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The Renaissance of Mata Ortiz

This award-winning documentary tells the amazing story of how an American adventurer (Spencer MacCallum) and a brilliant, self-taught Mexican artist (Juan Quezada) transformed a dying desert village (Mata Ortiz, Mexico) into a home for world-class art. Directed by Scott Petersen. In English and in Spanish with English subtitles. 2011; 54 minutes plus a 28-minute bonus.

For more information on the film:
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jan/13/travel/la-tr-mata-ortiz-20130113

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