, the 2 rebel clerics who led the fight for #MexicanIndependence from Spain. Images from 2010 @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social exhibit. More here tinyurl.com/2kt4mxmu & here tinyurl.com/4jypvut5. @adiazcayeros.bsky.social @spantoja.bsky.social

Cover from the Argentine labor magazine Ya es tiempo de pueblo! “Chile: the Start of the War” (September 13th). The image with the American flag clearly accuses the United States as a co-conspirator. Declassified government documents show the active role of the Nixon administration in overthrowing the Allende government. Circulating Collection. AP63. Y2 V.1 JUN.29,1973/JAN.24,1974

*Aerial newspaper photo of people celebrating on the streets of Santiago on election night. The competing daily La Nacion included the figures for each candidate. The conservative El Mercurio’s headline “Allende: relative majority” showed voting figures for each candidate, with Allende’s noted as “votes against.” Fernando Alegria Papers M0651.Series 16. Recortes / Clippings. Flat Box 98

*Mexico’s government welcomed over 1,000 political Chilean exiles (and later those of other South American dictatorships). It’s no surprise that in 1978 the Revista de la Universidad de Mexico, a leading cultural publication, featured a special dossier on Chile. Among the contributors were Fernando Alegria (already teaching at Stanford) and a young playwright (Ariel Dorfman) that would later teach at Duke University. Both had been cultural advisors in Allende’s government. Circulating Collection 056.72 .U55

Solidarity event in Oregon, speakers include Fernando Alegria, Chile's last cultural attaché in Washington during the #SalvadorAllende govt as well as Hortensia Allende, widow of the deposed democratically elected president.

De los archivos de @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social: algunas imágenes sobre el #11deSeptiembre a #52AñosdelGolpe contra #SalvadorAllende en Chile./ Images from the Fernando Alegria archives: #Chile #1973coup against #SalvadorAllende. See details for each photo.

Buenos Aires province holds elections Sun Sept 7 tinyurl.com/yc854yy6. As Argentina's capital & 40% of country's population, electoral results could foreshadow Oct 26 ntl legislative midterms. Check some ebooks tinyurl.com/5zue6c5e from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social. @adiazcayeros.bsky.social

Camino al despacho ester soleado y prometedor 1er martes de Sept. / All quiet on the @Stanford front at 8am on this warm September morning.

Jaime Lozano, compositor de Broadway: “Escribir canciones sobre migración es un acto político, de resistencia y de protesta” El músico mexicano lanza un nuevo álbum llamado ‘Songs by an Immigrant Vol. 3′ y lo presenta este lunes en el Sony Hall de Nueva York

Jaime Lozano, compositor de Broadway: “Escribir canciones sobre migración es un acto político, de resistencia y de protesta.” El músico mexicano lanza un nuevo álbum llamado ‘Songs by an Immigrant Vol. 3′ y lo presenta este lunes en el Sony Hall de Nueva York. elpais.com/us/entreteni...

How President Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Is Affecting Higher Ed Increased detentions, stripped tuition benefits, and other policy changes are imperiling college access for undocumented students — and instilling fear in the broader Hispanic community.

Shameful campaign to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, over 70 percent of whom are Hispanic or Latino, is rippling across college campuses — from an increased ICE presence to new limits on educational access.

#Bolivia held #presidentialelections this weekend. For more on the country's sociopolitical conditions of the last 20 years check out some ebooks tinyurl.com/2p9une7w from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social

I arrived in Santa Barbara around midnight July 28/1989. Room I had arranged to rent 3 weeks earlier wasn't ready. Conejo, landlord's dog, was sleeping where I should be! It was a cool evening & I ended up digging through my suitcase for something to keep me warm. But it was the beach & a real job.