Programs & Projects

Making Viva Max

In 1969, a Hollywood movie crew, making a comedy about Mexicans retaking the Alamo, fights the Daughters of the Republic of Texas for permission to shoot the film on the historic grounds of the “sacred shrine.”

Produced by
Jim Mendiola
Los Angeles, CA
Total CPB Investment
$60,000
Made possible by CPB's
Television Programming: Latino Public Broadcasting Subgrant