Join WJCT Public Media and the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens for a special screening of The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez in celebration of the Cummer Museum’s current exhibition, “Knowing the West.”

This powerful 1982 film, starring Edward James Olmos, tells the true story of Gregorio Cortez, a Mexican-American farmer in early 20th-century Texas who becomes a folk hero after a tragic misunderstanding leads to a deadly confrontation and a dramatic manhunt.

A landmark of Chicano cinema, the film explores themes of language, identity, justice, and myth-making in the American West, resonating deeply with the exhibition’s exploration of how the West has been depicted and reimagined over time.

🗓 Wednesday, July 16, 2025
⌚️7:00 to 8:50 p.m.
📍WJCT Studios, 100 Festival Park Avenue, Jacksonville