[♪ THEME MUSIC ♪] >>> COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS ON ARIZONA TUCSON SECTOR OF THE BORDER PATROL.

ON CRONKITE NEWS, HOW POWER LINE WORKERS STAY COOL IN THE HOT SUMMER MONTHS, AND ON BREAK IT DOWN, MORE WOMEN ARE COACHING IN MALE-DOMINATED SPORTS.

THAT'S ALL COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR ON ARIZONA PBS.

>>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO "ARIZONA HORIZON," I'M TED SIMONS.

THE U.S. SUPREME COURT TODAY STRUCK DOWN THE LATEST CHALLENGE TO THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.

IT WAS A 7-2 VOTE THAT LEFT THE ACA INTACT IN ITS ENTIRETY.

THEY DISMISSED A CLAIM THAT THE HEALTHCARE ACT WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

THIS WAS THE THIRD FAILED EFFORT BY REPUBLICANS TO GET THE SUPREME COURT TO STRIKE DOWN OBAMACARE.

REACTION TO THE DECISION FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN TWO TWEETED, QUOTE, A BIG WIN FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, ADDING, QUOTE, WITH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE RELYING ON THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, IT REMAINS A BFD, AND IT IS HERE TO STAY.

AND THERE WAS A RULING FROM CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS WRITING THAT THE CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICE ONLY CONTINUE SERVING IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH ITS RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, NOT IMPOSE THOSE BELIEFS ON ANYONE ELSE.

PRESIDENT BIDEN TODAY SIGNED LEGISLATION MARKING JUNETEENTH AS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY.

THE ACT COMMEMORATES THE END OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES.

IT WILL BE CELEBRATED JUNE 19TH, THE DATE THE END OF SLAVERY WAS ANNOUNCED IN TEXAS.

TODAY'S SIGNING OF THE LAW MEANS IT WILL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY, WHICH MEANS THIS SATURDAY, FEDERAL WORKERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO OBSERVE THE HOLIDAY TOMORROW.

>>> AND LEGISLATURES APPROVED A WILDFIRE RELIEF PLAN.

FUNDS WILL GO TO FIRE RESPONSE AND HELP WITH FLOODING, WHICH OFTEN HITS BURNED-OUT AREAS.

THE GOVERNOR IS EXPECTED TO SIGN THE LEGISLATION TOMORROW.

THIS AS THE TELEGRAPH FIRE CONTINUES TO INCREASE IN SIZE AS IT BURNS NEAR THE TOWN OF SUPERIOR.

IT IS CONSIDERED 72% CONTAINED, BUT AREAS OF NONE CONTAINMENT ARE OF CONCERN.

THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

>>> AND JOBLESS CLAIMS IN THE U.S.

WENT UP LAST WEEK.

FIRST TIME THAT HAS HAPPENED IN OVER A MONTH.

THE INCREASE COMES AT A TIME WHEN CONSUMER PRICES ARE RISING LEAVING ANALYSTS TO WORRY ABOUT INFLATION.

THE FED MAY ADDRESS INFLATION CONCERNS BY RAISING INTEREST RATES SOONER THAN EXPECTED.

>>> APPREHENSIONS ARE ON THE INCREASE ALONG THE BORDER PATROL'S TUCSON SECTOR, THAT COUPLED WITH A RESENT SPIKE IN TEMPERATURES ARE RAISING CONCERNS.

WE SPOKE WITH ROBERT BUSHELL, THE BORDER PATROL'S TUCSON SECTOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR.

ROBERT, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THE TUCSON SECTOR IS FROM WHERE TO WHERE?

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

THE TUCSON SECTOR RUNS FROM THE ARIZONA/MEXICO STATE LINE OUT TO THE WEST TO THE YUMA COUNTY LINE, AND THEN UP NORTH TO THE REST OF ARIZONA.

>> SO THAT'S THE SECTOR.

THE MAJOR CONCERNS RIGHT NOW FOR THE BORDER PATROL ON THE TUCSON SECTOR, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?

AND WHAT ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT?

>> WELL, THE FIRST CONCERN IS THE HEAT.

THE REAL SERIOUS HEAT AS WE KNOW AS ARIZONANS CAME HERE OVER THE WEEKEND.

AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HIGHS IN THE 110S AND OUT THERE IN THE DESERT WHEN YOU ADD THE TERRAIN, AND THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO WATER TO BE HAD OUT THERE, YOU HAVE GOT TO CARRY YOUR OWN WATER, THE SAME CHALLENGES EXIST FOR MIGRANTS THAT ARE TRYING TO ILLEGALLY ENTER THE UNITED STATES BY CROSSING INTO SOUTHERN ARIZONA.

>> I SAW SOME NUMBERS THAT SOUNDED LIKE THERE WAS AN UP TICK AS OF LATE.

IS THAT TRUE?

>> IT IS TRUE.

OUR NUMBERS ARE UP.

AND IF WE'RE TALKING THE FISCAL YEAR, AND WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE OVERALL ENCOUNTERS THAT WE HAVE HAD, WE HAVE GONE OVER 100,000 ENCOUNTERS, SO TRAFFIC FOR US IN GENERAL IS UP, AND THEN WHEN YOU ADD THAT TO THE FACT THAT THE REAL SEVERE SUMMER HEAT IS HERE, THAT COMPLICATES THINGS ENORMOUSLY.

>> LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE SEEING, ESPECIALLY MORE SINGLE ADULTS CROSSING.

TRUE?

>> THAT'S TRUE.

ABOUT 85% OF THOSE ENCOUNTERS ARE SINGLE ADULTS, AND THE SINGLE ADULTS ARE UNIQUE, RIGHT?

SO THEY ARE THE ONES THAT DON'T WANT TO BE APPREHENDED, THEY ARE TRYING TO SNEAK INTO THE UNITED STATES AS OPPOSED TO MAYBE THOSE UNACCOMPANIED KIDS OR THE FAMILY UNITS THAT WILL CROSS THE BORDER AND TRY TO LOCATE THE FIRST BORDER PATROL AGENT THEY CAN FIND AND SURRENDER.

THE SINGLE ADULTS DON'T DO THAT.

THEIR MAIN GOAL IS TO AVOID APPREHENSION BY BORDER PATROL.

THEY ARE THE ONES WEARING HEAD TO TOE CAMOUFLAGE.

THEY ARE WEARING THE CARPET BOOTIES ON THEIR FEET TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF FOOTPRINTS THAT THEY LEAVE BEHIND, SINCE THAT IS A CRITICAL TECHNIQUE FOR US TO TRACK GROUPS.

SO THE SINGLE ADULTS, UP 85% OVER LAST YEAR, SO FAR.

>> YOU MENTIONED UNACCOMPANIED MINORS, FAMILIES WHAT ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS?

>> THOSE ARE ABOUT 10% OF OUR OVERALL ENCOUNTERS, AND POSSIBLY SLIGHTLY BELOW 10% WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN, BUT REGARDLESS OF THAT PERCENTAGE, WE HAVE STILL ENCOUNTERED MORE UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN THIS FISCAL YEAR THAN WE EVER HAVE.

AND EVEN THOUGH IT IS ONLY 10% OF OUR ENCOUNTERS, IT IS STILL A BIG CHALLENGE FOR US, BECAUSE THOSE UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN, THEY NEED SPECIAL CARE, AND PROCESSING CONSIDERATIONS, AND THAT WILL PUT A STRAIN ON OUR RESOURCES AS WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE YEARS, SO IT'S STILL A BIG CHALLENGE FOR US.

>> OTHER SECTORS ON THE BORDER ARE THEY SEEING SIMILAR INCREASES?

>> WELL, WE'RE QUITE PECULIAR, IN THAT A LOT OF OTHER SECTORS, THEY ARE SEEING MUCH LARGER FAMILY UNIT AND UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN NUMBERS, SO IT'S AN ESPECIALLY LARGE STRAIN ON THOSE SECTORS.

AND ON THE TUCSON SECTOR, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT FLIP FLOPPED, WHERE OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE ARE THOSE SINGLE ADULTS THAT DON'T WANT TO BE APPREHENDED >> AND FROM WHAT YOU SEE AND HEAR, HAS ANYTHING -- FIVE MONTHS NOW INTO THE NEW ADMINISTRATION, HAS ANYTHING CHANGED FROM WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN, CHANGES IN THE WHITE HOUSE?

>> WELL, IMMIGRATION LAW HASN'T CHANGED, AND THAT'S WHAT BORDER PATROL AGENTS DO.

WE HAVE LAWS THAT WE ENFORCE.

THOSE LAWS HAVEN'T CHANGED.

NOW THE PERCEPTION OF SOME OF THESE MIGRANTS MAY BE THAT SINGS HAVE CHANGED, BUT THEY HAVEN'T.

WE'RE STILL TASKED WITH ENFORCING THOSE EXISTING LAWS.

>> BUT YOU ARE THINKING THE PERCEPTION OF SOME OF THESE FOLKS CROSSING, THEY ARE SEEING THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

>> WELL, SURE, WE DO INTERVIEW EVERYBODY THAT WE APPREHEND, AND THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THERE ARE PERCEPTIONS, BUT THE LAWS HAVEN'T CHANGED.

>> THERE IS ALWAYS A CONCERN ABOUT NARCOTICS COMING ACROSS THE BORDER, ARE YOU SEEING AN UP TICK IN FENTANYL AND THESE TYPES OF THINGS?

>> WELL, WE HAVE.

WE'RE ALL PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THE FACT THAT MARIJUANA HAS BEEN LEGALIZED ON A STATE LEVEL HERE IN ARIZONA.

OUR MARIJUANA SEIZURE NUMBERS ARE GONE DOWN VERY SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT THE BAD NEWS HERE IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEIZE FENTANYL, WHICH IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, AND METHAMPHETAMINE.

ONE OF THE TRENDS THAT WE HAVE SEEN IS THAT INSTEAD OF THESE TRADITIONAL MARIJUANA-SMUGGLING ROUTES, AND MARIJUANA-SMUGGLING TECHNIQUES WITH THE LARGE BACKPACKS, WE NOW SEE THAT HAPPENING WITH -- WITH METH.

SO THAT'S A PRETTY INTERESTING SHIFT.

>> INDEED IT IS.

ROBERT BUSHELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU, SIR.

>> AND UP NEXT, A FAMILIAR PIECE OF ART AT SKY HARBOR MAKES A BIG MOVE.

>>> THE PHOENIX MURAL IS A MASSIVE PIECE OF ART THAT GREETED TRAVELERS AT SKY HARBOR'S TERMINAL TWO FOR 60 YEARS, BUT NOW THE MURAL NEEDED TO DO SOME TRAVELING OF ITS OWN.

WE LEARNED MORE FROM SKY HARBOR MUSEUM DIRECTOR, GARY MARTELLI.

GARY MARTELLI, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND THE VALLEY FOR A WHILE WILL RECOGNIZE THIS MURAL BACK AT THE OLD TERMINAL 2.

TALK TO US ABOUT THE PHOENIX, WHAT IT IS, AND HOW IT IS GOING TO HEAD OFF TO GREENER PASTURES.

>> SURE, THANKS, TED.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

SO THE MURAL, AS MANY LOCAL PEOPLE KNOW, IT GRACES THE WALLS OF TERMINAL 2 IN THE LOBBY.

IT IS 75-FOOT WIDE THREE-PANEL MURAL, AND BASICALLY IT TELLS THE STORY OF THE VALLEY OF THE SUN, PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE AT THAT TIME WHEN HE WAS FIRST CONSTRUCTED IN 1962.

>> AND IT'S LIKE A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MURAL, CORRECT?

>> IT IS VARIETY MENTIONAL.

IT ALWAYS LOOKS KIND OF FLAT, BUT UP CLOSE YOU CAN SEE IT IS VARIETY VARIETY -- VERY DIMENSIONAL, AND IT IS MADE FROM MATERIALS AROUND THE STATE, BUT IT ALSO HAD GYM STONES AND SEASHELLS THAT HAVE BEEN CROSS-CUT.

THE PHOENIX BIRD, THE CENTER PANEL, THE EYE OF THE PHOENIX HAS ABLONEY SHELL, AND GLITTER, AND IT HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED WITH STYROFOAM TO BUILD ON THE THEDIMENSIONALITY OF IT.

>> OKAY.

SO OBVIOUSLY, THAT IS A LOT OF STUFF IN A BIG PACKAGE.

TERMINAL 2 IS ADIOS.

YOU HAVE TO FIND A PLACE FOR THIS MURAL.

YOU GUYS MOVED THIS -- YOU CAN'T JUST GO TO YOUTUBE AND GOOGLE MOVE A MURAL.

>> EXACTLY.

IN THE PAST WE HAVE INTERVIEWED THE ARTIST'S WIFE JUST TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE MURAL WAS CONSTRUCTED, AND TO BE HONEST, IT IS HELD TOGETHER WITH A LOT OF WHITE GLUE, AND THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT MATERIALS.

WE HAD A CONSERVATION COMPANY COME IN AND INVESTIGATE TO FIND OUT THE MOVABILITY OF IT.

AND THEY DEEMED IT MOVABLE.

AND THEY WORK WITH ANOTHER COMPANY CALLED THE INTERNATIONAL CHIMNEY CORPORATION, AND THIS COMPANY IS KNOWN FOR MOVING MONUMENTS AND LIGHTHOUSES AND BUILDINGS, SO THEY CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF HOW TO MOVE IT AFTER DOING SOME INVESTIGATION, AND WE WEREN'T SURE IF IT WAS ATTACHED TO THE EXTERIOR WALL OR HOW IT WAS CONSTRUCTED.

AND SO THE PROCESS WAS -- WAS SO AMAZING, AND MONUMENTAL, THEY HAD TO BASICALLY, TAKE THE EXTERIOR WALL OF THE TERMINAL OFF BEHIND THE MURAL AND EXPOSE THE BACK OF THE MURAL.

AND THEY DID IT SECTION BY SECTION, BECAUSE IT'S A THREE-PANELLED MURAL.

AND BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE MATERIALS AND EVERYTHING, IT'S NOT JUST LIKE TAKING A CANVAS OFF OF THE WALL, SO THEY LEFT IT ATTACHED TO THE INTERIOR PLASTER WALL, AND HAD TO PUT SUPPORT ON THE BACK, KIND OF AN ARMATURE, AND THEN CUT IT FROM ITS ADJOINING COLUMNS.

EACH SECTION IS ADJOINED TO A COLUMN ON EACH SIDE, AND PUSH IT FORWARD TO THIS MASSIVE STEEL STRUCTURE, AND THEN LIFT IT UP, AND BE ABLE TO KIND OF REINFORCE IT SOME MORE, EVERYTHING WRAPPED AND SECURED, AND PUT EACH PANEL ON A GIANT FLAT BED TRUCK, AND IT WAS TRANSPORTED AT NIGHT, AND PUT INTO A SECURE STORAGE AREA.

>> WOW, BECAUSE THE PLAN NOW IS TO PUT THIS THING BACK UP IN THE RENTAL CAR CENTER.

>> EXACTLY.

YOU KNOW, AND WE DID A LOT OF -- KIND OF MEETINGS TO DISCUSS VARIOUS PLACES WHERE THE MURAL COULD GO, AND PART OF THE UNDERSTANDING WAS THE MURAL WAS DESIGNED TO WELCOME TRAVELERS AND VISITORS TO -- TO ARIZONA AND VALLEY OF THE SUN, AND SO IT HAD TO STAY AT THE AIRPORT -- AT AN AIRPORT PROPERTY, AND THE RENTAL PARK CENTER, IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE, IT'S A HUGE STRUCTURE THAT IS ABOUT THREE FOOTBALL FIELDS LONG, AND THERE IS ALREADY A LOT OF ARTWORK THERE, AND SO THE -- THAT NOW IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO RECEIVE THE MURAL, AND SO THERE IS A LOT OF BUILD-OUT WORK, BASICALLY WHERE IT WOULD BE ON DISPLAY IS WHEN PEOPLE ARRIVE AT THE RENTAL CAR CENTER, AND WHETHER YOU ARE RENTING A CAR, OR JUST WANT TO SEE ART, YOU CAN CERTAINLY GO THERE.

AND GOING DOWN THIS SERIES OF ESCALATORS, THERE IS A CENTRAL ESCALATOR, AND THEN ADDITIONAL ESCALATORS, SO NO MATTER WHAT ESCALATOR YOU ARE ON, YOU WILL HAVE THIS MURAL LAID OUT IN FRONT OF YOU.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT SPACE FOR THIS.

I KNOW FOR A LOT OF FOLKS IN PHOENIX, IT REALLY DOES FEEL LIKE HOME WHEN YOU SEE THIS.

GARY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CONGRATULATIONS.

AND IT WILL BE UP IN SEPTEMBER?

>> IN SEPTEMBER, WE'RE PLANNING TO HAVE A REVEAL.

THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO GET IT INTO THE RENTAL CAR CENTER, AND WHAT IS ALSO EXCITING IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DISPLAY AREAS, AND EXHIBITION SPACE TO HAVE AN INTERPRETATION ABOUT THE MURAL.

THERE WILL BE A TELESCOPE, SO YOU CAN LOOK CLOSELY AT THE MURAL.

>> SOUNDS FANTASTIC.

GARY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU, TED.

>>> LUIS VALDES IS THE SCREEN WRITER AND DIRECTOR OF THE POPULAR MOVIE "LA BAMBA."

HE SPOKE WITH "HORIZONTE" HOST JOSE CARDENAS.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

YOU ARE BEING HONORED FOR A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT.

YOU ARE CONSIDERED THE GODFATHER OF CHICANO THEATER.

TALK ABOUT THAT.

>> WE ARE STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE.

WE'RE IN OUR 56TH YEAR.

CAESAR CHAVEZ GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MOVEMENT HE STARTED.

AND I WAS BORN THERE IN THE 1940S, SO I GREW UP KNOWING WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE THERE.

SO THE BASIC TRUTHS THAT I LEARNED LEAD ME INTO THEATER, AND I WAS ABLE TO LAUNCH WITH CAESAR'S PERMIT PART OF THE NON-VIOLENT MOVEMENT TO GET WORKERS OUT OF THE FIELDS.

WE HAVE BEEN IN THIS MISSION TOWN SINCE 1971, BUT WE CONTINUE TO TEACH WHOLE NEW GENERATIONS OF -- OF OUR PEOPLE, LATINOS, AND NON-LATINOS ALSO ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THEATER IN THE COMMUNITY.

THEATER IS THE CREATOR OF COMMUNITY, AND COMMUNITY IS THE CREATOR OF COMMUNITY.

I LOVE AND RESPECT YOU, AND I LOVE AND RESPECT MYSELF, THAT'S ESSENTIAL.

>> IT BEGAN AS A MUSICAL AND THEN BECAME A FILM.

TALK ABOUT THAT AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE.

>> IT GOES BACK TO WHEN I WAS 6 YEARS OLD.

HIS NAME WAS CC, AND HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN DESEGREGATING THE THEATER.

HE CAME WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND ONE DAY, AND HE REFUSED TO MOVE, AND SO THE PLACE CAME AND ARRESTED HIM, BUT THERE WAS NO REASON TO KEEP HIM, SO THEY RELEASED HIM.

WHEN I WENT BACK TO WORK ON THE GREAT STRIKE.

MY MOTHER SAID YOU ARE GOING TO WORK WITH CC.

AND I SAID IS HE STILL AROUND?

AND SHE LAUGHED AND SAID THAT IS CAESAR CHAVEZ.

IT MEANS A JAZZ AFICIONADO.

I MADE A MOVIE ON THAT BASED ON MY PLAY.

BUT THE INSPIRATION GOES BACK TO MY CHILDHOOD WHEN I USED TO SEE THEM.

THEY WERE DANGEROUS AT THE SAME TIME THEY WERE FASCINATING, SO I WANTED TO TELL THEIR STORY, SO I TOLD THE STORY AND ABOUT THE RIOTS, AND IT BECAME A HIT.

THE HIGHEST-GROSSING PLAY.

WE REVIVED IT AGAIN IN 2017, JUST FOUR YEARS AGO AT THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE THEATER GROUP, AND IT BROKE BOX OFFICE RECORDS AGAIN.

SO IT SPEAKS TO A BASIC PART OF OUR HISTORY, AND SPEAKS TO THE COMMUNITY OF LOS ANGELES, BUT NOT JUST LA, ALL OF THE LATINO COMMUNITY CAN RELATE TO IT.

>> THIS IS THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF WHAT MANY CONSIDER TO BE YOUR GREATEST FILM ACHIEVEMENT, "LA BAMBA."

TALK ABOUT THAT MOVIE, AND HOW SIGNIFICANT IT IS.

>> I THINK IT IS SIGNIFICANT THAT.

RICHIE CAME ALONG AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MOVEMENT.

>> YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT RICHIE VALENS?

>> YES.

AND HE WAS ABLE TO GET A NUMBER OF HITS OUT BEFORE HE DIED, AND OF COURSE LA BAMBA, THAT HE TURNED INTO A ROCK AND ROLL CLASSIC.

WE WERE ALMOST CONTEMPORARIES.

HE WAS BORN ABOUT SIX MONTHS AFTER I WAS, AND HIS STORY IS PART OF THE STORY OF AMERICA, PART OF AMERICA POP CULTURE, AND SO THE IDEA OF MAKING A FILM WAS NOT NEW.

A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD TRIED OVER THE YEARS, BUT MY BROTHER AND I WERE -- ACTUALLY THE ROOTS GO BACK TO BROADWAY IN 1979.

AND IT WAS OPENING NIGHT, AND I WAS UP ON THE SECOND FLOOR, AND WE WERE PRETTY FULL OF OURSELVES, WE SAID, OKAY, WE MADE IT TO NEW YORK NOW WITH THE 40S, WHAT CAN WE DO WITH THE 50S?

AND AT THAT MOMENT WE HEARD MARIACHI MUSIC, AND THEY WERE PLAYING THE SONG THAT ANSWERED OUR QUESTION.

>> AND YOU AND I CHATTED A LITTLE BIT OFF CAMERA ABOUT THIS.

YOU SAID ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT THINGS ABOUT THE MOVIE IS THE LACK OF STEREOTYPES.

EXPLAIN THAT.

>> I MEAN, THIS IS THE STORY OF TWO BROTHERS, THE STORY OF TWO FAMILIES, THE STORY OF SURVIVAL, RIGHT.

BOB HAS HIS OWN PROBLEMS, BUT HE WAS TRYING TO DO WELL BY HIS FAMILY AND TRYING TO HELP.

AND THIS IS A FAMILY LIKE ALL FAMILIES.

IT'S THE STORY THAT NEEDS TO BE TOLD IN THE MOST BASIC, HONEST, AND DECENT WAY.

AND IT REMAINS A CHALLENGE TO ALL LATINO FILMMAKERS, AND NON-LATINOS AS WELL, IT HIGHLIGHTS THE DECENCY OF ALL HUMAN BEINGS.

THIS IS THE STORY OF TWO BROTHERS THAT HAVE THEIR CONFLICTS, BUT THEY LOVE EACH OTHER.

SO THAT IS THE SPINE OF THE MOVIE, AND ALSO HOW THE SINGLE MOTHER WAS TRYING TO HELP HER KIDS SURVIVE THIS WORLD.

SHE WAS WORKING AS A WAITRESS AND BARTENDER AND JUST TRYING TO GET HER SONS THROUGH LIFE.

>> SO IT'S A GREAT STORY, AND WONDERFUL MUSIC.

I HAVE SEEN IT MANY TIMES, AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU DIRECTED IT AND PUT IT OUT.

LET ME JUST END BY CONGRATULATING YOU ON YOUR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TO TODAY.

>> WELL, THANK YOU.

IT CAN BE DONE IF YOU BELIEVE IN YOURSELF.

JUST GO FOR IT.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>>> AND THAT IS IT FOR NOW, I'M TED SIMONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

♪♪ >>> COMING UP IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS ON ARIZONA PBS.

ON CRONKITE NEWS, CONCERNS OVER THE DELTA COVID VARIANT, AND ON AND ON BREAK IT DOWN, MORE WOMEN ARE COACHING IN MALE-DOMINATED SPORTS.

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