Unconquered Spirits

by Josefina López

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

From Wikipedia: López was born in 1969, in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, and at age five emigrated with her family to the United States, where they settled in Los Angeles, California. She graduated from the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts before obtaining a BA in film and screenwriting from Columbia College Chicago, and an MFA in screenwriting from the School of Theater, Film and Television at UCLA.

Lopez was undocumented for 13 years before she received Amnesty in 1987 and eventually became a U.S. Citizen in 1995. Lopez 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 Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn in 2003, and the Artist-in-Residency grant from the National Endowment for the Arts/Theatre Communications Group for 2007.

Reviews

[Gwyn Hartung · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an interesting take on the La Llorona myth and features real people from history.

[Jason Hayes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Indeed...again Mrs. López writes to our souls...this haunting tale reads like a first person account of the subjugation Chicanas and Latinas have endured the last 500+ years. That said, it is clearly a recognition of of the unwavering spirit that connects Chicanas, Latinas and all women. Next is to find a performance to see...