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Independent Lens is broadcast on most PBS stations on Tuesdays at 10:00 p.m.
Please check the broadcast schedule. Dates and times may vary.
Latino
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CHAVEZ RAVINE
by Jordan Mechner, Don Normark, Andrew Andersen and Mark Moran
June 7, 2005
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Narrated by Cheech Marin and scored by Ry Cooder, CHAVEZ RAVINE captures how a community was betrayed by greed, political hypocrisy and good intentions gone astray. Don Normark’s haunting photographs bring back to life a Mexican American village—razed in the 1950s to build Dodger Stadium—in the heart of downtown Los Angeles.
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COMPAÑERAS
by Elizabeth Massie and Matthew Buzzell
April 1, 2008
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COMPAÑERAS profiles America's first all-female mariachi band, Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles. Founded in 1994, the 12 members of Reyna shatter age-old stereotypes while expanding the popularity of mariachi music. In a culture and a musical tradition that has always been male-dominated, these women are true pioneers, literally giving voice to Latinas.
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In his life and his work, acclaimed Afro-Cuban-Puerto Rican poet Piri Thomas has used creative expression as a means to confront and overcome poverty, racism, violence and isolation. Author of the acclaimed autobiographical novel Down These Mean Streets, Thomas, through poetry, stories and performances, chronicles his journey from Spanish Harlem to prison to life as an author, educator and activist.
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Exploring the Latino experience through the prism of dreams, memories and reality, FOTO-NOVELAS consists of two half-hour dramas: “Junkyard Saints,” a spiritual thriller set in a South Texas automotive graveyard; and “Broken Sky,” a fictionalized account based on the real-life 1948 plane crash that killed 28 Mexicans in Fresno, California.
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HARD ROAD HOME follows two former felons in different stages of life "on the outside." Julio is a former drug dealer who has committed his life to the East Harlem program that helps break the cycle of incarceration. Alberto, who idolizes Julio, is a success story in the making but still struggles with his old demons on a daily basis.
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Legendary Afro-Cuban pop singer Lupe Victoria Yoli, was crowned "The Queen of Latin Soul" by New York's Latin music scene in the 1960s. Renowned for her emotional performances, La Lupe remains the quintessential bad girl, dying tragically, virtually unknown in 1992. Shot in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the U.S., LA LUPE tells her story through interviews and rare archival footage from the groundbreaking musical era. Produced in assocation with ITVS and LPB.
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LOS ANGELES NOW
by Phillip Rodriguez
Co-presented with Latino Public Broadcasting and KPBS/San Diego, CA
November 23, 2004
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Once an empty, bucolic space, L.A. is now a disorienting megalopolis. Once the whitest city in America, Los Angeles is now the most multicultural city in the world. What is the future of this rapidly changing city? LOS ANGELES NOW looks beyond Baywatch and Blade Runner to create a fresh, candid portrait of America's second largest city.
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As three of the thousands of Latina immigrants working as nannies and housekeepers in Los Angeles, Judith, Telma and Eva have all left family and friends behind to come to America. MAID IN AMERICA reveals the challenges these women face as they pursue "the American Dream," their significant roles in American households and the globalization of motherhood.
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THE NEW AMERICANS
by Gita Saedi, Gordon Quinn and Steve James
Co-presented by Latino Public Broadcasting and the
Center for Asian American Media
March 29, 2004
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What does the “American dream” look like through the eyes of today’s immigrants and refugees? From Nigeria, India, the Dominican Republic, Mexico and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, they come with different dreams: to achieve athletic glory or high-tech riches, to escape poverty and persecution, to provide for their families. This seven-hour three-part series follows these newcomers from each of their homelands through their first tumultuous years in America.
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RACE IS THE PLACE
by Rick Tejada-Flores and Ray Telles
Co-presentation with the National Minority Consortia and KERA/Dallas
November 22, 2005
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How do American artists address our nation's most pressing social issue?
Using spoken, sung and chanted word, African American, Latino, Asian
American, Pacific Islander and Native American authors, performance
artists, poets and singers explore the pain, frustration and humor of
racism in America.
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Austin, Texas needs their labor. But many local residents aren't sure they like seeing day laborers like Ramon and Juan on the streets. LOS TRABAJADORES transports us back and forth across the border, bringing to life the obstacles immigrant workers and their families face in both the United States and at home.
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WATER FLOWING TOGETHER offers an intimate portrait of a remarkable dancer, Jock Soto, who retired from the New York City Ballet at age 40, after a 24-year career. Soto's journey as an openly gay man of Navajo Indian and Puerto Rican descent provides a rare glimpse into the life of a dancer and the disparate worlds which have shaped this important artist.
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An exhilarating look at the work of the Brazilian-born contemporary conceptual artist and rising star Vik Muniz — sculptor, photographer and self-proclaimed magician. Muniz, best known for his book Seeing Is Believing, uses his knowledge of and interest in the history of photography to demonstrate how we, as viewers, can easily be deceived by the images around us.
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WRIT WRITER reveals a little-known battle of the Civil Rights Movement, led by an indigent, under-educated prisoner. Texas-born, Mexican American Fred Cruz came of age and found his life's calling in prison, where the sanctioned cruelty and brutality among inmates and guards moved him to fight the state prison system in the court of law.
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the National Endowment for the Arts