The festival will take place Aug. 2-7 at the Radius Center in downtown San Antonio.
, directed by journalist and filmmaker Patricia Nazario and produced by 2012 Medal of Freedom recipient Dolores Huerta. The film, showing Wednesday at 3 p.m., follows two food trucks in Los Angeles: El Pescadito, a small seafood truck, and Grill ‘Em All, winners of the first season of the Food Network’s “The Great Food Truck Race.”
Doña Guillermina Vella Rio, a Mexican immigrant who owns and operates El Pescadito since 1982, demonstrates the struggles of relying solely on the blue-collar immigrant community to support her business, all the while fighting racism in the community and competing with a well-known food truck, said Nazario.
Along with a full slate of movie screenings, the festival will offer free filmmaker panels Friday and Saturday. Panels include discussions about
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