A reflexive documentary which privileges the perspective of women, African Americans, and Latin@s — fine cut screening followed by Q&A with the filmmaker and a film participant.
In 1938, Emma Tenayuca led ten thousand San Antonio pecan shellers’ in a massive strike – the birth of the Chicano movement denied because of its iconic communist leader. In 1987, workers organized a march of 3,000 through the streets of Nacogdoches — a largely unknown epiphany for black women in Texas. methods of oral history including myth and humor, and relates these stories strongly to contemporary ideas and events. The resulting experimental documentary recovers marginalized stories of working people in Texas.
Free event but please RSVP to make sure there are enough seats.
Phone: 512-448-4225
Email: alewis615@earthlink.net
2017/08/25 - 2017/08/25
Texas State Employees Union CWA-TSEU 6186 Union Hall
1700 South 1st Street, Austin, TX 78704