FILM – Latina Spring: Femme Frontera Showcase

The Mexican American Civil Rights Institute and MonteVideo celebrate Women’s History Month with Latina Spring, a curated selection of inspiring films by Latina and Indigenous women directors! Latina Spring is presented in partnership with UNAM San Antonio and Austin Film Society Cinema. 

The Latina Spring Film Series begins with the Femme Frontera Showcase. Femme Frontera centers the experiences of women and gender-expansive people within the U.S./Mexico border diaspora, as well as border regions around the world. The 9th Annual Femme Frontera Showcase includes films from Mexico and the United States. Films will be followed by a Q&A featuring filmmaker Celina Galicia and Femme Frontera Co-Director Jackie Barragan!

The Femme Frontera Showcase is presented in partnership with the Latino Collection and Resource Center at the San Antonio Public Library. 

🗓️ Tuesday, March 3, 2026  |  Doors open at 6:30 PM; Film begins at 7:00 PM

📍 UNAM San Antonio, 600 Hemisfair Plaza Way, San Antonio, TX 78205

🎟️ This program is FREE

🅿️ Free parking is available after 5 PM at Alamo Lot (418 S Alamo, San Antonio, TX 78205) and Martinez Lot (S Alamo & Martinez Street). Paid parking is available at the Hemisfair Garage (623 Hemisfair Blvd). 

⚠️ Films contain mature content and may not be appropriate for all ages.

RSVP requested.

⭐ MACRI’s programs are funded in part by the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture, Bexar County, the Mellon Foundation, the John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation, Spurs Give, and individual donors like you! Gracias! ⭐

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About the films

Ternura Radical (Radical Tenderness)

Celina Galicia, 2025, Mexico, 16 min

In Ciudad Juárez, women transform art into a fierce act of resistance, channeling poetry, music, and graphic art to preserve the memory of femicide and disappearance while demanding justice.

Yo mate a Lucca (I killed Lucca)

Ana Moreno Hernandez, 2023, Mexico, 16 min

Carmen has finally found her soulmate, Lucía. At the possibility of sharing the most painful moment of her childhood, Carmen’s conscience, illustrated by two soccer commentators, leads her to a panic attack for which she could lose Lucía.

Color Cielo (The Color of Sky)

Cristal Gonzalez Avila, 2024, USA, 9 min

The hope that lingers in the farewell. A meditation on the final moments of a son, as he says goodbye to his mother in Mexico, while he prepares to journey to the US. The conflict between desperation, sacrifice and the potential for survival and success.

Super High: A Period Piece

Bianca D. Lambert, 2024, USA, 9 min

Amanda battles excruciating period pain caused by fibroids. Desperate for relief, she experiments with a celebrity cannabis brand’s edibles. A dosage mishap catapults her into a surreal, anxiety-filled journey until she awakens.

Ser bruja (To be a Bruja)

Carolina Erives, 2023, Mexico, 14 min

Amanda Montejo is a trans woman, make-up artist, Guadalupana and a witch. This documentary portrait explores different facets of her spirituality and fragments of her past, revealing the duality of her being.

At Dusk I Kiss Your Body Burnt

Victor “Yayo” Meza, 2024, Mexico/USA

A poetic short film that follows a young man as he remembers the touch of his lover against the hyper-militarized and hyper-surveilled U.S.-Mexico borderlands where he grew up. Addressed as a letter to his lost lover, the film grapples with how queer bodies experience and express desire amidst bordercraft and state violence.

Wherever That May Be

E.N. Cole, 2025, USA, 12 min

In this story, we follow the journey of Rose, a young woman whose life is turned upside down when her health takes a turn. She moves back in with her outgoing, fun loving grandmother named Jo. Their dynamic challenges a stereotype of what it means to be healthy and what society typically expects of women their respective ages.