Broadcast Nationally on PBS in 1997, and rebroadcast nationally on PBS in 1998, 1999 and 2000 for National Hispanic Heritage Month.
Won 1st Place Narrative Award in 1997 as part of the Foto Novelas series at the country's oldest Latino film festival, CineFestival, San Antonio Texas.
Official selection of the following international film festivals: Chicago International Film Festival (1998); Toronto's Children Film Festival (1998); Boston International Children's Film Festival (1997) and The Mill Valley Film Festival (1997).
Honored screening and guest presentation at the International Children's Festival, Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, California (1998) as well as key screening and presentation at the Latino Film Festival of San Rafael (1998).
Mangas, from the FotoNovela series, screened in Guadalajara, Mexico at Cine Estudiantil Muestra in 1997.