SAN ANTONIO – Actor, comedian and playwright John Leguizamo has been in San Antonio filming for his new docu-series “American Historia.”
The San Antonio Film Commission shared a Facebook post on Tuesday showing Leguizamo filming in the greater San Antonio area.
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“Excited to see the bright light this show will shine on San Antonio’s role in both known and lesser-known stories of Latino history,” SAFC officials said.
Leguizamo has worked on Latino history projects in the past.
The Tony-nominated “Latin History for Morons” was a smash Broadway hit inspired by an absence of Latinos in Leguizamo’s son’s American history books.
“Latin History for Morons” crammed 3,000 years of history into a 90-minute one-man show, according to a press release.
“His frustration over the whitewashing of American history, coupled with his nature as a curious student of the world, resulted in a passion not quelled by his 400+ performances of the show on Broadway and beyond,” the press release states. “‘American Historia’ takes Leguizamo’s passion from the stage and puts him on the road on a chronological journey traveling throughout Mexico and the U.S. to shed light on both the known and lesser-known stories of Latino history.”
“American Historia” will premier on PBS this fall.