Friday, July 12 at 6:00 pm
Latino Bookstore
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
1300 Guadalupe St.
San Antonio, TX 78207
Saturday July 13, 4:00 p.m.
San Antonio Cinefestival,
Alamo Draft House Cinema
Award-winning filmmaker, playwright, and writer, Severo Perez grew up in Westside San Antonio and graduated from the University of Texas, Austin. For over forty years, he produced films for PBS, network and cable television, corporate sponsors, and the educational market. His feature film adaptation of the novel …and the earth did not swallow him (1994) by Tomas Rivera won eleven international awards, including one for Best Director and five for Best Picture. His first novel, Willa Brown & the Challengers, is historical fiction based on the real-life African American aviation pioneer, Willa Beatrice Brown. Odd Birds is his second novel. His third book, Filmmaker's Journey, was published in 2024.