“It’s as if JV is telling his own story from beyond the grave.”
-Business Doc Europe
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Through the combat camera of Cpl. JV Villarreal – a young Texas Marine killed in Afghanistan – American Sons follows the decade-long journey of the brothers and family he left behind, building an intimate portrait of the wound war leaves – and the brotherhood that helps bear it.
Producers Statement
There is a silence that follows a warrior home.
It lives in conversations that never happen. In grief that Gold Star families carry alone. In the veteran still haunted by surviving.
That silence is the crisis.
Cpl. JV Villarreal pointed his camera at his own war and never made it home.
What he left behind became American Sons – a film that crosses the distance between what veterans carry and what the people who love them know how to receive.
Every room we screen it in proves the same thing.
Silence can be broken.
#VeteranReconnection
The American Sons National Impact Tour is a 15-city veteran reconnection initiative built around the award-winning PBS documentary. Each stop is a free, 3-hour experience combining film screening, facilitated dialogue, and community connection – creating safe spaces where veterans, Gold Star families, and communities come together to heal. Because no one should carry this alone.
SCREENINGS
11/05/26 -Smithsonian National Museum of American History - Washington D.C.
Thursday November 05, 2026
Smithsonian National Museum of American History
1300 Constitution Ave NW
Washington D.C. 20560
7:00 pm
Tickets available soon.
09/17/26 -Elsinore Theater - Salem, OR
Thursday September 17, 2026
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Elsinore Theater
170 High Street SE
Salem, OR 97301
6:00 pm
09/11/26 - 25th Anniversary of 9/11 - Arlington, TX
Friday September 11, 2026
Hosted by Positive Actions, Look Dine-in Cinema and Cheryl Bean, Nominee for Texas House & MHMR Board Member.
Look Dine-in Cinema
5727 West Interstate 20
Arlington, TX 76017
5:30 pm-8:30
*Click here for TICKETS and showtime info.
08/28/26 -Flix Brewhouse - San Antonio, TX
Friday August 28, 2026
Flix BrewHouse
845 TX-1604 Loop
San Antonio, TX 78245
4:30 pm
CLICK HERE FOR EVENTBRITE. Limited Seating
05/27/26 -TX Veterans Commission - San Marcos, TX
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
TVC Claims Conference 2026
Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center
San Marcos, TX
6:00 pm
05/14/26 - LOOK Dine-in Cinemas - Arlington, TX
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Positive Actions International
“Together for Mental Health: From Remembrance to Resilience”
LOOK Dine-in Cinemas
Arlington, TX
7:00 pm
03/21/26 - Unchained 4 Veterans - Ft. Worth, TX
Saturday, March 21, 2026
@ HopFusion Ale Works
Fort Worth, TX
7:00 pm
01/31/26 - Rice University - Houston, TX
Saturday, January 31, 2026
Rice Cinema @ Rice University
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX 77030
7:00 pm
CHECK BACK FOR TICKETS SOON
01/22/26 - Marines' Memorial Hotel - San Franciso, CA
Marine’s Memorial Theater
Thursday, January 22, 2026
609 Sutter St, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102
5:30 Check-in 6:00 pm Screening
01/12/26 - PBS National Broadcast
National PBS Broadcast
Monday, January 12, 2026
On VOCES
7pm PT / 9pm CT / 10pm ET
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Nationwide
12/19/25 - National veterans Outreach program - San antonio, TX
NVOP Employees Conference
Friday, December 19th 2026
National Veterans Outreach Program
610 N. Main Ave
San Antonio TX 78205
12:00pm
11/17/25 - International Documentary Film Amsterdam - Netherlands
Monday, November 17, 2025
Klein-Gartmanplansoen 15-19, 1017 RP
12:30pm
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
PAST EVENT
11/12/25 - Tribeca Screening room - New York, NY
Wednesday November 12, 2025
375 Greenwich St, NY, NY 10013
Tribeca Screening Room
New York, NY
7:00pm
PAST EVENT
11/09/25 - Carver Cultural Community Center - San Antonio, TX
San Antonio Hometown Premiere
Sunday November 09, 2025
Carver Cultural Community Center
226 N Hackberry St, San Antonio, TX 78202
2:00pm
PAST EVENT
10/30/25 - Sheraton - Georgetown, TX
Thursday, October 30, 2026
Sheraton Hotel
1101 Woodlawn Ave, Georgetown, TX 78628
8:00 PM
PAST EVENT
10/15/25 - Splet Theater - Berkeley, CA
Friday, October 15, 2026
Splet Theater – Fantasy Film Building
2600 10th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
6:00 PM
PAST EVENT
10/14/25 - Delancey Street - San Francisco, CA
Friday, October 14, 2026
Delancey Street
600 The Embarcadero
San Francisco, CA 94107
6:00 PM
PAST EVENT
10/10/25 - Film Independent - Los Angeles, CA
Friday, October 10, 2026
Film Independent
5670 Wilshire Blvd 9th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90036
7:00 PM
PAST EVENT
10/09/25 - PBS SoCal - Costa Mesa, CA
Thursday, October 9, 2026
PBS SoCal
3080 Bristol Street #100 Costa Mesa, CA 92626
7:00 PM
PAST EVENT
10/08/25 - BOB HOPE PATRIOTIC HALL - Los Angeles, CA
Wednesday, October 8 2026
Bob Hope Patriotic Hall
1816 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
5:00 PM
PAST EVENT
10/06/25 - Vidiots - Los Angeles, CA
Monday, October 6, 2025
Vidiots
4884 Eagle Rock Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90041
7:00 PM
PAST EVENT
09/27/25 - Mexican American Cultural Center - El Paso, TX
Saturday, September 27
Mexican American Cultural Center
201 W Franklin Ave, El Paso, TX 79901
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
PAST EVENT
08/08/25-08/14/25 - Texas Movie Bistro - Fort Worth, TX
August 8th – August 14th, 2025
Texas Movie Bistro, 3980 Boat Club Rd,
Fort Worth, Texas 76135
1PM, 4 PM & 9 PM Daily
PAST EVENT
05/31/25 - TCL Chinese Theatres - Hollywood, CA
Saturday, May 31st
Los Angeles Latino Independent Film Festival
TCL Chinese Theatres
6925 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028
3:00 PM
PAST EVENT
03/14/25 - Midtown Arts and Theater Center - Houston, TX
Saturday, March 14, 2025
9th Houston Latino Film Festival
MATCH – Midtown Arts and Theater Center
3400 South Main Street, Houston, Texas 77002
6:00 PM
PAST EVENT
03/08/25 - SXSW - Austin, TX
Saturday, March 8th, 2025
SXSW
AFS Cinema
6259 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX 78752
6:00 PM
PAST EVENT
Supported by:
American Sons is a co-production of Infinite Warrior LLC, Latino Public Broadcasting, and Black Public Media with major funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. www.calhum.org.
Supported by the Jacquie Jones Memorial Fund. Additional funding is provided by Bexar County and the City of San Antonio Arts and Culture.
