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Mil gracias a todos for supporting the 4th annual showcase of science fiction and speculative films by Latinx and BIPOC filmmakers!
We want to especially thank our sponsors and community partners for this year's festival: Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI), American Indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions (AIT-SCM), Latino Collection and Resource Center (LCRC), District 5 Councilwoman Teri Castillo, Jaime's Place, Joaquin Muerte (Xicanx Versus Aliens), Countdown City Geeks, Slab Cinema, Mireles Party Ice, Indiegrip, Heroes & Fantasies, Alien Worlds, Dragon's Lair, Big Alpaca Comics, San Antonio Parks & Recreation, and Sistah Sci-fi. Much appreciation goes to our hosts Jeff Garcia, Jesse Borrego, and Ted Colunga. A big thank you to our special guests for making the trek to San Antonio: Dylan Hensley, Edwin Raul Oliva, and Alejandra Herrera.
upcoming events
Porvenir, Texas: An Excavation of the Truth
saturDAy, January 11, 2025
2:00 PM | Central Library - Auditorium | 600 Soledad Street
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Porvenir, Texas
Directed by Andrew Shapter, 2019, USA, 55 min
Preceded by They Call Us Sediciosos by Iz Gutierrez
On the morning of January 28, 1918, a group of Texas Rangers, U.S. Army soldiers, and ranchers arrived in the remote farming community of Porvenir in West Texas. They separated 15 men and boys of Mexican descent from the rest of the community and shot and killed them. This horrific episode of anti-Mexican violence is recounted in this documentary film that asks what led to the events of that fateful night and reveals the tensions that still remain along the border over a century later.
Porvenir, Texas first aired in 2019 as part of the PBS documentary series VOCES, which features the best of Latino arts, culture, and history and shines a light on current issues that impact Latino Americans.
Preceded by They Call Us Sediciosos, a narrative film seti In 1915, when Jovita Idár, a reporter, writer, and activist for women and Mexican-American civil rights, interviews a mother whose son has gone missing while at the hands of racist Rangers and vigilantes who have been targeting the Texas-Mexican community in the Lower Rio Grande Valley during a time known as "La Matanza" (The Massacre).
This is an official Dreamweek event.
Dreamweek is an annual series of events across San Antonio that foster the free exchange of ideas on universal issues affecting the human race. Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy of civil rights reform, the DreamWeek mission is to lay the foundations of tolerance, equality, and diversity to create a platform where people across cultures and communities can discuss and exchange ideas, fostering enlightenment for the greater human experience.
