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Museum Director Miguel Angel Berumen sat down with Dr. Vernon L. Williams in his office in the Museum of the Mexican Revolution on Thursday and shared some interesting history relating to the emerging technology of photography and the resulting changes in how war was presented to the world at large before 1920. Surrounded by photographic […]
Dr. Guadalupe Villa Guerrero spoke at length on Pancho Villa, the Mexican Revolution, and his place in history. Dr. Vernon L. Williams conducted the interview with Dr. Guerrero providing the historical context for Villa over the years of the Revolution and described how he came to attack Columbus, New Mexico on March 9, 1916. Professor […]
Dr. Vernon L. Williams spent the evening on Tuesday, March 10th with Agustin Villa Cordova, the grandson of Pancho Villa. Agustin was the oldest son of Trinidad Villa, the last son born to Pancho Villa in 1921–just two years before the revolutionary leader was assassinated in Parral. Agustin spoke for several hours about his memories […]
Dr. Vernon L. Williams and a cameraman departed for Mexico City to interview some of Pancho Villa’s family members and some academic historians based in and around Mexico City. Williams to document the Mexican side of the story and discover the role that Pancho Villa plays in Mexican life and culture after almost one hundred […]
Patton and Pancho received a $100 donation fifteen minutes after the Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign launched. Thank you to that donor.
We are ready to launch the Indiegogo funding campaign for Patton and Pancho: A Clash of Cultures. This milestone will mark the beginning of a journey that will take this film through the rest of the production and on into post-production. We hope that everyone will go to http://igg.me/at/patton-and-pancho and follow our campaign progress. Some […]
The long-awaited launch of Patton and Pancho’s Indiegogo fundraising campaign is nearly here. The campaign will launch on Friday, March 6th at 9 a.m. Once Patton and Pancho’s Indiegogo campaign goes live, you will be able to donate and become a part of bringing the history back to life. Your tax-deductible contribution will bring you […]
Vernon L. Williams and a small production crew will be traveling to Mexico City on March 10th to interview some of Pancho Villa’s family members who have agreed to participate in the project. The family traces their link to Villa through Villa’s son, Jose Trinidad Villa who was born in 1921, just two years before […]
Old Segundo Productions is also currently working on a related series of short exhibit video offerings for a proposed Exhibition in Tucson in observation of the one hundredth anniversary of the Punitive Expedition. Subjects include: Exhibition Opening Timeline Pancho Villa George S. Patton, Jr. John J. Pershing Villa’s Attack on Columbus, New Mexico Mormons in […]
A new edition of Lt. Patton is to be released as a companion book to the upcoming documentary film, Patton and Pancho: A Clash of Cultures. The volume will be available to the public on September 1.
