Paul Espinosa Papers, 1970-2008

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Summary

Creators:
Espinosa, Paul
Abstract:
Papers of Paul Espinosa, an award-winning filmmaker and producer specializing in documentary and dramatic films focused on the U.S.-Mexico border region.
Extent:
137 Linear feet (268 archives boxes, 7 shoeboxes, 27 cartons, and 8 oversize folders)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Paul Espinosa Papers, MSS 768. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers of Paul Espinosa, an award-winning independent filmmaker and producer specializing in documentary and dramatic films focused on the U.S.-Mexico border region, and Professor Emeritus in the School of Transborder Studies at Arizona State University. The collection primarily consists of production files relating to Espinosa's decades-long filmmaking career, and office and subject files from his many years as a senior and executive producer at the public television station KPBS in San Diego, where he produced, directed, wrote and hosted numerous programs for PBS. The files contain research and subject materials, planning documents, production-related content, and other papers and media files documenting Espinosa's professional interests and documentary work.

Arranged in seven series: 1) EARLY RESEARCH AND DISSERTATION; 2) KPBS OFFICE AND SUBJECT FILES; 3) PRODUCTION FILES; 4) CALIFAS (1982); 5) GROUPS, CONFERENCES & ORGANIZATIONS; 6) SOUND RECORDINGS; and 7) MOVING IMAGE RECORDINGS.

Biographical / historical:

Paul Espinosa, an award-winning Filmmaker and Producer, is the President/CEO of Espinosa Productions, a film and video company specializing in documentary and dramatic films focused on the U.S.-Mexico border region. He has been involved with producing films for over 35 years and is Professor Emeritus in the School of Transborder Studies at Arizona State University. Espinosa received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in Anthropology where he specialized in the cultural analysis of television communication and his B.A. degree from Brown University, also in Anthropology. He has worked with the public television stations in San Diego and Dallas as a Senior Producer and Executive Producer. Specializing in Latino and U.S.-Mexico border topics, Espinosa has produced, directed, written and hosted numerous programs for PBS.

Espinosa has shared his expertise, experience and social activism at many universities and community centers across the Americas. He has been honored with Paul Espinosa Film Festivals in Phoenix, Albuquerque, El Paso, and San Diego. The National Association of Hispanic Journalists inducted him into the NAHJ Hall of Fame and the California Chicano News Media Association honored him with a Lifetime Achievement Award. He received the Outstanding Latino Cultural Award in Performing Arts from the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education; the Domingo Ulloa Cultural Worker Award from California Rural Legal Assistance in recognition of his contributions to public understanding of the experiences of Mexican origin peoples in the United States; and he was honored with the Hispanic Heritage Month Resolution presented on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC.

Espinosa is a Board Member of the Media Arts Center of San Diego and is an active member of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers. He previously served on the Boards of the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC) National Board, the Arizona Latino Arts & Culture Consortium, the Media Arts Center of San Diego (as President and Founding Board Member), the California Council for the Humanities, the Arizona Humanities Council and the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers National Board (as Treasurer).

Espinosa biography from http://espinosaproductions.com.

Acquisition information:
Acquired 2014-2022
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS. Boxes 1-246 are at Eckart; Boxes 247-301 are at SRLF.

Original audiovisual media formats in series 6) and 7) are restricted. Viewing/listening copies may be available for researchers.

Terms of access:

Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.

Preferred citation:

Paul Espinosa Papers, MSS 768. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.

Location of this collection:
9500 Gilman Drive, Dept. 0175
La Jolla, CA 92093-0175, US
Contact:
(858) 534-2533
spcoll@ucsd.edu
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