





For all questions including Manifest project status and investment possibilities, contact Cecilia Garza-Treviño at: gartre@juno.com
A Collaborative Film Project
In 1982, a synopsis and a first draft of the script
became the inspiration for members of a fledgling
Austin film-making community to collaborate on
a film to be called: Manifest.
Local talent and crew, along with Austin businesses,
institutions and local authorities, contributed in-kind
to the project with the dream of fostering film-making
as an art form in Austin.
The Manifest film shoot was carried out on weekends
to accommodate cast and crew who worked weekday
jobs or attended school. Pre-production crew meetings,
casting calls, auditions and screen tests started in late
September of 1981. Initial shooting began the weekend
of January 16, 1982, with final scenes wrapping almost exactly a year later on January 15, 1983.
Myriad life events hindered the film’s post-production,
completion and distribution. The untimely passing of
Leah Ann Riklin (1960-1992), a UT graduate and the
film’s producer and casting director, left behind a
profound void.