Community Calendar

Calling all horror movie fans: Let's celebrate spooky season with the movie "Madres," written by San Antonio native, Marcella Ochoa. "Madres" is about a Mexican American couple who are approaching the due date for their firstborn child. After moving to a farming community in California, the wife develops unusual symptoms accompanied by horrific visions...

After the screening, stay for a short panel with brilliant minds: Frontera Fund (our partner + RGV abortion fund), Registered Nurse Debbi Jennings, and Marcella Ochoa, herself! There will be popcorn and drinks (and free parking!) Any donations at this event will support our terrific friends and partner, Frontera Fund.

REZ BALL – Rated PG-13

After losing their star player, a high school basketball team rooted in Native American culture must unite to keep their state championship dreams alive.

The Briscoe Western Art Museum’s Native Film Series showcases a selection of unique films that feature original and diverse indigenous stories. Guests will get a deeper look into life in the Southwest in conjunction with our latest exhibit Storytellers: Narrative Art & the West.

All films were directed, written, produced by, and/or star Native Americans.

🎟️ The film is included with general museum admission and FREE for museum members.

Local community activist Matthew Davila (Standing Rock Dakota) curated the series and will lead a short presentation before each film.

The doors to The Little Carver open at 5:30pm, and the film begins at 6pm.

Lab technician Vivien Thomas (1910-1985) an African-American without a college degree, is a gifted mechanic and tool-maker with hands splendidly adept at surgery. In 1941, cardiologist Alfred Blalock (1899-1964) and Thomas take on the challenge of blue babies and invent bypass surgery. In defiance of custom and Jim Crow, Blalock brings Thomas into the surgery to advise him, but when Life Magazine and kudos come, Thomas is excluded. Will he receive his due?
Immediately following the film, join us for the lively panel discussion.

ADMISSION IS FREE, BUT REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED!

The Round Top Film Festival (RTFF), taking place November 7 to 10, 2024, will bring a wide-ranging selection of cinematic offerings to the picturesque town of Round Top, TX this fall. Founded by the dynamic mother-daughter duo of Shanna Schanen and Skylar Schanen, the four-day event is a celebration of creativity, education, and community spirit.

The Schanens’ Round Top roots run deep; Shanna and Skylar have witnessed the town’s transformation from a quiet retreat to a vibrant cultural hub for much of the calendar year. The festival’s co-founders are proud to contribute to its cultural growth while celebrating and preserving its unique charm. To that end, RTFF’s diverse lineup promises the finest films from across the globe that have been collectively selected to stimulate dialogue, generate appreciation, and cultivate recognition of the artistry of the silver screen.

Set against the backdrop of iconic Festival Hill, the fest’s centerpiece screening venue, RTFF will take attendees on a multi-faceted visual journey that will challenge, inspire, and captivate. Fest guests should expect four days of screenings, discussions, parties, music, and a whole lot of fun in recognition of the many diverse facets of filmmaking underneath the wide Texas sky.

For more information on the festival and passes, please visit https://www.roundtopfilmfest.org/

The Round Top Film Festival (RTFF), taking place November 7 to 10, 2024, will bring a wide-ranging selection of cinematic offerings to the picturesque town of Round Top, TX this fall. Founded by the dynamic mother-daughter duo of Shanna Schanen and Skylar Schanen, the four-day event is a celebration of creativity, education, and community spirit.

The Schanens’ Round Top roots run deep; Shanna and Skylar have witnessed the town’s transformation from a quiet retreat to a vibrant cultural hub for much of the calendar year. The festival’s co-founders are proud to contribute to its cultural growth while celebrating and preserving its unique charm. To that end, RTFF’s diverse lineup promises the finest films from across the globe that have been collectively selected to stimulate dialogue, generate appreciation, and cultivate recognition of the artistry of the silver screen.

Set against the backdrop of iconic Festival Hill, the fest’s centerpiece screening venue, RTFF will take attendees on a multi-faceted visual journey that will challenge, inspire, and captivate. Fest guests should expect four days of screenings, discussions, parties, music, and a whole lot of fun in recognition of the many diverse facets of filmmaking underneath the wide Texas sky.

For more information on the festival and passes, please visit https://www.roundtopfilmfest.org/

Middle and High Schoolers are invited to join SAAACAM on Friday November 8th at 11:00am at the Carver Community Cultural Center’s Jo Long Auditorium, 226 N. Hackberry for a FREE film screening of the animated short “Afro Algorithms” (NR) by writer, director, and producer Anatola Araba.

We encourage you to watch this short film in advance by director Anatola Araba, which describes her creative vision and inspiration for the film: Afro Algorithms: Official Meaning and Breakdown with Director Anatola Araba | Mozilla (youtube.com)

“Afro Algorithms” (NR) is commonly referred to as the lovechild between Black Panther and I, Robot. It is a short, animated film that explores Afrocentric visions for the future while advocating for a new standard of leadership, the importance of diverse perspectives, how creativity is our greatest superpower, and much more. This science-fiction short film recently made history by being sent to space on a NASA Moon Mission in February 2024!

After viewing the film, students are encouraged to participate in an on-site dialogue where they may ask questions and hear from subject matter experts on the film’s themes.

*Students, Teachers, and Families are encouraged to attend this FREE event as it will be a wonderful segue to SAAACAM’s new Smithsonian Institute traveling exhibit “The Bias Inside Us”, available for public viewing here in San Antonio from October 18th until November 17th at St. Philip’s College – Heritage Center Room.

The Round Top Film Festival (RTFF), taking place November 7 to 10, 2024, will bring a wide-ranging selection of cinematic offerings to the picturesque town of Round Top, TX this fall. Founded by the dynamic mother-daughter duo of Shanna Schanen and Skylar Schanen, the four-day event is a celebration of creativity, education, and community spirit.

The Schanens’ Round Top roots run deep; Shanna and Skylar have witnessed the town’s transformation from a quiet retreat to a vibrant cultural hub for much of the calendar year. The festival’s co-founders are proud to contribute to its cultural growth while celebrating and preserving its unique charm. To that end, RTFF’s diverse lineup promises the finest films from across the globe that have been collectively selected to stimulate dialogue, generate appreciation, and cultivate recognition of the artistry of the silver screen.

Set against the backdrop of iconic Festival Hill, the fest’s centerpiece screening venue, RTFF will take attendees on a multi-faceted visual journey that will challenge, inspire, and captivate. Fest guests should expect four days of screenings, discussions, parties, music, and a whole lot of fun in recognition of the many diverse facets of filmmaking underneath the wide Texas sky.

For more information on the festival and passes, please visit https://www.roundtopfilmfest.org/

The Round Top Film Festival (RTFF), taking place November 7 to 10, 2024, will bring a wide-ranging selection of cinematic offerings to the picturesque town of Round Top, TX this fall. Founded by the dynamic mother-daughter duo of Shanna Schanen and Skylar Schanen, the four-day event is a celebration of creativity, education, and community spirit.

The Schanens’ Round Top roots run deep; Shanna and Skylar have witnessed the town’s transformation from a quiet retreat to a vibrant cultural hub for much of the calendar year. The festival’s co-founders are proud to contribute to its cultural growth while celebrating and preserving its unique charm. To that end, RTFF’s diverse lineup promises the finest films from across the globe that have been collectively selected to stimulate dialogue, generate appreciation, and cultivate recognition of the artistry of the silver screen.

Set against the backdrop of iconic Festival Hill, the fest’s centerpiece screening venue, RTFF will take attendees on a multi-faceted visual journey that will challenge, inspire, and captivate. Fest guests should expect four days of screenings, discussions, parties, music, and a whole lot of fun in recognition of the many diverse facets of filmmaking underneath the wide Texas sky.

For more information on the festival and passes, please visit https://www.roundtopfilmfest.org/

Where Olive Trees Weep offers a searing window into the struggles and resilience of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation. It explores themes of loss, trauma, and the quest for justice. The film can be downloaded at https://sand.thrivecart.com/wh...

We will show excerpts and discuss the film with Dr. Judith Norman - a Murchison Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Trinity University. Dr. Norman has worked with movements for economic justice, anti-militarization, educational justice, decarceration, and the liberation of Palestine. The latter is closest to her heart, and she has worked with Jewish Voice for Peace and San Antonio for Justice in Palestine.

The doors to The Little Carver open at 5:30pm, and the film begins at 6pm.

The Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 mobilizes a treasure trove of 16mm material shot by Swedish filmmakers, after languishing in a basement of a TV station for 30 years, into an irresistible mosaic of images, music, and narration chronicling the evolution one of our nation’s most indelible turning points, the Black Power movement. Featuring candid interviews with the movement’s most explosive revolutionary minds, including Angela Davis, Bobby Seale, Stokely Carmichael, and Kathleen Cleaver, the film explores the community, people and radical ideas of the movement.

Immediately following the film, join us for the lively panel discussion.

ADMISSION IS FREE, BUT REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED!