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FILM - Porvenir, Texas | A documentary about the 1918 Massacre

Sat, Jan 11

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Central Library - Auditorium

An Excavation of the Truth

FILM - Porvenir, Texas | A documentary about the 1918 Massacre
FILM - Porvenir, Texas | A documentary about the 1918 Massacre

Time & Location

Jan 11, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CST

Central Library - Auditorium, 600 Soledad St, San Antonio, TX 78205, USA

About the event

As we approach the anniversary of the Porvenir Massacre, join us for a special screening of the documentary PORVENIR, TEXAS.


On the morning of January 28, 1918, a group of Texas Rangers, U.S. Army soldiers, and ranchers arrived in the remote farming community of Porvenir in West Texas. They separated 15 men and boys of Mexican descent from the rest of the community and shot and killed them. This horrific episode of anti-Mexican violence is recounted in this documentary film that asks what led to the events of that fateful night and reveals the tensions that still remain along the border over a century later.


Event details:

Saturday, January 11, 2025  |  2 PM Central

Central Library - Auditorium

600 Soledad Street, San Antonio, TX 78205


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