16 Years of Impact
“With over 85 prestigious awards racked up in the last 5 years alone, it’s fair to say that Latino Public Broadcasting is doing its part to share the rich diversity of the Latino experience here in the U.S."
Beyond La Bamba
Broadcast Date: Beginning September 1, 2017 (NETA) (Please check local listings)
Through the compelling story of a young musician who leaves home to follow his dreams, Mexico’s 300-year-old son jarocho tradition comes vividly to life in Beyond La Bamba...
The Head of Joaquin Murrieta
Broadcast Date: Beginning September 1, 2017 (NETA) (Please check local listings)
For over a decade filmmaker John J. Valadez searched for the remains of Joaquin Murrieta, a legendary Mexican outlaw who blazed a trail of revenge across California until he was caught and decapitated in the summer of 1853...
My Bolivia: Remembering What I Never Knew
Broadcast Date: October 8, 2017 on Doc World
A latino filmmaker travels to Bolivia to to find the things his parents told him about, and what they never said; the family's slave-owning past, his grandfather the President's role in Latin America's bloodiest war, the relative who wrote the law that stripped the family of its land, and disturbing connections with a notorious Nazi war criminal...
K-TOWN ’92 Reporters
Broadcast Date: October 9, 2017 at 9PM ET on World Channel
Twenty-five years after the 1992 civil unrest, reporters of color revisit and reflect on their contributions to the Los Angeles Times news coverage of that historic event...
Farewell Ferris Wheel
Broadcast Date: October 10, 2017 on World Channel (America Reframed)
FAREWELL FERRIS WHEEL explores the dual morality of the H-2B seasonal immigration visa through the lens of the American Carnival and a Mexican town that provides one thrid of the carnival's labor...
Shot in Mexico
Coming Fall 2017
Armed with a camera, a young American idealist chases a revolution in Mexico. But his journey ends tragically when he is caught in a gun battle, films his own murder, and sets two families – one American, one Mexican – on a cross-border quest for justice...
Facing North
Facing North is a documentary series exploring the multidimensional dynamics between the United States-Mexico relationship through the lens of the San Diego-Tijuana border region...
