The Los Angeles-based filmmaker Lourdes Portillo will talk about and show her movie "The Devil Never Sleeps" ("El Diablo Nunca Duerme") at the University of California, Davis, on Thursday, Nov. 9. The movie and talk will be held at 6 p.m. in Room 1100 of the Social Sciences and Humanities Building. A reception will be held from 5-6 p.m. in Room 2234 in the same building. The reception, talk and film screening are free and open to the public. Portillo's 1994 film is largely autobiographical, tracing the story of how she returned to Mexico to learn more about the circumstances of her uncle's death. It is both a "docu-mystery" and a "lyrical account of a personal journey," according to Xochitl Films. She employs an unusual variety of visual devices to explore the story, including clips from television soap operas, 8-millimeter home movies, archival footage, family photographs and stylized visual reminiscences. "The Devil Never Sleeps" has been shown in a number of film festivals in the past year, including the San Francisco International Film Festival, the Auckland International Film Festival in New Zealand and the Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema. Her previous films include "Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo," "La Ofrenda: The Days of the Dead," "After The Earthquake/Despues del Terremoto" and "Columbus on Trial." The evening with Portillo is being sponsored by the Davis Humanities Institute, and the programs in Chicana/o Studies and Women's Studies.