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“Like conjunto music, “Accordion Dreams” will definitely move you.”
–Ramon Renteria, El Paso Times
“…an exciting look at the new generation of players.”
–Agustin Gurza, Los Angeles Times
“…both a Tejano cultural history and a heartfelt love ballad to the most maligned of instruments…”
–Marrit Ingman, The Austin Chronicle
Narrated by Tish Hinojosa
Accordion Dreams, the much anticipated follow up music documentary to Hector Galán’s classic Songs of the Homeland. Accordion Dreams had its premiere broadcast on national PBS in August 2001.
Accordion Dreams was nominated for a 2002 American Latino Media Arts (ALMA) Award in the documentary film category.
Accordion Dreams was screened throughout the country including at SXSW in Austin, Texas, CineFestival of San Antonio, 
,the Los Angeles Latino Film Festival, and the Dallas Video Festival. A special screening was held at the historic La Villita DanceHall in San Benito, Texas and at the Great Plains Film Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska. Accordion Dreams was honored as the “best film to explicate the Latino/ethnic heritage of the Great Plains Region” with the prestigious “Rainbow Award”. 
Accordion Dreams was also selected by the American Film Institute as a program participant in the 2001 Enhanced Television Workshop, where it is being developed as a prototype in the use of new technologies for the development of interactive, digital TV.
Please visit the PBS Accordion Dreams Website for more information.
Accordion Dreams is available for purchase on our on-line catalog. Galán Inc. also has a selection of conjunto and Tejano music cds from specially selected accordion artists, including an Accordion Dreams Companion CD.