The following story by Jonathan Turner appeared today on WHBF's Our QuadCities.com.
“The Last to Fall from Hero Street: John Muños’ Story — a new film in the “Hero Street” documentary series by Fourth Wall Films — has received a $4,250 grant award from the Illinois Humanities.
The fiscal sponsor for the grant is Truth First Film Alliance, and the grant will partially fund the production phase of the documentary, according to a release from Moline-based Fourth Wall.
“The Last to Fall from Hero Street,” the fifth in the series, will tell the story of Mexican-American John Muños from Silvis, and his Korean War military service. The film profiles his family’s journey from Mexico as they fled the Revolution. John’s father, Isabel, worked in the rail yards in Silvis, and his mother, Victoria, made their home in a boxcar provided by the railroad.
The families of the boxcar village experienced both acceptance and discrimination in their new community, the release said. Around the time of the Great Depression, the families living in the railroad village were moved to 2nd Street in Silvis, a former dumpsite. The Muños family was one of several families that moved their boxcar to 2nd Street and built a home around it — the home is still standing.
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