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The Devil Never Sleeps /
EI Diablo Nunca Duerme

The Creative Team

Co-Producer: Michelle Valladares

Michelle Valladares has previously worked with Victor Masayesva on the feature documentary Imagining Indians and Nina Rosenblum on Through the Wire. This is her second collaboration with Ms. Portillo; the first was Eguality's Child, a short produced for the ITVS Declarations Series and aired on PBS last year.

Director of Photography: Kyle Kibbe

Kyle Kibbe is an award-winning cinematographer who has worked extensively on documentaries, features and music videos. His credits include American Dream by Barbara Kopple which won an Academy Award in 1990, Who Killed Vincent Chin? and Mississippi Triangle by Christine Choy, The Last Supper by Robert Frank, and Haiti After Duvalier by Kim Ives. THE DEVIL NEVER SLEEPS is his fourth collaboration with Ms. Portillo.

Editor: Vivien Hillgrove

Vivien Hillgrove is a highly acclaimed editor whose extensive picture editing credits include Henry and June and The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Phil Kaufman. Her sound editing credits include Blue Velvet by David Lynch, Amadeus by Milos Foreman which won 11 Academy Awards in 1984, and One From the Heart by Francis Coppola. Her documentary work includes Broken Rainbow by Victoria Mudd which won an Academy Award in 1985. This is her fourth collaboration with Ms. Portillo.

Sound Recordist: Jose Araujo

Jose Araujo has worked for the past ten years as sound recordist and mixer for American, Brazilian and German feature and television productions. His credits include Percy Adlon's Salmonberries, many episodes of German TV's GEO and CBS's 60 Minutes, and numerous documentaries. This is his fourth collaboration with Ms. Portillo.


Credits

  • A presentation of the Independent Television Service
  • Funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.
  • Additional funding provided by the National Latino Communications Center
  • A Xochitl Films Production
Producer/Director Lourdes Portillo
Co-Producer Michelle Valladares
Editor Vivien Hillgrove
Camera Kyle Kibbe
Sound Jose Araujo
Composer Mark Adler
Assistant Editor Karen Brocco
Assistant Camera Paul Mailman, Anne Marie Miguel
Production Manager Ismael Saavedra
Still Photographer Emilio Mercado
Production Assistants Xochitl Perales, Karim Scarlata, Mauricio Saavedra, Rachel Balunsat, Anya Portillo, Margarita Asiain
Research Socorro Aguilar
Additional Cinematography Emiko Omori
Additional Hi-8 Ismael Saavedra
Additional Sound Sara Chin, Lauretta Molitor, Gerardo Villagomes-Valenzuela
Super 8 Ismael Saavedra
Narration written by Laura del Fuego, Olivia Crawford
Translators Gail Valeski, Deborah Simcovich
Re-recording Mixer David Parker
Sound Editors Marion Wilde, Barbara Mc Bane
Negative Cutter Bill Wetwick
Accountants Saundra Ardito, Cynthia Gair
Mix Facilities Fantasy, Mom's Head, Music Annex, Russian Hill
Opticals Michael Hinton
Anirnation and Titles Patricia Amlyn
Subtitles Michael Donnelly
Dalies Laboratory Du Art
Finishing Laboratory Monaco Labs

Participants

in Order of Appearance

Tio Oscar's daughter Lic. Catalina Ruiz Kuraica
The policeman Lic. Eber Garbea
His sister Luz Ruiz De La Torre
His other sister Sabela Ruiz de Portillo
His brother-in-law Jose I. Portillo
His first wife's family The Kuraica family
His friend Manuelita Lugo
A business partner Panchito Spiru
His nephew Ing. Oscar Asiain Ruiz
A second friend Josefina Borboa Amador
The professor Prof. Juan Ramirez Cisneros
His other brother-in-law Jesus De La Torre
The laywer Lic. Lorenzo Ramos Felix
The other business partner Rafael Caballero
The sports instructor Professor Arturo Zueck Ruffini
The medium Josefina Ruiz
The priest Fr. Francisco Ma. Garcia, O.P.
His brother (the doctor) Dr. Raul Ruiz Almeida
His other nephew Dr. Ricardo Vargas Ruiz
His widow's telephone voice Socorro Aguilar
  • CATCH 22 excerpts courtesy of Paramount Pictures
  • Archival Sharecropper Footage courtesy of National Archives

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