Llanito

Danny Lyon
Bleak Beauty Video

Llanito, 1971, New Mexico, b&w, 54 minutes produced by Danny Seymour’s Sensory Overload, a realistic onslaught — including Willie Jaramillo as a boy of 12 Lyon’s first film in New Mexico.

“Llanito deals with people who operate on the fringe of society: Indians, Chicanos, and a group of retarded Anglos. Their collective martyrdom to American society is symbolized by the summary of Christ’s passion as recounted by one of the retarded boys, unquestionably of of the most bizarre religious testaments ever recorded.”
Pamela Allara, Pictures From Film/Films from Pictures, 1984

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The Films of Danny Lyon - Vimeo, DVD, and 16mm print rental
After his ground breaking work as a photojournalist in the 1960’s, Danny Lyon turned to films, making a series of non-fiction films in the 1970’s and 1980’s. With the recent recognition of the 2016 de Young/Whitney retrospective, funds were provided to preserve these remarkable 16mm films. High resolution digital scans were made from the original A&B negative rolls under the close supervision of the artist. The DVD covers themselves, first made for VHS tapes, have been recognized for their power and realism, and are on display at the San Francisco Museum of Art show which opened November 3^rd, 2016.
Interested in screening films by Danny Lyon? For booking inquiries please contact: Rebecca Lyon rlyon(a)chicagofilmsociety(dot)org
16mm prints of certain films are available for rental, please contact Anthology Film Archives for more information
The entire body of Danny Lyon 16mm film work can also be streamed on Vimeo. The sixties meets the twenty first century.
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SNCC
Willie
Born to Film
Dear Mark
El Otro Lado
Little Boy
Llanito
Los Ninos Abandonados
Media Man
Soc. Sci. 127