KQED Latino Heritage Month 2015

CELEBRATES

Latino Heritage Month SEPT 2015

Powerful new film examines the Latino experience at home and overseas during the Vietnam War. Tuesday, September 22, 10pm on KQED 9

KQED Public Television Highlights

On Two Fronts: Latinos and Vietnam Tuesday, September 22, 10pm on KQED 9

View or download the schedule of Latino Heritage Month programs airing on KQED 9, KQED Plus, KQED Life and KQED World. kqed.org/heritage

Standing on Sacred Ground: Fire and Ice

Sunday, September 6, 6pm on KQED 9

Beautiful Sin

Sunday, September 13, 6pm on KQED 9

Pedro E. Guerrero: A Photographer’s Journey

Friday, September 18, 9pm on KQED 9

The Q’eros herd alpaca, harvest potatoes and speak to their sacred Apus (mountain spirits) in villages accessible only by foot. The rugged mountains protect them from easy tourism and Western-style development, but the mountains cannot protect them from global warming.

What if you desperately wanted a baby, but your country and religion prohibited you from trying the one medical treatment that could help you conceive?

This film tells the decade-long story of three couples struggling with infertility who take the Costa Rican government before an international human rights court to demand the right to use in vitro fertilization.

Discover the life and work of Mexican American photographer Pedro E. Guerrero, who collaborated with Frank Lloyd Wright and sculptors Alexander Calder and Louise Nevelson. A co-presentation of Voces and American Masters.

Photos: (cover) courtesy Antonio “Tony the Marine” Santiago; (top to bottom) courtesy George Rodriguez; courtesy Christopher McLeod; courtesy Azul Films; courtesy Miguel Creus.

This new film examines the Latino experience during a war that placed its heaviest burden on working-class youth and their communities. Framing the documentary are memoirs of two siblings, Everett and Delia Alvarez, who stood on opposite sides of the Vietnam War, one as a POW and the other protesting at home.

POV: Don’t Tell Anyone (No le digas a nadie)

Monday, September 21, 10pm on KQED 9

The Salinas Project

Sunday, September 27, 6pm on KQED 9

Film School Shorts Online Premieres

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Meet immigrant activist Angy Rivera, the country’s only advice columnist for undocumented youth. In a community where silence is often seen as necessary for survival, she steps out of the shadows to share her own parallel experiences of being undocumented and sexually abused.

This film shines a light on children of migrant farmworkers living on the east side of Salinas — where poverty, deplorable housing conditions and gang violence are a part of daily life. In the face of adversity, these young people strive to improve their social and economic realities by educating themselves and changing their lives, one generation at a time.

Un Mundo para Raúl / A World for Raúl A 2013 Student Academy Award winner.

When 13-year-old Raúl is asked to entertain the local landowner’s son, a treacherous game of power and pride unfolds between the boys. Shot in Mexico. Made at Columbia University.

Available online September 2. ¡Una Carrerita, Doctor! / A Doctor’s Job A doctor moonlighting as a cabbie picks up an unusual fare. Shot in Peru. Made at UCLA. Available online September 16.

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Photos: (top to bottom) Apprentice jockey José Luis Campos wins at Santa Anita racetrack, Beniot Photography; courtesy “Don’t Tell Anyone”; courtesy “The Salinas Project”; courtesy “Un Mundo para Raúl.”

Sunday, September 20, 6pm on KQED 9

The sport of kings wouldn’t exist without the constant efforts and cheap labor of immigrant workers who run the practical operations of the stables. Behind the track, undocumented families gamble on the promise of a better tomorrow by maintaining the sporting spectacle.

Latino Heritage Month 2015

Truly CA: Stable Life

KQED in the Latino Heritage Events Community Thursday, September 10 6:30-8:30pm / Free School of Arts and Culture at Mexican Heritage Plaza 1700 Alum Rock Ave. San Jose Please RSVP on2fronts.eventbrite.com

Film Screening: On Two Fronts: Latinos and Vietnam Join KQED, the School for Arts and Culture, the Mexican Consulate of San Jose, and Santa Clara Office of Veteran’s Affairs for a special night featuring speakers, music and the screening of On Two Fronts: Latinos and Vietnam (premiering Tuesday, September 22, at 10pm on KQED 9).

Photos: (top to bottom) courtesy Dan Garcia; courtesy San Francisco State University; courtesy latinotopia; courtesy “Viento Aparte.”

Fifty Years of Luis Valdez and Teatro Campesino Playwright, actor, writer and film director Luis Valdez is widely regarded as the father of Chicano theater in the United States.

Valdez is best known for his play Zoot Suit, his movie La Bamba and his creation of El Teatro Campesino.

Join Beth Willon, KQED Silicon Valley senior news editor, for a live conversation with Luis Valdez, covering the successes and challenges of interpreting the lives of Latino Americans for 50 years.

Monday, October 12 7-9pm / Free The Stage Theater 490 South 1st St. San Jose Please RSVP teatro50.eventbrite.com

Seventh Annual Cine+Mas SF Latino Film Festival KQED is proud to be a sponsor of the Cine+Mas San Francisco Latino Film Festival, which showcases the work of emerging and established filmmakers from the United States, Latin America, Spain and Portugal. The seventh annual festival includes sceenings in various location around the Bay Area, September 18–28. sflatinofilmfestival.com

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