{"id":224598,"date":"2025-09-13T22:05:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T22:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/224598\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T22:05:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T22:05:28","slug":"houston-san-antonio-highlight-latinx-indigenous-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/224598\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston &#038; San Antonio Highlight Latinx &#038; Indigenous Films"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This fall, film programs at a Western-themed museum in San Antonio and a film festival in Houston will honor Indigenous and Latinx cultures.<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, the Houston Latino Film Festival will present VISTAS, a showcase of short films by makers from Hispanic and Latinx cultures and traditions. The 90-minute program will run Thursday, September 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Star City Grill at City Center.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/glasstire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ho3766-citycentre-Medium.jpg?x88956\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-346765 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ho3766-citycentre-Medium-419x620.jpg\" alt=\"A graphic reading &quot;VISTAS Short Film Showcase&quot;\" width=\"419\" height=\"620\"  \/><\/a>The VISTAS program name highlights the diversity of Houston\u2019s Hispanic community, with films representing Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, and the U.S., including Re-\u00c9ksodos by Julia Horta Paiva, Cacique Del Monte by Colombian filmmaker Mateo Martinez, Passarinho by Brazilian filmmaker Natalia Garc\u00eda Agraz, and five other short films.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the Houston Latino Film Festival are available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.starcinemagrill.net\/movie\/CITYCENTRE\/HOUSTON-LATINO-FILM-FESTIVAL-PRESENTS-VISTAS-SHORT-FILM-SHOWCASE---CELEBRATING-HISPANIC-HERITAGE-MONTH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a> for $14 plus service fee.<\/p>\n<p>The Briscoe Western Art Museum in San Antonio has announced the return of its annual Native American Film Series, beginning Saturday, September 20 with the 2020 foodways documentary Gather directed by Sanjay Rawal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/580_GATHER-Main.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346763\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-346763 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/580_GATHER-Main.jpg\" alt=\"A film still of an abuela and granddaughter picking yellow flowers in a field.\" width=\"580\" height=\"330\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-346763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A film still from \u201cGather,\u201d directed by Sanjay Rawal<\/p>\n<p>The series continues Saturday, October 11 with Indigenous sovereignty documentary Lakota Nation vs. the United States directed by Jesse Short Bull and Laura Tomaselli. On Saturday, November 15, Val Kilmer stars in Thunderheart, based on the story of activist Leonard Peltier, who was imprisoned after the deaths of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1975.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/glasstire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Matthew-Davila-Standing-Rock-Lakota-Sioux.jpg?x88956\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346766\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-346766 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Matthew-Davila-Standing-Rock-Lakota-Sioux-424x620.jpg\" alt=\"A portrait of Matthew Davila, smiling in glasses and wearing a circular beaded necklace.\" width=\"424\" height=\"620\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-346766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matthew Davila<\/p>\n<p>The series, collectively titled The Modern Era, was curated by Matthew Davila (Standing Rock Lakota Sioux), who will lead a short presentation before each film.<\/p>\n<p>Admission for the films is free with advance registration through the <a href=\"https:\/\/briscoemuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Briscoe Museum website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This fall, film programs at a Western-themed museum in San Antonio and a film festival in Houston will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":224599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,22602,54977,101743,121702,121703,121704,121705,121706,7202,7203,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-224598","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-briscoe-western-art-museum","10":"tag-film-festivals","11":"tag-hispanic-heritage-month","12":"tag-houston-latino-film-festival","13":"tag-julia-horta-paiva","14":"tag-mateo-martinez","15":"tag-matthew-davila","16":"tag-natalia-garcia-agraz","17":"tag-san-antonio","18":"tag-sanantonio","19":"tag-texas","20":"tag-tx","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115199261026169851","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}