The arrival of spring means hope, renewal, new life — in other words, revolution.
The Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI), in partnership with the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM San Antonio), American Indians of Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions (AIT SCM) and the film organization MonteVideo will kick off their Latina Spring film series on Tuesday, March 4, with 2024’s The In Between.
Directed by Texas filmmaker Robie Flores, the 82-minute movie illustrates what happens when a fronteriza filmmaker returns to her hometown after the death of her brother, seeking to capture its in-betweenness at a moment of particular liminality in her own life.
It’s a story of kids growing up Mexican American that brings the town of Eagle Pass — a key filming location in John Sayles’ 1996 borderlands slice-of-life classic Lone Star, and a key staging location in Gov. Greg Abbott’s destructive billion-dollar border-solidifying Operation Lone Star — to life.
The series runs through the end of the month, and RSVPs are available on MACRI’s website, listed in the event details.
Free, 6:30 p.m., UNAM San Antonio, 600 Hemisfair Plaza Way, (210) 810-4093, somosmacri.org.
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This article appears in Feb 19-25, 2025.