Kino Mural in City Hall of Magdalena de Kino, Sonora

Best Kino Presentations

Best Kino Video

Zu Pferd Durch Die Wüste - Der Forscher und Missionar
Eusebio Kino S.J.
German narration with English subtitles

Through the Wilderness on Horseback - Scientist and Missionary
The Life of Eusebio Kino, S.J.

Loyola Productions Munich
Music: R. Carlos Nakai
German narration with English subtitles
2002

This beautiful video presentation filmed in the Sonoran Desert tells the story of Kino's life from his birth in the Italian Alps to his last 30 years as a missionary in today's Baja California, Sinaloa, Sonora and Arizona. Kino's living legacy is presented in interviews with Kino's fellow contemporary Jesuits: ethnohistorian Charles Polzer, astrophysicist William Stroeger and planetary scientist Guy Consolmagno. Additional interviews are with ethnohistorian Dr. Thomas J. Sheridan and Bishop of Tucson Rev. Manuel D. Moreno. The art work of Southwestern artist Ettore "Ted" DeGrazia and the music of flutist R. Carlos Nakai are featured.

Minutes: 29:00
Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHMniVH_lqk

Great Kino Artist
DeGrazia

Video by Harry Atwood
KUAT TV Productions
University of Arizona
Documentary
1976 

Minutes: 29 minutes
Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QNn0I-A7zw

Video documentary about the work and life of artist Ettore "Ted" DeGrazia and his inspiration. Ted DeGrazia through his art in wide variety of styles and medium introduced to the world the land and people of the Sonoran Desert of the U.S. Southwest and Mexico. The video introduces him as ".. a native Arizonan, who much like Kino himself, knows and loves the desert of the Southwest and Indians who lived there."  

The video features DeGrazia's travels and discussion of his work about Kino and the indigenous people of the Sonoran Desert. DeGrazia visits the Magdalena Pilgrimage and Festival, the Yaqui Easter ceremonies and the O'odham (Papago) Rodeo. It also features DeGrazia work as a designer and builder of the DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun in Tucson. 

DeGrazia was inspired by the life of Padre Kino. Twenty oil paintings are on permanent display at DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun and DeGrazia's  Mission in the Sun Chapel, the community chapel on the Gallery grounds, is dedicated to Kino..

Harry Atwood, the videographer and editor, also created a beautiful fillm for KUAT-TV Productions about Kino's life and the beauty of the Sonoran Desert entitled "Paths in the Wilderness."  

The Cabalgantes of Por Los Caminos de Kino Before Curcupe Rideout

Videos for Reflection

Misiones de Kino - Cabalgantes de los Por Los Camino
Por Los Caminos de Kino
Music only with images 

The video with its haunting horns from "A Child of God"  illustrates the Kino missions and chapels visited during many of the 28 annual cabalgatas by Por Los Caminos de Kino.

Cosmovisión Kiniana
Giovanni Martínez Castillo
Music only with images
Lyrics in English, subtitles in Spanish 

Iimages from the famous Kino mural by Artist Miguel Ángel Grijalva accompanied by the beautiful music of Ennio Morricone's "The Mission."

Minutes: 6:10
Click
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHcPgMvvUyI

Buscamos un Santo
We Seek at Saint
Giovanni Martinez Castillo

Por Los Caminos de Kino
In Spanish
With Spanish and English subtitles
For Spanish text, click
Buscamos un Santo document

The text is based on Dr. Pablo Latapí's speech made at the dedication of a government research institute named in honor of Padre Kino in the 1960s. The video was made to commemorate the 300th anniversary year of the death of the Padre Kino. It is illustrated with paintings, murals, plaques, busts, monuments and sculptures of great artists. One video is subtitled in Spanish and the other in English. It is the anthem of the organization Por Los Caminos de Kino who have made cabalgatas (pilgrimages on horseback) each year for the past 28 years retracting the trails traveled by Kino.

Adaptación libre del famoso verso de Pablo Latapí a Eusebio Francisco Kino, ilustrado con pinturas, murales, placas, bustos, monumentos y esculturas de los grandes artístas para conmemorar el tricentenario del fallecimiento del padre a caballo.

Minutes: 4:38

With Spanish subtitles
Click
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtZhKFxaFmw

With English subtitles
Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9i8lekcGEY

Misionero Padre Kino por el Desierto de Sonora, México
Conrado Quezada Escandon
Music only with images

Illustrated with pictures of the Pinacates and Sonoran Desert with fields of Spring wild flowers. The music is from "Yeha-Noha  (Wishes Of Happiness And Prosperity)..

Minutes: 4:17 
Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjzgbawIrV4

Padre Kino - La leggenda del "Padre a cavallo"
Padre Kino - The Legend of the Padre on Horseback
Por Los Caminos de Kino, 2011

Video with musical accompaniment only
Text captioned in Italian
Recommended even if viewer does not read and understand the Italian captions.

A very well done video presenting Kino's life story told in Italian text captioning accompanied by art, landscape photography and video that are synchronized to classical and movie music.

The first minute of the video begins with the Himno de la Universidad Kino sung a capella by Juan Pedro Sortillón. Then Kino's life is told from his birth in the Italian Alps to his tireless 30 years of mission work in Baja California and in Sonora, Sinaloa and Arizona.

Featured artiwork by José Cirollos Ríos, Nereo de la Peña, Julian Martinez and.Miguel Ángel Grijalva,  Also shown is Kino movie poster art and book cover art. The last minutes of the video show the Kino Missions of Sonora and Arizona.

Minutes: 15:14

Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEAW0jDFN9A

Documentaries and Talks

Cabalgatas Por los Caminos de Kino
In Spanish 

Documents the 24 Kino calbagatas taken by Por Los Caminos de Kino as they follow the trails of Padre Kino on horseback in Sonora, Sinoloa, Baja Californias (North and South), California and Arizona. Includes cabalgata route maps.

Minutes: 9:22
Click
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmjfgk-2pQE&feature=bf_prev&list=ULWtZhKFxaFmw

For more cabalgata information,
Click, Caminos de Kino page [activate]

Favores Celestiales  - Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino S.J.

Director Sergio Raczko
Internationally Sponsored Documentary

Consejo Nacional Para La Cultural y Las Artes
Instiututo Nacional de Antropología e Historía
Fundacíon San Ignacio Loyola
Unversidad Iberoamerica - Ciudad de México
Organización de Estados Iberoamericas 

This fast paced documentary is a biography of Kino's life. Kino's missions and the country that he worked in and explored are beautifully filmed together with an outstanding music score.  Seventeen Kino experts are interviewed including the leading Kino historian Gabriel Gómez Padilla. Paintings are by artist Ettore "Ted" DeGracia. The title "Favores Celestiales'" is taken from Kino book that he wrote about the history of his work and his vision of the future. 

Minutes: 57:.33

Entire Documentary
Spanish With English Subtitles

Click 
https://youtu.be/inRnPd7ff_Y

Entire Documentary
Spanish Only
Click 
https://youtu.be/inRnPd7ff_Y

The film trailer is the first 9 minutes and has scenes of the October piligrimage to Magdalena, Kino's early life in Europe (growing up in the province of Trent; Jesuit studies in Germany and Austria; 2 years in Southern Spain) and arrival to the New World. .

Minutes: 9:32

Documentary Trailer
Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-9PLLmhLNI

For information about the "Favores Celestiales" video and other videos about the Jesuit missions in North & South America.
Contact El Estudio de Video Roque González de Santa Cruz, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Click
https://misionesjesuitas.com/documental.php?id=30

Kino, El Legado En Nuestra Tierra
Kino, The Legacy of Our Land
Noticias 33
Univision
Televsion Documentary
In Spanish

Minutes 29.26
Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOgWh_tR0Vc#t=198

"Kino y Salvatierra en California: Nos Conchabamos" 
Gabriel Gómez Padilla
Talk
Conference Comemorating the 300th Anniversary of the Death of Father Juan María de Salvatierra S.J.
Museo de Historia Regional de La Paz
La Paz, Baja California Sur
July 14, 2017

Gabriel Gómez Padilla, the world's foremost Kino scholar, talks about Kino and Salvatierra and the Jesuit return to Baja California.

Minutes: 120
Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxQoT0vfqJI

Who are the O'odham Sobaipuri?

Dr. Deni Seymour
Wa:k Elder Tony Burrell
Wa:k Cultural Specialist David Tenario
Arizona Humanties Grant
2018
English and O'odham

Documentary about the descendants of the Sobaipuri or Akimel O'odham who were the river irrigation farmers and relied on some hunting and gathering. The other two O'odham cultural groups are discussed and distinguished: the two-village Tohono O'odham who seasonally migrated between winter and summer villages; and the Hia C-eḍ O'odham  who were completely mobile and relied soley on hunting and gathering.  O'odham Sobaipuri elders of the village of Wa:k are interviewed. Wa:k is the community where Mission San Xavier del Bac is located on the Santa Cruz River..

Minutes: 6:30
Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4khqVQOPw8w

¿Quiénes son los Sobaipuri O’odham?
Spanish subtitles with English and O'odham narration.. 

Minutes: 6:39
Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkS6gRnPLwM&feature=share

Padre Kino's Footsteps: Tumacácori

Dr. Deni Seymour
Wa:k Elder Tony Burrell
Wa:k Cultural Specialist David Tenario 2019 English

Documentary about Kino's acceptance of the invitation of the Sobaípuri or Akimel O'odham to visit their villages. During the Christmas season of 1691, Kino and Father Visitor Juan María Salvatierra were guided from Saric by O'odham envoys to the village that Kino named San Cayetano del Tumacácori. Kino also met leaders from other villages including the Wa:k where Mission San Xavier del Bac is now located. The site of the visited Tumacácori village is east of the Santa Cruz River adjoining today's Tumacácori National Historical Park.

Minutes: 6:01
Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtBVpCi5ZhY

Kino En el Arte Exhibit at University of Sonora, Hermosillo

Film Based On Publications

Kino En El Arte
Kino in Art
Giovanni Martinez Castillo
In Spanish
Two Videos 

Video documentary about depictions of Padre Kino in many art genres. It is a great video accompaniment to the book "Kino En el Arte" by Dr. Giovanni Martinez Castillo. Giovanni's book presents the rich art and the artists that protray Kino.The artists are from Mexico, United States, Italy, Germany and Australia.

The art includes the many statues of Kino (6 equestrian, 8 busts, 11 full body, 6 bas relief), 9 murals, 12 collections of paintings (including Tucson artist Ted DeGracia), portraits, movies, web videos music (symphony and folk songs), poems, stamps, medallions, performing artists and maps and documents - also comic books.

Part 1
Minutes: 8:25
Click
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7xVl-crf0Pk

Part 2
Minutes: 7:23
Click
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1iwA6apDDk&feature=player_embedded

For List of Kino art
Click and scroll to botton of the page at
http://eusebiofranciscokino.blogspot.com/ 

Kino En El Arte
Kino in Art
Giovanni Martinez Castillo
In Spanish
Two Videos 

Video documentary about depictions of Padre Kino in many art genres. It is a great video accompaniment to the book "Kino En el Arte" by Dr. Giovanni Martinez Castillo. Giovanni's book presents the rich art and the artists that protray Kino.The artists are from Mexico, United States, Italy, Germany and Australia.

The art includes the many statues of Kino (6 equestrian, 8 busts, 11 full body, 6 bas relief), 9 murals, 12 collections of paintings (including Tucson artist Ted DeGracia), portraits, movies, web videos music (symphony and folk songs), poems, stamps, medallions, performing artists and maps and documents - also comic books.

Part 1
Minutes: 8:25
Click
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7xVl-crf0Pk

Part 2
Minutes: 7:23
Click
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1iwA6apDDk&feature=player_embedded

For List of Kino art
Click and scroll to botton of the page at
http://eusebiofranciscokino.blogspot.com/ 

Cabalgando con Kino
Comic ISC.mp4
Annimated Video
Giovanni Martinez Castillo
Music only with images

Video shows development of educational comic book, Cabalgando con Kino, from historical images and other sources
A fascinating video.

Minutes: 2:18
Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OeqIPhTzFs&index=7&list=ULbmjfgk-2pQE

To view comic book online
Click Cabalgando con Kino

Movies and Feature Length Film

Kino Padre Sin Fronteras

Kino: Padre Sin Fronteras
Spanish
Interviews in English Spanish subtitled
2019

Director and Producer Gabriel Ruiz
Artistic Director Iván Montaño
Cinematography: David Hinojos
Script: Joel Rangel
A Production of Producción Creativa

"Kino: Padre Sin Fronteras" is a beautifully produced documentary movie that tells Kino's life and legacy from many different perspectives. It is made for television with 20 episodes of 30 minutes each. It presents Kino mission sites in Sonora and Arizona together with interviews of leading Kino experts.

Interviewed are Kino scholars and cronistas from Mexico,United States and Italy that include: Alejandro Aguilar Zeleny, Armando Armenta Montaño, Jesús Garcia, James S. (Big Jim) Griffith, Timothy Lewis, Giovanni Martínez, Andrea Morghen, Claudio Alonso Murietta Ortíz, Macario Saldate and Robert W. (Bob) Vint. The institutions represented include the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH), El Colegio de Sonora, La Sociedad Sonorense de Historia, University of Arizona, Arizona Historical Society and Tumacacori National Historical Park.

The movie is beautifully filmed with stunning artistic features. It has rare aerial scenes of the Kino missions.

In addition to producing cultural and historical documentaries, Producción Creativa makes commercial and promotional films for business and industry.

Trailer
Kino: Padre Sin Fronteras
Minutes: 4
Click,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQoyDL62AtU

Kino: La Leyenda del Padre Negro
Winner of Mexico's Academy Award
Best Movie Music Score

Viva Kino! Across Deserts and Borders - Riding Behind Padre Kino
Film Versions in English, Spanish and Italian

Viva Kino! Across Deserts and Borders - Riding Behind Padre Kino
English
2017
Viva Kino! A Caballo Por Los Caminos del Padre
Spanish
Viva Kino! Attraverso deserti senza frontiere tra Messico e Stati Uniti
Italian

Director Lia Giovanazzi Beltrami
Producer Andrea Morghen
Cinematographer Denis Morosin
An Aurora Vision Production

Viva Kino! is a documentary movie about the Arizona-Sonora borderlands as told by María, a young rodeo instructor. While traveling on horseback, Maria reflects on the current desert borderlands. She finds hope for its future through the inspiration of the life of pioneer Jesuit missionary Eusebio Francisco Kino (1645-1711) and those who carry on his humanitarian work.

Run Time: 61 minutes

To view for free on YouTube, click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?

For more about Viva Kino!
click
Viva Kino page [activate]

Padre On Horseback
The Legendary Story of Padre Kino

The Padre on Horseback
English

Misión a la Gloria - La Historia de Kino
Spanish
Spanish version of the "The Padre on Horseback"
 

Director Ken Kennedy
In English and In Spanish
1977 Movie 

Three English Versions
with various titles & run times
Many other online postings

The movie tells the story of Padre Kino in commercial western movie genre with an all star cast and beautiful Sonoran Desert setting. 

Starring Richard Egan as Padre Kino
Other cast: Ricardo Montalban, Cesar Romero, Michael Ansara, John Ireland, Keenan Wynn, Aldo Ray, Rory Calhoun, Victor Jory, Joe Campanella and Stephen McNally.
Narrated by the Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. 
For list of cast of characters, actors and other credts, click 
Padre on Horseback Kino Movie Cast & Credits

The story begins in Baja California where Kino first started his work as a missionary, explorer and royal cartographer. Then the video distills in the usual Hollywood style the 24 years of Kino's work in the Pimería Alta where Kino ministered to his beloved desert sharing O'odham (Pima) people. Kino brings peace to the violent frontier and helps restart the Jesuit missionary effort in the Baja California. 

Best Full Length Movie Version - English
The Padre on Horseback 

Run Time: 92 minutes
Click

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwnPAorwb1Yhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwnPAorwb1Y

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Best Full Length Movie Version - Spanish
Misión a la Gloria - La Historia de Kino 

Run Time: 92 minutes

Click

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bZLMg_Lwbg

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Longest English Version
Run Time: 116 minutes

Click

http://movies55.com/video-Mission-to-Glory-A-True-Story-1977-61950/

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TV Edited Version
Beware: Poor Editing
Run Time: 56 minutes

Not Online

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Various Titles
Mission to Glory: A True Story
Father Kino, Padre on Horseback
Father Kino Story 
Padre on Horseback, the Legendary Story of Padre Kino 
Misión a la Gloria - La Historia de Kino

"El Missionero a Caballo"
Famous Kino Ballad

El Misionero a Caballo
The Padre on Horseback
by Rómulo Molina Romero

Four Reditions of this Beautiful Ballad

To Print
Spanish lyrics & English translation

Click El Misionero a Caballo Lyrics document (text)
Click El Misionero a Caballo Lyrics document (pdf )

Vocalist Celia Ruiz - Kino Festival May 2012

Great solo a cappella performance with Mariachi accompaniment
Minutes: 1:45
Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW2ZaArhrDY

Trío Corral -  Museo de Santa Ana
Up tempo bolero ballad
Illustrated with the murals of artist José Cirollos Ríos in the Museo de Santa Ana, Santa Ana, Sonora
Giovanni Martínez Castillo

Minutes: 2.56
Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2Ed0YRHg_o

Trío Corral
Slower tempo bolero ballad 1966
Music begins at 6 seconds
Illustrated with pictures of Sonora, present and past.

Minutes: 3.38
Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoNpIdj7ubU
 

Nato Márquez
Polka beat
Illustrated with Kino statutes set in natural settings.
by Giovanni Martínez Castillo and Conrado Quezada Escadon.
Instituto de Sonorense Cultura - Estado de Sonora 

Minutes: 3:25
Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RENibWlMXzk

Song and Music

Maisad Tholnig
The Creator Song
San Xavier Traditional Singers
Ivan Burrell and Antoinette Encinas
In O'odham

Performance of tradition O'odham song set in Mission San Xavier del Bac. Padre Kino ministered to and worked with the desert sharing O'odham people for his last 24 years.

Minutes: 7.09
Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvvwRFUjX2s

Running Song
San Xavier Traditional Singers
Ivan Burrell and Antoinette Encinas
In O'odham

Minutes: 4:57
Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zQs4NaJg8A

O’odham Dances
Ofelia Zepeda

Ofelia Zepeda reads her video poem about the tradition of the O’odham people joining with the rest of the universe in singing for the summer rain that sustains all. The O'odham sing with the animals, saguaros and other plants of the desert together with the sky, wind and mountains to bring the rain down from the clouds. The video poem presents the stark and beautiful transformations of the Sonoran Desert during the summer season from sunset and the reviving coolness of starry nights to sunrise and the intense heat of day.

In O'odham and English
Minutes: 4:45
Click
https://vimeo.com/198077138

Twelve Suns for Father Kino
Domingo DeGrazia
Classical Guitar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlpZ62oo1sM

Video of solo classical guitar performance by composer Domingo DeGrazia of his music of renewal written in honor of Father Kino. Filmed at The DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun..

Minutes: 3.09
Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlpZ62oo1sM

Padre Kino's Ghost
By Tara Linda
Music only - no images 

Beautiful song from singer / songwriter Tara Linda whose lyrics provides insight into the ethnohistory of the O'odham people and the life of Padre Kino..

Minutes: 6;05
Click
http://taralinda.bandcamp.com/track/padre-kinos-ghost

Himno al Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino
Hymn to Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino
By Rómulo Molina Romero

Sung by Louis Castillo Perez
Spanish with Spanish subtitles

Composition written by Rómulo Romero Molina  on discovery of the remains of Father Kino in May 1966 in Magdalena de Kino, Sonora and sang and immediately after in the Church of Santa María Magdalena. May 21, 2016 will be the 50th anniversary of the discovery of Padre Kino's skeletal remains by an international team of scientist..

Composición realizada por el Sr. Rómulo Molina Romero, con motivo del descubrimiento de los restos mortales del Padre Kino, en el mes de Mayo de 1966, en Magdalena de Kino, Sonora. Interpretan: Hermanos Preciado. La grabacion fue realizada en el templo de Santa María Magdalena.

To Print
Spanish lyrics & English translation

Click Lyrics (text format)
Click Lyrics (pdf format)

Himno al Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino
Spanish with complete lyrics in silent 20 second beginning. Afterward music with Spanish subtitles and changing images in video.
Minutes: 4.37
Music starts after 20 seconds
Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeeQ6uVi9rc


Another Version
Himno al Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino
Rómulo Molina Romero
Sung by Hermanos Preciado

Minutes: 4:06
Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0_y6YJkbMo

Himno de la Universidad Kino
Anthem of The Universidad Kino
Sung by Juan Pedro Sortillón 
In Spanish with Spanish subtitles
For lyrics, click
Himno de la Universidad Kino Lyrics document

Beautiful anthem or school song about Padre Kino's heroism and how his life continues to inspire. Illustrated by Givoanni Martinez Castillo. 

Minutes: 3:40
Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUO2qrjTghI&index=13&list=ULQbEuX4-c66Y

Corrido de Padre Kino
By Juan Antorio Ruibal Corella
Illustration by Artist Nereo de la Peña
Same video as Mural at Kino Maseoleum below.

Minutes: 3.44
Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p_VPAjbmuw

Amparo Rubín
Award Winning Music from the Movie
Kino: La Leyenda del Padre Negro

Amparo Rubín
Composer of the Movie Score
1992 Premio Ariel: Mejor Música de Fondo (Best Movie Score)
The Ariel awarded by the Academia de Ciencias y Artes Cinematográficas de México
is the equivalent of winning an Oscar awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of the United States.

From The Album: "Amparo Rubín Mejor música para cine"
For "Kino Collage" (5 minutes)
Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYj08ZSVVk0

For "Kino: Piano y oboe" (3 minutes)
Click
https://youtu.be/3YY4nXqgH08

Padre on Horseback Kino Mural
Artist Ettore "Ted" DeGrazia
Chapel in the Sun at DeGrazia's Gallery in the Sun

Kino Murals

The Great Kino Murals
Los grandes murales de Kino

Kino Murals of Arizona and Sonora including murals at DeGrazia Gallery of the Sun.

Minutes: 24:01
Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dteQI3LqOoI

Mural at Kino Maseoleum
Magdalena de Kino, Sonora
Artist Nereo de la Peña

Corrido de Padre Kino
By Juan Antorio Ruibal Corella

Minutes: 3.44
Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p_VPAjbmuw

Mural Las Huellas de Kino
Caborca, Sonora
Artist Margarita Ramírez Celaya

Interview with the artist. There is a detailed explanation of the work posted on the YouTube notes in Spansh.

Minutes: 5:23
Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyRE0wWafr4

Mural Cosmovisíon Kininia
Sections: La Poder de Fe; Favores Celestiales
Artist Miguel Ángel Grijalva
Magdalena de Kino, Sonora

Same video Cosmovisíon Kininia above.

Giovanni Martinez Castillo
Music of Ennio Morricone's "The Mission."

Minutes: 6:10
Click
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHcPgMvvUyI

Year 2011 - 300th Anniversary of Kino's Death

Las Misiones De Kino En El Desierto
Ecos Film Production
Caborca, Sonora
Director Luis Ernesto Castillo de la Huerta
Dr. Manuel Olimón Nolasco, Guide and Narrator
Ramiro Chaves, Voice-over
Documentary in Spanish 
Closed captioned in Spanish

Historian Dr. Manuel Olimón Nolasco tells the story of Kino's life as he tours the beautiful Kino Missions of Sonora and their Sonoran Desert settings that includes aerial views of Nazerano Peak and the Gulf coast. Also presented is the history, art and architecture of the missions of Caborca, Oquitoa, Atil and Tubutama. The documentary was made for the 300th anniversary commemorations of Kino's death in 2011 and was sponsored by La Conacultura de México; Gobierno del Estado de Sonora; Instituto Sonorense de Cultura; and Gobierno Municipal de Caborca.
Time: 34 minutes

To view "Las Misiones De Kino En El Desierto"
Click 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RlVZulECYo&feature=share

Our Padre On Horseback - A Special Exhibit
Antonio Arroyo
Video and Production
Diocese of Tucson Archives
Tucson, Arizona
March 10, 2011

Video documentary of the opening of the Kino Exhibit at the Diocese of Tucson Archives on March 10, 2011. Video shows exhibits and participants at the opening.

Minutes: 8:47
Click
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9zFXdECbfE

Other Multimedia Stories

La Fiesta de San Francisco Javier - Magdalena de Kino 
The Magdalena Pilgrimage and Fiesta
Sergio Raczko
In Spanish 

The Magdalena Pilgrimage and Fiesta began in 1711 when Padre Kino dedicated a chapel to his patron saint, the great Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier. During the dedication Mass, Kino collapsed and died a few hours later. For over 300 years, people have journeyed the Camino de Kino to Magdalena to honor the three great Franciscos of the Sonora Desert: St. Francis Xavier, St. Francis of Assisi and Eusebio Francisco Kino. The pilgrimage begins in later September and early October.

Minutes: 15:00

Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsSr2ilxPeY

The Festival of Kino
KUAT TV
University of Arizona
TV Report
2010 

Minutes: 5:13
Click
https://ondemand.azpm.org/s/2066-the-festival-of-kino/

The Kino Festival held at the pilgrimage site of Madalena de Kino keeps alive the traditions of Native Peoples. It is the second largest culture event in Sonora. The Kino Festival is celebrated throughout Sonora and Arizona in mid May and commemorates the discovery of Kino's skeletal remains in 1966..

Kino's Cattle Country in the Sky Islands
Seasons in the San Rafael
Lazy J2 Ranch, Arizona
Located on U.S.-Mexico Border

Minutes 3:52
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https://youtu.be/eK_2oy2YT34

Kino ranched in the beautiful grassland seas of the valleys of the western Sky Islands (Madrean Mountains Archipelago). These grassland valleys are the best cattle country in the world with a multitude of lush grasses and a temperate climate with cool summers and warm dry winters. The video shows the stunning seasonal changes throughout the year on Lazy J2 Ranch and the surrounding pine forested Sky Island mountains. The J2 Ranch is located in San Rafael Valley that ranges in elevation from 3,500 to 5,200 feet.The San Rafael Valley was one of Kino's largest cattle ranges. Today the State of Arizona's San Rafael State Natural Area preserves Kino's cattle country. 

In the Americas and The Desert Speaks
KUAT-TV
University of Arizona
Television Series
2002 - 2010

By viewing the episodes of the natural history and travel televison series "The Desert Speaks,"  many of the landscapes and seascapes that Kino traveled can be seen. The Emmy awarded series distributed by American Public Television features many national parks and other protected area associated with Kino. The episodes are hosted by Dr. David Yetman.

For the national parks and protected areas with corresponding episodes of The Desert Speaks and In the Americas, click National Park and Heritage Areas page.