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Bless Me, Ultima is Anaya's best known work and was awarded the prestigious Premio Quinto Sol. In 2008, it was one of 12 classic American novels [a] selected for The Big Read, a community-reading program sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, [9] and in 2009, it was the selected novel of the United States Academic Decathlon.
Bless Me, Ultima is a 2012 American drama film written and directed by Carl Franklin and starring Luke Ganalon and Míriam Colón. [2] It is an adaptation of the 1972 novel of the same name by Rudolfo Anaya .
In 2013, she was cast in the role of Ultima, a New Mexico Hispanic healer, in the movie Bless Me, Ultima based on the novel by Rudolfo Anaya. [12] She appeared in Season 1 of the TV series Better Call Saul in 2015, as Abuelita.
“Bless Me, Ultima,” by New Mexico’s beloved Rudolfo Anaya recently made it on a list of 54 books the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office is reviewing after complaints alleging obscenity.
Raúl Castillo Jr. was born to Raúl H. Castillo Sr. and Adela "Adelita" Rodríguez de Castillo. [3] [4] He has an older brother, Tony, and a younger sister.[2] [5] His parents are Mexican emigrants from Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, [2] [6] [7] who later moved to McAllen, Texas, where he and his siblings were raised. [4]
Garcia-Rulfo made his first major American film with Bless Me, Ultima, as Uncle Pedro. [6] In 2016, he played the outlaw Vasquez, one of the title characters, in The Magnificent Seven remake. The role required him to take up gun training, which he thought was difficult, though he stated, "I got blisters, but it was hilarious."
DJ Unk, the Atlanta MC known for his early 2000s hits including “Walk It Out” and “2 Step," died after suffering a cardiac arrest this week, according to his wife.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is welcomed by U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to meet with House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 13, 2024.