Mesquites Never Die
1993
A Trilogy: Mesquites Never Die, 1993; Sea, 1994; and My Angel, 1994 - are all in one video collection. Mesquites Never Die has shown in one international and two national festivals. Running Time: about 8 minutes
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Wednesday, April 12, 1995Ibáñez wins poetry award
"Mesquites Never Die," a poetry video produced by Armando Ibáñez, a former Caller-Times reporter, has been declared a winner by the Guild Complex of Chicago and was showcased in the Fourth National Poetry Video Festival. "Mesquites Never Die" and "Sea," another poetry video produced by Ibáñez, were also selected for public screening last month in the 11th annual Chicago Latino Film Festival, sponsored by Chicago Latino Cinema. Ibáñez, a Roman Catholic priest with the Order of Preachers, known as the Dominican Order, worked for the Caller-Times from 1980 to 1987. He is a native of San Diego and was raised in Alice. He ministers at St. Thomas More Parish, Tulane Catholic Center, New Orleans.-
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
January 3, 1995Former reporter's video selected for national viewing
A video produced by former Caller-Times reporter Armando P. Ibáñez was selected in national competition for public screening in San Francisco. "Mesquites Never Die," a video interpretation of a poem by Ibáñez, was one of nine videos and films selected for public screening in the Mother Earth category of the competition, the 19th annual Poetry Film/Video Festival, sponsored by the Poetry Film Workshop, headquartered in San Francisco. Selected videos and films in a number of categories were shown Nov.25-27. "This is quite an honor," said Ibáñez, a Roman Catholic priest with the Dominican Order. "It is an affirmation of my work - my poetry and video work. I feel like God is saying, 'You're on the right track.'"
Ibáñez, who worked for the Caller-Times from 1981 to 1988, works as a campus minister at the Tulane Catholic Center in New Orleans and is an independent video producer. "Mesquites Never Die" is a prototype of a series of poetry-videos to be produced in 1995 by Ibáñez, through the Southern Dominican Province's subsidiary, PLUMA productions. The Booth Bricker Foundation of New Orleans awarded a $10,000 grant for the production of the series, scheduled to be completed by December 1995.
