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Local filmmaker seeks city support to finish 1982 Austin community film restoration

5442467 · July 21, 2025
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Producer-director Cecilia Garza Trevino screened a 3-minute clip and described years-long efforts to restore a 1982 Austin community-produced feature. She asked the commission for visibility and connections to preservation resources and local partners.

Cecilia Garza Trevino presented a 3-minute clip and described an ongoing post-production and restoration effort to complete a feature-length film shot in Austin in 1982. She said the original production was a community project shot on location across Austin, largely on weekends and without pay for participants, and that she has spent years scanning and restoring 16mm footage to bring it into digital form.

Why it matters: The project documents locations and community…

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