The Big Squeeze is a Production of Galán Inc for Texas Folklife

Galan Inc. is in the research and development phase of pre-production on The War Within, a landmark two hour documentary film and multi-media project for PBS. The film will bring to life the story of the Latino struggle for acceptance in the United States by using a powerful thematic thread-America’s Wars. The War Within will be a journey that will bring to life the rich history and culture of Latinos in this nation spanning over two centuries.

The War Within is being produced and directed by nationally-acclaimed documentary filmmaker Hector Galan and written by Carlos Guerra, a nationally recognized journalist and columnist who has written extensively about U.S. Latino history and current affairs.

Presented to PBS by Latino Public Broadcasting.

For more information, check the film’s website at:Los Lonely Boys Cottonfields and Crossroads Film Website

For Press/Reviews, go to LLB Doc/Press

Now on PBS Summer/Fall 2008. Check your local PBS listing.

Visiones: Latino Art & Culture, a production of Galán Inc. and the National Association of Latino Art & Culture (NALAC), and presented on PBS by ITVS and Latino Public Broadcasting, (LPB), won the 2005 Imagen Award in the documentary category on June 17, 2005. Documentary producer Hector Galán accepted the award at the Gala ceremony presented by the Imagen Foundation held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. Visiones: Latino Art & Culture is the first television series to look at the diverse contributions that U.S. Latinos have made to America’s artistic and cultural landscape. Galán Inc. brought together a talented team of top Latino producers from across the nation to collaborate with Executive Producer and Series Producer Hector Galán on this ground-breaking series.

“From murals on the streets of Chicago and Los Angeles to hip hop dancers in New York City, from the Miami Sound to theater in Texas, the series offers a vibrant cross section of the work of Latino artists today and yesterday…will educate, entertain, and electrify viewers by their sheer creative energy.”
- MaryAnn Karre, Horace Mann Elementary School,
Binghamton, NY, School Library Journal

The Visiones Series presenters are the Independent Television Service (ITVS) and Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB). Funders include the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the National Endowment for the Arts the Ford Foundation, Houston Endowment, and the Texas Commission on the Arts.
Visiones is now available as a two disc DVD set. - check out our on-line catalog for more info. Read Visiones Press/Reviews.

For more on Visiones go to www.visiones.org

Coming to PBS Spring/Summer 2008. Check local listings

On PBS Summer/Fall 2008. Check your local PBS listing

“…how sad to be born here, live here all your life, die here and not know what it is like to be an American…”
–colonia resident
Filmmaker Hector Galán takes you on a journey to the colonias. We travel into American communities where hope resides despite the fact that the streets have no names and often there is no running water or electricity.

Galán Inc.’s production of The Forgotten Americans, narrated by Henry Cisneros and produced/ directed/edited by Hector Galán, is a moving documentary special funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Forgotten Americans is a co-production of Galán Inc. and Texas State University, with Dr. Jaime Chahin, as executive producer. Forgotten Americans captures a day in the life of America’s poorest people along the Texas border who live in “colonias”. The film had its world premiere on March 17, 2000 at a special screening at the Smithsonian in Washington DC and then was nationally broadcast on PBS in December 2000 . It is now also available for purchase through our online catalog.

For more extensive information about this documentary and colonias, including Hector Galán’s filmmaker’s journal, please visit the PBS website on the Forgotten Americans

“Galán profiles this infectious, often heartbreakingly beautiful music with great style and panache in this beautifully shot documentary…”
-Austin Chronicle

“One of the most important documentaries ever produced on the history of Tejano Music… a compelling thought provoking piece not to be missed.”
–San Antonio Express News

“You couldn’t ask for a more comprehensive- or more accessible- introduction to Tejano music than Songs of the Homeland.”
–Texas Monthly

“One of the strengths of Songs of the Homeland is its multigenerational reach and the way it shows how the cultural sea changes were reflected in the music.”
–City Paper, Baltimore

A special collector’s edition DVD of the Hector Galán music documentary classic, Songs of the Homeland, narrated by the Grammy Award winning Freddy Fender, and featuring such musical greats as Lydia Mendoza, Tony De La Rosa, Valerio Longoria, La Tropa F, and Mingo Saldivar, is now available for purchase on our on-line catalogue. This “must have” collector’s edition DVD of the critically acclaimed Songs of the Homeland has one full hour of exclusive bonus music performance footage featuring a selection of music performances by some of the greatest musical artists of the conjunto, orquesta, and Tejano music genres. Soon to follow will be the DVD release of the award-winning companion music documentary on the button accordion and its journey through conjunto and Tejano music, Accordion Dreams also with bonus tracks. DVD Release Date: Sept. 15, 2005.