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KLRN Launches A New Series: “The Children of the Revolución” Masterminded by Lionel and Kathy Sosa, Advertising World Legends and Artists
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Tagged: Lionel Sosa, televisionThis year marks the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution. To learn the stories of Mexicans who escaped a violent, war-ravaged homeland and jumped started the Latinization of Texas and the Southwest, tune into KLRN, Thursdays at 8:30 p.m.
During this time slot every Thursday, KLRN will air stories about Mexicans who revolted in 1910 against the 31-year dictatorship of then President Porfirio Díaz and how thousands of Mexican families fled and found peace and opportunity in Texas and the Southwest. Friends and family members from Mexico and other Latin American countries soon followed further boosting the positive Latinization of America.
“It’s amazing that our history books in Texas do not include information about the mass exodus of people and families who left Mexico because of the revolution and moved to Texas for a better life,” says Kathy Sosa, a renowned advertising professional, a Texas Artist and the originator of the concept to capture and tell the stories on a KLRN series called, “The Children of the Revolución.”
“People who really understand the significance of the Mexican Revolution and its positive impact on Texas are those who have family members or friends who lived during that time period and have stories to tell about the experience,” she says.
During Hispanic Heritage Month in 2010, KLRN aired four stories about descendants of people who uprooted their families, escaped the Mexican Revolution, and re-established rewarding lives in San Antonio. Lionel Sosa, a legend in the advertising world and now a painter along with his wife, Kathy Sosa, is the engaging host and executive producer of “The Children of the Revolución” series.
“Some of Mexico’s finest families fled Mexico during the revolution comprising the first huge wave of Mexicans to arrive and settle in Texas, and we are fortunate to be able to interview their descendants and tell their stories on KLRN,” Sosa says. “The first stories we told last year were so popular that we are producing 20 new stories this year starting in January 2011.”
“These intensely personal stories of “The Children of the Revolución” are creating new role models for all children of today and tomorrow, whatever their cultural background might be,” said William G. Moll, President of KLRN. “We are pleased that the series is being shared with our fellow Public Broadcasters around the State of Texas.
The response from our colleagues has been enthusiastic, citing the exceptional production values, the “Ken Burns-style” of production, the intensely personal dimension of the stories, and the original music created by Alex and Ray McCumba. It makes us proud.” Sosa said that the series has been offered to the 13 PBS stations in Texas, and Houston and Austin have already committed to running the series.
“We started our series of stories featuring prominent San Antonians including Dr. Ricardo Romo, president of UTSA; Dr. Henry G. Cisneros former mayor of San Antonio, former HUD secretary and today president and CEO of City View; Charles Barrett, owner of several car dealerships, including Barrett Jaguar; and Dr. Robert Treviño, who practices internal medicine,” Sosa says. These prominent men are children of the Mexican Revolution and their stories can be seen online at video.klrn.org/program/1595520693/.
The producers of “The Children of the Revolución” are Jesús Ramirez, Alejandro Maya and Jorge Conde, owners and partners of My Story, a company that specializes in helping people to tell stories in high definition video. Storytellers include corporate CEOs with messages to inform and inspire employees; individuals who want to leave wills, advice and family information to their children that will serve long after they pass; as well as Moms who want to leave recipes of favorite foods for their children.
“For the sake of all American children and their children, someone has to explain when and why Mexicanos came in droves to the United States, and why today 70 percent of all Hispanics in our nation have roots in Mexico,” Sosa says. “You cannot find stories about children of the Mexican revolution in our history books. This is something that is not taught in school. But thanks to KLRN, now everyone will be able to watch the stories and learn more history on our very own public television station as well as online.”
Sosa says he is grateful to KLRN in San Antonio for launching the series last year, for committing a full year of prime time to the series this year, and to the funders of “The Children of the Revolución” series, including the Elizabeth Coates Foundation, Anheuser Busch and the Texas Dow Employees Credit Union which together put up the seed funding for this project.
For more information about Lionel Sosa, visit www.lionelsosa.com/. For information about Kathy Sosa, visit www.kathysosa.com/. To learn more about the presenting PBS station, KLRN, visit www.klrn.org.
From: www.prweb.com
Posted on: February 15th, 2011Curation from Tomás
Filed Under: Cultura, Cultura News, History, Press Releases
