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Preferred Citation: The Severo Perez Papers, The Wittliff Collections, Texas State UniversityĪcquisition Information: Donated by Severo Perez, 2014

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Perez donated his archive to the Wittliff Collections in 2014. A complete list of these items can be provided upon request. The final series, Audio and Video materials, is extensive and includes film reels and prints for …and the earth did not swallow him as well as many of his other film projects.

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Perez submitted several proposals to the National Endowment for the Humanities, and these are represented in the fifth series of his collection. The series Books relates to Perez’s novel about pioneering African American aviators and is comprised of multiple drafts representing all stages of the writing of the book.

Plays includes drafts of scripts for Soldier Boy and Speak Only of Cats. The series, Television, includes various scripts, proposals, correspondence, and production materials relating to his work in that field. Of these, Willa Brown, Perez’ documentary about African American aviator, is the best represented with screenplays, production materials, and publicity files. Other films represented in the Perez Papers are Elders by Judith Perez, Yolanda’s Story, Willa Brown, Plaza de la Raza, and Carmen + Cesar. The material relating to ….and the earth did not swallow him is arranged into a number of subseries including screenplays, scripts, research, art, casting, production materials, photographs (location and continuity), financial and legal materials, post production, publicity, and film festivals. The bulk of the collection relates to Perez’s film work, and includes the complete production archive for his 1995 film, …and the earth did not swallow him, an adaptation of Tomás Rivera’s 1971 novel. The collection is arranged into six series: 1) Film 2) Television 3) Plays 4) Books 5) The National Endowment for the Humanities and 6) Audio and Video Materials. The papers of filmmaker and writer Severo Perez span 1972-2010 and document his career in film and television, and as a writer. He also negotiated the deal at Universal Studios that allowed Luiz Valdez to direct the film version of Zoot Suit. He has created documentaries on a wide range of subjects, including La Raza Unida’s 1960s political uprising in Crystal City, Texas. Perez’s other films include a documentary on artist Carmen Lomas Garza, a feature film on Tejano hero Juan Seguin, and an adaptation of Mark Twain's The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. The resulting film, Willa Brown: An American Aviator, was a success. In 1998, Perez finished a documentary about a remarkable woman-a pioneering African American pilot who took to the air in the 1930s and defied Jim Crow laws. Some of these honors include Sol Award CineSol at the 1995 Latino Film Festival, Best Feature Awards at both San Diego Independent Film Festival in 1994 and the Minneapolis Rivertown Film Festival in 1995. Perez’s nuanced, powerful film beautifully evokes the substance and spirit of Rivera’s work, and it has won international critical acclaim, including top honors at film festivals worldwide. Perez’s 1995 film, …and the earth did not swallow him, is adapted from Tomás Rivera’s classic 1971 Chicano novel, …y no se lo tragó la tierra, and follows the lives of a South Texas family of migrant farmworkers in the 1950s.

Perez’s credits as a dramatist also include Speaking of Cats, inspired by Tejana activist Emma Tenayuca and the 1938 pecan shellers strike in San Antonio. Soldierboy has been staged around the country and appears in the 1989 anthology Necessary Theater: Six Plays About the Chicano Experience. That play is based on Perez’s own personal story in San Antonio as the son of a returning U.S. Later, Perez became playwright-in-residence at El Teatro Campesino, where he wrote Soldierboy with his wife, Judith Perez. Perez began working in theater in 1974, teaming up with legendary actress Carmen Zapata to translate and adapt the Mexican play Los desarraigados (Uprooted) for American audiences. Perez is also an accomplished playwright and novelist. His films have won more than 50 awards, including three CINE Golden Eagles. Perez moved to Los Angeles in 1972 to pursue a career in the motion picture industry. in American Literature and Contemporary History from the University of Texas.

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Click HERE for a printable inventory in PDF formatīorn in San Antonio, Texas in 1941, acclaimed filmmaker Severo Perez earned his B.A.

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