Film: La Pastorela, The Shepherd’s Tale
7 pm Written by Luis Valdez, produced by El Teatro Campesino, and filmed in and around San Juan Bautista Mission, La Pastorela is a musical retelling of the shepherds’ journey to Bethlehem to see the Christ Child. Gila Diaz, an adolescent girl from a large Mexican American family in rural Texas, attends a performance of the traditional play and is transported into the story by a freak accident, making her own surrealistic dream journey to the Bethlehem manger. Originally produced for PBS’s Great Performances Series, the film (more…)