The Latino Experience

The Latino Experience | Preview

A three-part anthology series of short fiction and nonfiction films. Watch Monday, September 12 from 12:30 am through 2:30am.

Cuba: The Forgotten Revolution | Preview

Cuba: The Forgotten Revolution tells the virtually unknown story of Cuban revolutionaries Frank País and Jose Antonio Echeverría. Working largely independently from each other, these young men—a school teacher and architecture student, respectively—played critical roles in the eventual overthrow of dictator Fulgencio Batista, although their names seldom appear alongside their more famous contemporaries, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. Watch Monday, September 12 at 3:30am.

Pati's Mexican Table 

Tradition and Innovation  | Season 11 | Preview

Pati meets chef and historian Maru Toledo and expires the influence of hacienda culture. Watch Wednesday, September 14 at 4:30pm.

La Otra Mirada

Tobacco, Pants and Jazz | Preview

After the mysterious assassination of a politician in Lisbon, Teresa follows a lead that takes her to a school in Seville. Watch Saturday, September 17 at 11pm.

Pati's Mexican Table 

Getting to the Roots  | Season 11 | Preview

Pati meets the young chefs and owners of one of Guadalajara's most exciting new restaurants, Xokol. Watch Wednesday, September 21  at 4:30pm.

NOVA

Cuba's Cancer Hope | Preview

Can Cuban scientists team up with U.S. partners to make lung cancer treatments available to all?  Watch Wednesday, September 21 at 4:30 pm And Friday, September 23 at 1am.

La Frontera with Pati Jinich | Preview

Chef Pati Jinich explores places and food from El Paso and Juarez to Big Bend National Park.  Watch Saturday, September 24 at 3pm.

The Latino Experience

The Latino Experience | Preview

A three-part anthology series of short fiction and nonfiction films. Watch Saturday, September 24 from 4 pm through 6pm.

La Otra Mirada

A Vote of Confidence | Preview

Manuela confronts her first crisis, forcing her to hold a vote. Meanwhile, rumors about Teresa’s past begin to appear. Watch Saturday, September 24 at 11pm.

Eliades Ochoa: from Cuba to the World | Preview

This program traces the life and career of acclaimed guitarist and singer Eliades Ochoa, who rose to worldwide fame in the late ‘90s as an original member of the legendary international Cuban band, The Buena Vista Social Club. Over the decades, he has played with several folk groups and dedicated his life to celebrating and preserving the traditional folk roots of Cuban music. Watch Sunday, September 25 at 2pm.

Gershwin Prize

Emilio and Gloria Estefan: Gershwin Prize | Preview

An all-star tribute to Emilio and Gloria Estefan, the 2019 recipients of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song and the first married couple or musicians-songwriters of Hispanic descent to receive the honor. Watch Sunday, September 25 at 3pm.

Wonders of Mexico

Forests of the Maya | Episode 1 | Preview 

The seasons, wildlife and unique geology of the forests of the Yucatan Peninsula are explored.  Watch Monday, September 26 at 12am.

Wonders of Mexico

Mountain Worlds | Episode 2  | Preview

Discover an amazing diversity of life and culture in the great chain of mountains, the Sierra Madre. Watch Monday, September 26 at 1am.

Wonders of Mexico

Burning North | Episode 3 | Preview

The animals of natural wonders of two great deserts, the Sonoran and Chihuahuan, are highlighted.  Watch Monday, September 26 at 2am.

Hispanic heritage month Programming

Mariposas Del Campo | Preview

Teens from Mexico strive to change their families' destinies in the strawberry fields of California. Watch Monday, September 26 at 3am.

Hispanic heritage month Programming

Unadopted  | Preview

After 20 years in foster care, Noel Anaya claimed his independence in court at age 21. Unadopted follows Noel on his quest for answers about his family and foster care experience, interweaving his own personal journey with the stories of two other teens in the system. The film examines long-term foster care from the perspective of those intimately familiar with its challenges and failings, and includes open discussions about their feelings on adoption, their relationships with their birth parents and siblings, and issues of identity and permanency. Watch Monday, September 26 at 4:30am.

Back to back episodes

La Frontera with Pati Jinich  | Miles from Nowhere  | From Dos Laredos to Mars  | Preview

Chef Pati Jinich explores places and food from El Paso and Juarez to Big Bend National Park.  Watch Tuesday, September 27 starting at 12 am.

Eliades Ochoa: from Cuba to the World | Preview

This program traces the life and career of acclaimed guitarist and singer Eliades Ochoa, who rose to worldwide fame in the late ‘90s as an original member of the legendary international Cuban band, The Buena Vista Social Club. Over the decades, he has played with several folk groups and dedicated his life to celebrating and preserving the traditional folk roots of Cuban music. Watch Wednesday, September 28 at 3:30am.

Pati's Mexican Table

The Heart of Tequila | Preview

In Tequila, Pati follows the spirit-making process from agave field to tasting table. Watch Wednesday, September 28 at 4:30am.

VOCES

The Pushouts | Preview

Meet Victor Rios, a high school dropout and former gang member-turned-award-winning professor, author and expert on the school to prison pipeline, who works with young people who have been "pushed out" of school for reasons beyond their control. Watch Thursday, September 29 at 3am.

VOCES

Adios Amor - The Search for Maria Moreno | Preview

See how the discovery of lost photographs sparks the search for a hero that history forgot - Maria Moreno, an eloquent migrant mother of 12 who became an outspoken leader for farmworker rights. Her legacy was buried - until now. Watch Thursday, September 29 at 3am.

La Frontera with Pati Jinich 

From Dos Laredos to Mars  | Preview

Chef Pati Jinich explores places and food from El Paso and Juarez to Big Bend National Park.  Watch Saturday, October 1 at 3pm.

Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion | Preview

With unprecedented access to Cubans on both sides of the Florida Straits, CUBA: A LIFETIME OF PASSION looks at the present-day reality of the Cuban Revolution and its uncertain post-Castro future, and the conflicts that have engulfed Cuba for the past six decades. Watch Saturday, October 1 at 4pm.

Content channel

Major League Cuban Baseball | Preview

MAJOR LEAGUE CUBAN BASEBALL traces the experiences of Cubans at the most accomplished levels of America's national pastime – baseball – and explores their deep cultural and emotional connection to the game. Watch Saturday, October 1 at 5pm.

La Otra Mirada

Portraits In Pastel Tones | Preview

Manuela confronts her first crisis, forcing her to hold a vote. Meanwhile, rumors about Teresa’s past begin to appear. Watch Saturday, October 1 at 11pm.

American Masters

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It | Preview

Discover how Moreno defied her humble upbringing and racism to become one of a select group of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award winners. Watch Sunday, October 2 at 3pm.

Singing Our Way to Freedom | Preview

SINGING OUR WAY TO FREEDOM chronicles the life and music of Ramon "Chunky" Sanchez, from his humble beginnings as a farmworker in Blythe, California to the dramatic moment when he received one of our nation's highest musical honors at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Chunky’s arc of transformation from marginalized farm kid to charismatic social activist shows how one person can mobilize people to change the world. Watch Sunday, October 2 at 5pm.

Colombia - Wild and Free

Two Rivers | Preview

The eastern region of Colombia, a land defined by the Orinoco and the Amazon rivers, is explored. Watch Monday, October 3 at 12:30am.

Latino Americans

Latino Americans | Preview

LATINO AMERICANS is a  six-hour documentary series featuring interviews with nearly 100 Latinos and more than 500 years of History. The first three episodes: Foreigners In Their Own Land, Empire of Dreams, and War and Peace. Watch Monday, October 3 starting at 1:30am.

Rudolfo Anaya: The Magic of Words | Preview

Rudolfo Anaya was the first Hispanic American writer to achieve major publishing success. Watch Monday, October 3 starting at 4:30am.

American Masters

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It | Preview

Discover how Moreno defied her humble upbringing and racism to become one of a select group of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award winners. Watch Wednesday, October 5 at 2am.

Rise of The Bolsonaros | Preview

The Bolsonaros' meteoric rise to power in Brazil and the scandals that accompanied it are explored. Watch Thursday, October 6 at 3am.

Pati's Mexican Table  | Four back to back episodes

The Fire Kings | Season 11 | Preview

PATI'S MEXICAN TABLE is a food-driven television series starring James Beard Award winning chef, author and mom to three boys, Pati Jinich. In Season 11, Pati explores Nuevo Leon, a sprawling northeastern border state draped in dazzling mountains and miles of desert. What Nuevo Leon lacks in ingredients, it makes up for with resourceful, creative people who are finding innovative and delicious ways to transform traditional flavors into familiar yet exciting new experiences. Watch Saturday, October 8 from 3:30-5pm.

Making it in America | Preview

There are few places where immigrants are shaping the economy in more significant ways than in Florida, where Miami leads the nation in entrepreneurial activity and the startup of new companies. MAKING IT IN AMERICA highlights the important contributions being made by immigrant entrepreneurs to the economy of Florida and the United States, across multiple fields – from construction to medicine to tech. Watch Saturday, October 8 at 5pm.

La Otra Mirada

Right to Privacy | Preview

Teachers discover that students are receiving erotic literature and Luisa starts teaching sex-ed. Watch Saturday, October 8 at 11pm.

Salsa! The Dance Sensation | Preview

Dubbed by many the most popular social dance in the world, it is practiced today by people of all ages, ethnicities, and cultures. In South Florida, this Latin-flavored dance, infused with Caribbean and African roots, is performed with distinct passion and artistry.  Watch Sunday, October 9 at 3pm.

Great Performances

Roots of Latin Jazz | Preview

Celebrate the rhythms of Latin music with performances by GRAMMY-winners. Watch Sunday, October 9 at 4:30pm.

POV

La Casa de Mama Icha | Preview

Mama Icha returns home to Colombia, finding heartbreak and joy after decades in the US. Watch Sunday, October 9 at 4:30pm.

Colombia - Wild and Free

From The Pacific to the Andes | Preview

Journey to the largely uninhabited Pacific coast of Colombia and ascend to Andean volcanoes. Watch Monday, October 10 at 12:30am.

Latino Americans

Episode 1: Foreigners in Their Own Land Trailer

LATINO AMERICANS is a six-hour documentary series that concludes with the final three episodes: The New Latinos, Pride and Prejudice, and Peril and Promise Monday, October 10 from 1:30-4:30pm. 

Re-Evolution: The Cuban Dream | Preview

Diving into the streets of Havana, RE-EVOLUTION: THE CUBAN DREAM introduces a social worker, an ethnographer, and three artists. Their stories provide unique perspectives on how Cuba is shaped by an ongoing culture of revolution that is more nuanced than meets the eye. This program is the first in an eventual four-part series which will explore pillars of Cuban society that are drastically evolving today. Watch Monday, October 10 at 4:3 am.

Singing Our Way to Freedom | Preview

SINGING OUR WAY TO FREEDOM chronicles the life and music of Ramon "Chunky" Sanchez, from his humble beginnings as a farmworker in Blythe, California to the dramatic moment when he received one of our nation's highest musical honors at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Chunky’s arc of transformation from marginalized farm kid to charismatic social activist shows how one person can mobilize people to change the world. Watch Wednesday, October 12 at 1am.

Gloria Estefan: Sangre Yoruba | Preview

Singer Gloria Estefan visits three cities in Brazil and explores the origin of the country's music. Wednesday, October 12 at 3am.

NETAView

Five Dreamers | Preview

Five DACA recipients struggle to maintain a sense of normalcy while fearing the loss of their DACA. Watch Wednesday, October 12 at 4:30am.

Hispanic Heritage Month Programming

Road to Santa Fe | Preview

The Santa Fe Trail played a pivotal role in the westward expansion of the United States. Extending across the mid-continent from Missouri to New Mexico, it became a prominent commercial trail involving both American and Mexican merchants. Over six decades, beginning in the 1820s, the trail supported a vast network of commerce, enabled the U.S. to annex much of northern Mexico and led to the relocation of the Plains Indians. By 1880, the construction of the railroads brought an end to the flow of freight wagons on the Santa Fe Trail, now designated a national historic trail. Watch Friday, October 14 at  am.

Cuba: The Forgotten Revolution | Preview

Cuba: The Forgotten Revolution tells the virtually unknown story of Cuban revolutionaries Frank País and Jose Antonio Echeverría. Working largely independently from each other, these young men—a school teacher and architecture student, respectively—played critical roles in the eventual overthrow of dictator Fulgencio Batista, although their names seldom appear alongside their more famous contemporaries, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. Watch Saturday, October 15 at 3pm.

POV

La Casa de Mama Icha | Preview

Mama Icha returns home to Colombia, finding heartbreak and joy after decades in the US. Watch Saturday, October 15 at 4:30pm.

La Otra Mirada

The Life I Want to Live | Preview

A photo of Roberta causes rifts between her classmates and Macarena attacks another student. Watch Saturday, October 15 at 11pm.

PBS NewsHour

Rita Moreno has the time of her life on stage and screen

Rita Moreno has the time of her life on stage and screen

Country Music

The First Major Mexican-American Country Music Star

Johnny Rodriguez would become the first Mexican-American to be a major country music star.

Finding Your Roots

The Pioneers: Sandra Cisneros

Sandra Cisneros unravels her family stories in Finding Your Roots.

America ReFramed

We Like It Like That

Exploring 1960s music history when Bugaloo defined a new generation of urban Latinos.

Latino Americanos

Gloria Estefan

Gloria Estefan habla de su herencia cubana

American Experience

Latino Ballplayers Join the Major Leagues

Roberto Clemente was a role model for Latinos in the United States.

PBS

‘New American Girls’- Kassandra

Despite being undocumented, Kassandra was the first in her family to graduate high school.

Breaking Big

Carmen Yulín Cruz

Track Cruz’ route from San Juan mayor to leader of post-hurricane Puerto Rico.

PBS

‘New American Girls’- Lorella

Inspired by other DREAMers, Lorella forms a student group trying to change tuition law.

Independent Lens

Can't Hold Me Back

American Graduate: Vamos a Lograrlo! Short

Independent Lens

I Really Want to Make It

American Graduate: Vamos a Lograrlo! Short

Independent Lens

Baby Mama High

American Graduate: Vamos a Lograrlo! Short

Independent Lens

Immigrant High

American Graduate: Vamos a Lograrlo! Short

Independent Lens

Skipping Up

American Graduate: Vamos a Lograrlo! Short

PBS Short Film Festival

Luciela

Luciela is about a fiercely independent Latina who is determined to celebrate 4th of July.

PBS Indies

The Hummingbirds

To save his terminally-ill superhero father, a young son must find the hero within.

Alma's Way 

Alma's Way Theme Song

Sing along with Alma and her family to the theme song for Alma's Way! Watch on WNED PBS and WNED PBS KIDS!