Latino Americans Premiere Dates: Tuesdays -- September 17, September 24 and October 1 -- 810 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings). The series will also be broadcast nationally in Spanish
on Vme, the Spanish-language channel on public television, over six consecutive Fridays
beginning on September 20.
LATINO AMERICANS is a 3-part, 6-hour documentary - the first major documentary series for
television to chronicle the rich and varied history and experiences of Latinos, who have for the
past 500-plus years helped shape what is today the United States. Led by Emmy Award-winning
series producer Adriana Bosch and narrated by Benjamin Bratt, the LATINO AMERICANS series
documents the evolution of a new “Latino American” identity from the 1500s to the present
day, featuring interviews with close to 100 Latinos from the worlds of politics, business and pop
culture.
You can watch a preview here: LATINO AMERICANS trailer.
The film is scheduled to air on PBS over three Tuesdays beginning September 17, as well as on
Vme, the Spanish-language channel on public television, and it will be a major opportunity to
have a national discussion on the increasingly-important role that Latinos have played, and
continue to play, in shaping America’s culture, history, economy and politics.
The documentary series was featured at an afternoon plenary at the 2013 LEAD Summit “Beyond the Broadcast of PBS' LATINO AMERICANS: a Public Engagement and Education
Campaign”. Click below to view.
1:20 PM: Afternoon Plenary (01:50:42) (first half of this segment link)
http://www.livestream.com/lsacnational/video?clipId=pla_5c0d23d9-9fc3-4559-be9a1d5bcf38082f&utm_source=lslibrary&utm_medium=ui-thumb
http://livestre.am/4oKMp
2:10 PM: Panel Discussion (01:50:42) (first half of this segment link)
http://www.livestream.com/lsacnational/video?clipId=pla_5c0d23d9-9fc3-4559-be9a1d5bcf38082f&utm_source=lslibrary&utm_medium=ui-thumb
http://livestre.am/4oKMp
The bilingual project also includes a companion book by Ray Suarez, Senior Correspondent for
PBS NEWSHOUR, a nationwide public engagement initiative, and digital engagement and public
education campaigns.
Below is the link to the series website on pbs.org, as well as some other quick pieces for the
series -- including links to embeddable video. The project's Interactive Engagement team is
distributing now a regular weekly series of suggested social media posts (with shareable history
facts, quotes, video content and images) in both English and Spanish.
Latino Americans Website: http://www.pbs.org/latino-americans/en/
Latino Americans on the PBS Pressroom: http://pressroom.pbs.org/Programs/l/LATINOAMERICANS.aspx
Latino Americans on Twitter: #LatinosPBS
Embeddable Online Video
Latino Americans Series Preview (90-second embeddable video):
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365047353
Latino Americans Episode 1: "Foreigners in Their Own Land" Trailer (2:11 min. embeddable
video): http://video.pbs.org/video/2365041698
Latino Americans Episode 2: "Empire of Dreams" Trailer (2:37 min. embeddable video):
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365041723
Latino Americans Episode 3: "War and Peace" Trailer (3:46 min. embeddable video):
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365003920
Latino Americans Episode 4: "The New Latinos" Trailer (3:05 min. embeddable video):
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365003928
Latino Americans Episode 5: "Prejudice and Pride" Trailer (3:23 min. embeddable video):
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365018995
Latino Americans Episode 6: "Peril and Promise" Trailer (3:23 min. embeddable video):
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365003936