Final Selection Awards Sixteen Projects for Funding
Los Angeles, CA (November 9, 2009) – Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB), a non-profit organization funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, announced its eleventh annual Open Call newly funded programs. The funding initiative invites independent producers to submit proposals for funding on Latino-themed programs or series.
PBS Music Special to Feature Latino Performers Marc Anthony, Jimmy Smits,
George Lopez, Gloria Estefan and More Airs October 15
‘In Performance at the White House: Fiesta Latina’ is a production of WETA Washington, D.C., in association with Latino Public Broadcasting
WASHINGTON, D.C. — “In Performance at the White House: Fiesta Latina” is a concert hosted by the President and Mrs. Obama on the South Lawn of the White House that will be broadcast by PBS. The sixty-minute program, to be taped live by WETA Washington, D.C., on October 13, will celebrate Hispanic musical heritage and airs on the final day of National Hispanic Heritage Month, October 15, 2009 at 8 p.m. ET, on PBS stations nationwide. (Check local listings.) It will also be broadcast on Telemundo, the American Spanish-language television network, on Sunday, October 18 at 6 p.m. ET, and on V-me, the national Spanish language network partnered with public television, on Friday, December 25. The program, part of the WETA “In Performance at the White House” series, will include Marc Anthony, Jimmy Smits, Pete Escovedo, Gloria Estefan, José Feliciano, George Lopez, Thalía, Tito “El Bambino”, the Bachata music group Aventura, and the Chicano rock band Los Lobos, with Sheila E. leading the house band. Further talent information will be announced in the coming weeks
Produced by Carlos Sandoval and Peter Miller, ‘A CLASS APART’ takes home the Best Documentary/Television Award
Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB), a non-profit organization funded by The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, is proud to announce A CLASS APART, produced by Carlos Sandoval and Peter Miller, received the prestigious Imagen Award in the category of Best Documentary/Television. Funded by LPB, A CLASS APART tells the story of how a band of underdog Mexican-American lawyers take their case, Hernandez v. Texas, all the way to the Supreme Court and win the first decision to begin dismantling Jim Crow – two weeks before Brown v. Board of Education. This historical documentary is more than the story of a case – it’s the story of a people. It uses the Hernandez case as a through-line to shed light on the under-reported history of systematic discrimination faced by Mexican-Americans in the Southwest, their early civil rights struggle, and to explore cutting-edge issues of racial politics and identity among Latinos. A CLASS APART was part of the PBS Award Winning series American Experience.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Announces Major Public Media Initiative in Los Angeles with $2 Million Grant to Radio Bilingüe
(Los Angeles, CA) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) awarded a $2 million grant to Radio Bilingüe (RB) for a major public media initiative to design, test, and develop the first-of-its-kind multi-platform English-language programming service in Los Angeles for a young, diverse and underserved audience.
Series Features Films about Celia Cruz, Tito Puente and More
Premieres Fall 2009 on National Public Television
Films also Available for Online Viewing at www.voces.tv
(Los Angeles, CA) Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB) announced today that the new season of their signature series VOCES, a showcase of outstanding documentaries celebrating the rich diversity of Latino life, will be presented on national public television beginning in September 2009, in conjunction with Hispanic Heritage Month. Featuring films about musical legends Tito Puente and Celia Cruz and documentaries about subjects ranging from the Puerto Rican activist Antonia Pantoja to Mexican “guest workers” to a unique soccer league made up of former stars from Latin America, VOCES is a presentation of Latino Public Broadcasting and is distributed by American Public Television. Luis Ortiz, Managing Director of Latino Public Broadcasting, is Series Producer, and Gabriela Gonzalez at LPB is Associate Producer. In addition to the public television broadcast, the eight VOCES films will be available for online viewing on their broadcast premiere dates on the VOCES website, www.voces.tv.
Airs Sunday, December 14, 2008 (check local listings) 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET
60 years of Chicano music provides the soundtrack for a new America in the making
CHICANO ROCK! THE SOUNDS OF EAST LOS ANGELES, a film by Jon Wilkman, narrated by Edward James Olmos, tells the inspiring story of generations of young artists and audiences who proudly expressed their cross cultural identity with a unique style of rock ‘n’ roll, born and nurtured in America’s largest Mexican-American community. 50 years after the untimely death of Chicano rock’s first breakout star, Ritchie Valens, CHICANO ROCK! airs Sunday, December 14, 2008, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings.)
Final Selection Awards Sixteen Projects for Funding
Los Angeles, CA (November 14, 2008) – Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB), a non-profit organization funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, announced its tenth annual Open Call newly funded programs. The funding initiative invites independent producers to submit proposals for funding on Latino-themed programs or series.
Top Honors Go to Bernardo Ruiz’s “Roberto Clemente”
LOS ANGELES, CA, AUGUST 25 — Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB), a non-profit organization funded by The Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS’ AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, announced today that “ROBERTO CLEMENTE” won the 2008 NCLR ALMA Award® for Outstanding Made-for-Television Documentary. Produced by writer/director Bernardo Ruiz, the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE documentary chronicles the life of an exceptional baseball player and committed humanitarian, who challenged racial discrimination to become baseball’s first Latino superstar. ROBERTO CLEMENTE premiered in April 2008 and is now streaming online at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/clemente in English and Spanish.
Top Honors Go to Phillip Rodriguez’s
“Brown is the New Green: George Lopez and the American Dream”
LOS ANGELES, CA, AUGUST 22 — Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB), a non-profit organization funded by The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, announced today that “Brown is the New Green: George Lopez and the American Dream” won the 2008 Imagen Award for Best Documentary for Television. Produced by writer/director Phillip Rodriguez, “Brown is the New Green” is a fresh, provocative film examining how media and marketers are shaping America’s perceptions of Latinos. The striking documentary features the extraordinary insights of Latino comedian, icon and advocate George Lopez through rare behind-the-scenes access to his remarkable life and career.