Documentary: My Hometown’s Indians (Documental: Los Indios de Mi Pueblo)
7:00 P.M., La Casa, 1230 Fifth Avenue, Ste 458 (bet. 104 & 105 Streets)
Suggested Donation: $5.00
A film about the Mayaguez Indians/Los Indios de Mayaguez, a professional baseball team of the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League (in Spanish LBPPR), founded in 1938.
Based in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, the Indians have won 15 national championships and 2 Caribbean World Series. They are one of four teams remaining from the original six incorporated into the LBPPR. Since their inception, the Mayaguez Indians have launched the Major League careers of numerous island players including, Willie Hernández, José Guzman, Ivan Calderón, Wilfred Cordero, Roberto Hernández, Ivan Rodríguez, Bobby Bonilla, and many more Latino and non-Latino baseball players.
This film is an attempt to preserve the local oral history, forgotten songs and musical traditions associated with the Mayaguez Indians and the region. This documentary is the first ever presented about the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League and its importance to determine behavioral trends within the Puerto Rican community in the United States. Key Project Personnel: Roberto Mercado (researcher, adviser and former bat boy of the Mayaguez Indians during the 80s), Katty Garcia (producer), Emmanuel Díaz (director) and Eduardo Rosado (assistant producer). In Spanish with English subtitles. A welcoming reception will be conducted, prior to the showing of the film.
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