Thank you San Antonio and gracias to the Instituto Cultural de Mexico and the UNAM for the wonderful event at the Children of the Revolución Book Signing Event and presentation.
The night itself was a historical milestone for San Antonio that will ramify into a greater cultura conversation in the coming years.
The night began with Azul singing corridos from the Mexican Revolution and delicious flautas, albondigas, guacamole and aguas frescas from Mi Tierra.
A storytelling panel comprised of Henry Cisneros, Ricardo Danel, John Philip Santos, Michael Cortez, Charles Barrett, Neftali Garcia joined Lionel Sosa with some compelling thoughts relating to our cultura’s need to continue to tell the untold stories of our ancestors.
Attendees took pics with the Emmy, Cannes Corporate, New York Film Festival and Telly Awards won by Lionel Sosa’s Children of the Revolución Television Series.
We’ll let you know of any future Children of the Revolución events.
Mexico series set for wider audience
‘Children of the Revolution’ will air around Texas and may go national.
By Elaine Ayala
Advertising pioneer turned documentarian Lionel Sosa, who produced the KLRN series “The Children of the Revolution,” is reaching a wider audience for the 20-part series first aired in San Antonio last fall.
Already being carried by several PBS stations in Texas, the series will air in January on all but one of them. National distribution is being discussed with two major networks for the 2012 season, KLRN’s CEO Bill Moll said.
Produced to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution, each episode tells family stories of escaping the violence spurred by dictator Porfirio Diaz…
Read more at mySA.com
“Children Who Changed America” By Irma Calderon Woodruff
Now that the Census Bureau has officially declared the presence of 50.5 million Latinos in the U.S, a new television series reveals the story of how many of them got here….
Read the complete article at LatinoMagazine.com:
http://www.latinomagazine.com/summer11/journal/children.htm
Tonight’s Show: Immigration – Then and Now
KLRN, 8:30pm
The US/Mexico border has been porous for hundreds of years. This episode takes a look at the debate and history of immigration policy, the ebb and flow of Mexican immigrants to this country and the many milestones that have shaped the United States since the border was drawn.
Guests on this show include Neftali Garcia, Lee Terran, Lauro Garza, Henry Cisneros, Dan Guerrero, John Phillip Santos and David Romo.
The story of the Cortez family and their Mi Tierra restaurant is just not a story about Tex- Mex Cuisine. It is a story about how the Mexican revolution 100 years ago provided the ingredients that created the taste and style of the Mexican-American cultural movement. This episode highlights the similarities between Emiliano Zapata and Mi Tierra and how the revolutionary spirit would become the mantra for the Cortez family and their restaurant. Included is the story of how the Cortez family saved “Market Square” the San Antonio cultural icon from destruction during the “urban renewal” movement of the ’60’s. Deborah Cortez, Mike Cortez, Jennifer Speed, and Jorge Cortez take us on a deliciously multi-sensorial tour of a legendary destination.
“The Children of the Revolucion” begins showing in Houston PBS on April 4, 2011 11:00 PM with Henry and Elvira Cisneros.
