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“Resurrecting Cementville,” A Student Documentary On A Forgotten San Antonio Neighborhood, To Air On Local PBS Station |
June 11, 2003 – KLRN-TV, a PBS station, will broadcast “Resurrecting Cementville,” a student-produced documentary on a vanished part of San Antonio. KLRN-TV, channel 9/cable 10, has scheduled the showing of the documentary for Saturday, June 21, at 9:30 p.m. “Resurrecting Cementville” was written, edited, and produced by a trio of Trinity University communication students, Brian Birdwell, Jeremy Boyce, and Tamarin Ellis. The documentary uncovers the almost forgotten history of Cementville, a once thriving community near Alamo Heights, just north of downtown San Antonio.
The community was established about 100 years ago near the Alamo Cement Company and was home to mostly poor Mexican-American cement workers and their families. In its early years, Cementville was practically cut off from the rest of San Antonio with the nearest bus line to the city two miles away. Yet in its heyday, Cementville built a community swimming pool and had a marching band.
In the 1980s, the cement company moved to a new location north of the city, and by that time, Cementville had slowly faded away. The site is now home to Lincoln Heights, a tony suburb, the Alamo Quarry Market, an upscale shopping center, and the Quarry Golf Club, a golf course that has been rated one of the best in the state. “Resurrecting Cementville” features interviews with former residents from the old neighborhood as well as an interview with Char Miller, professor of history at Trinity who is an expert on San Antonio’s history. Mr. Birdwell, Mr. Boyce, and Ms. Ellis graduated from Trinity this spring. |
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