Hispanic Heritage Month

Complacency has never been a hallmark of Latin American literature. As the 21st century dawned, many young writers- and even some who had fueled the Latin American boom- grew disenchanted with the status quo. This program profiles the careers and the potential of literary artists at the forefront of the region's emerging narrative trends. Addressing the influence of the Crack Movement and the McOndo Group-as well as an increasing overlap between cinematic and literary concerns

To the European imagination, America was a tabula rasa, a virgin territory. As this program describes, narrative art forms were essential to making sense of this exotic Eden and the possibilities it offered. New Spain became a place for re-creating myths and legends of the Western literary canon, for transforming poetry, prose, and epic literature.

A documentary that addresses colorism within the LatinX community through the lens and living experiences of U.S. Latinas.

Neighbors explores the people, history, and traditions of crafts from the U.S. and Mexico, noting how aesthetics cross over and back again in a living and ongoing cultural exchange. Featured artists include glass artist Jaime Guerrero; Mexican ceramic artists Magdalena Pedro Martínez and Carlomagno Pedro Martínez; world-renowned painter, muralist, community arts pioneer, and scholar Judy Baca; California ceramic artist Gerardo Monterrubio; and silver designers William Spratling, Carmen Tapia, Miguel Angel Ortíz Miranda, Cristina Romo, and Eduardo Herrera.

Cuban America explores the continuing Cuban-American story as a concentrated exile group's impact on transforming the sleepy tourist town of Miami into a major metropolitan community. A detailed look into the complex experience of Cuban-Americans: who they are, how they came to be, where they came from, where they are going, what they did, and, more importantly, how they are portrayed.

Join Ann Curry as two men search for the people who helped them come to the U.S. when they fled Castro’s Cuba. One hopes to find the family who took him in as a boy while another looks for the shrimp boat skipper who brought him to safety.

Families separated by U.S.-Mexico border reunite in a 'Hugs Not Walls' event.

Patagonia invites you into a rarely seen South American wilderness, home to surprising creatures who survive in environments that range from the mighty Andes Mountains to Cape Horn. Discover the secret lives of pumas and hummingbirds. Soar with condors over glacial peaks and explore monkey puzzle forests from the time of dinosaurs. Ride with extreme kayakers over raging waterfalls and Patagonia's cowboys—the gauchos—as they round up wild horses.

We follow Morales’ journey around Southern California as he tries to understand issues concerning the Latino population in California and the U.S. He and other Chicano/Latino academic experts discuss the first immigrants to California; how California was taken over by Anglo-Americans; how the city of Irvine came to be and its juxtaposition to Santa Ana