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"Weaving the Past: Journey of Discovery" is a documentary film that is a must see not only for people of Mexican descent but for people of all heritages and backgrounds. The historical information about Mexico and the U.S. Southwest one hundred years ago that this film provides in abundance becomes so much more interesting, profound and memorable when viewed through the impact that these events had on the filmmaker Walter Dominguez's ancestral family that lived through those remarkable times. To learn first-hand the legacies of people and their stories that his ancestors left Walter and the struggles that shaped those legacies is indeed a privilege to witness as a viewer of this compelling and involving film. I am grateful to Walter Dominguez for sharing with us his personal adventure to learn the secrets and stories of his family in such a vivid and entertaining way so that we, too, can experience what we could never have learned from a mere history book. This is a history come to vivid life through the talents of a skilled and delightful storyteller.