Beautiful Borders: Texas-Mexico Crossings in Film and Music is a one-day symposium and film screening focusing on the unique role of music in Texas-Mexico border culture, to be held on February 26, 2026 on the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara. The event is centered in a public screening of the 50th anniversary 4K restoration of the Les Blank/Chris Strachwitz film Chulas Fronteras (1976), paired with Del Mero Corazón (1979) at the Pollock Theater. The screening will be followed with a Q&A with Maureen Gosling (sound recordist of Chulas Fronterasand co-director of Del Mero Corazón) and Juan Antonio Cuéllar (Archivist at Los Cenzontles Music and Art Academy), moderated by David Novak (Director of the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Music). The film screening is preceded by an afternoon symposium during which Gosling and Cuéllar will be joined by Alex Chávez (musician/ anthropologist at Notre Dame and author of the award-winning book Sounds of Crossing), as well as a joint presentation by Monterrey-MX-based archivist and media producer Jorge Balleza of Sabotaje Media with Omar Lozanoof Austin, TX label Trucha Soul on contemporary documentations of Texas-Mexico border music. The screening will be preceded by a performance of corridos by Gallo Armado (Monterrey, MX), with DJ sets by Balleza, Lozano and UCSB/KCSB alum Eduardo Camacho (Sonido Sapo) before and after the film screening. All events are free and open to the public. Seats are guaranteed with online ticket reservation at the Pollock Theater website.

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Beautiful Borders: Texas-Mexico Crossings in Film and Music · UC Santa Barbara Department of Music

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