Book of Life animates Day of the Dead

Growing up in the Mexican border town of Tijuana, animator Jorge Gutierrez waited to see his people appear in Hollywood's animated fare.

"I never saw myself or my family or my friends up on the screen in animation," Gutierrez says. "I kept waiting for the Latina princess to show up, and she never did."

Gutierrez embarked on a 14-year journey to make The Book of Life, out in US theaters last week, drawing on Mexican art and wooden puppets to animate a colorful love story rooted in the Mexican Day of the Dead festivities.