PBS Premiered New Season of Latino Public Broadcasting's in 2019
Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB) launched Season 5 of VOCES, the acclaimed PBS documentary series exploring Latino arts, culture and history, on September of 2019.
The season concluded with "Porvenir, Texas," an investigation into the tragic 1918 murder of 15 Mexican men in the tiny Texas border town of Porvenir.
The season concluded with "Porvenir, Texas," an investigation into the tragic 1918 murder of 15 Mexican men in the tiny Texas border town of Porvenir.
For those who haven't seen the documentary please enjoy it by clicking on the link below.
Village Called Porvenir - Featured on documentary
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Brandi Tobar, 18 year old descendant of the late Longino Flores has finished her professional recording of the original song: Porvenir. Congratulations Brandi! You did a great job!
Lyrics and Music by: Brandi Tobar and Arlinda Valencia. Produced and directed by: Billy Townes
Village Called Porvenir - Lyrics
There once was a village called Porvenir
Where fifteen men stood by each other in fear.
The Texas Rangers all pointed their guns
There was no place to hide and nowhere to run.
Porvenir- Where fifteen men died in cold blood
Porvenir - A village of hope turned to dust, turned to dust.
They paid for the crimes of those ranger’s greed.
They got what they wanted, with one bloody deed
These innocent men were shot on that day
Taken from their homes, now dead they all laid.
Porvenir- Where fifteen men died in cold blood
Porvenir - A village of hope turned to dust, turned to dust.
They were taken away in the silence of night.
Marched to their death with no judge in sight.
“We are nothing but sons and fathers” they said,
But hate... colored the night in red, in red.
The final shot pierced the moonlit air
The mothers and children were left without care
The faces of the men still burned in their minds
The killers walked free, no guilt in their eyes, no guilt in their eyes
Porvenir- Where fifteen men died in cold blood
Porvenir - A village of hope turned to dust
There once was a village called Porvenir
There once was a village called Porvenir
Where fifteen men stood by each other in fear.
The Texas Rangers all pointed their guns
There was no place to hide and nowhere to run.
Porvenir- Where fifteen men died in cold blood
Porvenir - A village of hope turned to dust, turned to dust.
They paid for the crimes of those ranger’s greed.
They got what they wanted, with one bloody deed
These innocent men were shot on that day
Taken from their homes, now dead they all laid.
Porvenir- Where fifteen men died in cold blood
Porvenir - A village of hope turned to dust, turned to dust.
They were taken away in the silence of night.
Marched to their death with no judge in sight.
“We are nothing but sons and fathers” they said,
But hate... colored the night in red, in red.
The final shot pierced the moonlit air
The mothers and children were left without care
The faces of the men still burned in their minds
The killers walked free, no guilt in their eyes, no guilt in their eyes
Porvenir- Where fifteen men died in cold blood
Porvenir - A village of hope turned to dust
There once was a village called Porvenir
Porvenir, Texas Encore Presentations
Austin Screening
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El Paso Screening
If any descendants attended the Austin or San Antonio Screenings please send pictures so that all screenings are documented.
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Georgina C. Perez, Texas State Board of Education, District 1 - Dr. Veronica Leyva, Director Institute of Oral History, UTEP - Senator Jose Rodriguez, Texas Senator, District 29 -Christina Fernandez Shapter, Porvenir, Texas -Producer - Arlinda Valencia, Descendant - Seth Van Mater, Master of Ceremony and Descendant.
Longino Flores Descendants: Mendoza Family, Rosalinda, Juliette, JJ., and Justo. Emmalee Tobar far right.
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