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Hispanic Heritage Month has been honored annually in the United States since 1968 when President Lyndon Johnson first launched it as Hispanic Heritage Week. In 1988, President Ronald Reagan expanded the celebration to last the four weeks from September 15th to October 15th. Hispanic Heritage Month commemorates the histories, cultures, and contributions of Latinx people whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central, and South America.
WNED PBS pays tribute to the generations of Hispanic Americans who have enriched American society and culture with programs airing on WNED PBS and streaming online.
Throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, WNED Classical will showcase the work and the stories of Hispanic and Latino Americans who have helped make music what it is today. From the great composers to the performers that bring the music to life, we look forward to sharing it all with you in September and October on WNED Classical.
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 tells the virtually unknown story of Cuban revolutionaries Frank PaÃs and Jose Antonio EcheverrÃa. 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 meets chef and historian Maru Toledo and expires the influence of hacienda culture. Watch Wednesday, September 14 at 4:30pm.
Beauty on the Wing | Preview
BEAUTY ON THE WING: LIFE STORY OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY chronicles the extraordinary journey of the monarch butterfly as it unfolds along the coasts of New England and in the heart of Mexico’s forested volcanic mountains. Every stage of the monarch’s life cycle is experienced in vibrant close-ups, from egg to caterpillar to adult. Through this story of adaptation and survival, BEAUTY ON THE WING explores the symbiotic relationship between habitats and the vital role they play in our interconnected ecosystems. Watch Friday, September 16 at 2:30am.
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 meets the young chefs and owners of one of Guadalajara's most exciting new restaurants, Xokol. Watch Wednesday, September 21 at 4:30pm.
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.
Chef Pati Jinich explores places and food from El Paso and Juarez to Big Bend National Park. Watch Saturday, September 24 at 3pm.
A three-part anthology series of short fiction and nonfiction films. Watch Saturday, September 24 from 4 pm through 6pm.
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.
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.
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.
Los Hermanos/The Brothers | Preview
LOS HERMANOS/THE BROTHERS offers a nuanced, often startling view of estranged nations through the lens of music and family. Watch Sunday, September 25 at 4pm.
The seasons, wildlife and unique geology of the forests of the Yucatan Peninsula are explored. Watch Monday, September 26 at 12am.
Discover an amazing diversity of life and culture in the great chain of mountains, the Sierra Madre. Watch Monday, September 26 at 1am.
The animals of natural wonders of two great deserts, the Sonoran and Chihuahuan, are highlighted. Watch Monday, September 26 at 2am.
Teens from Mexico strive to change their families' destinies in the strawberry fields of California. Watch Monday, September 26 at 3am.
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.
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.
Los Hermanos/The Brothers | Preview
LOS HERMANOS/THE BROTHERS offers a nuanced, often startling view of estranged nations through the lens of music and family. Watch Wednesday, September 28 at 2am.
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.
Esta Es Mi Casa - This Is My Home | Preview
The Hispanic community has shaped the culture of the Red River Valley of North Dakota and Minnesota. Watch Wednesday, September 28 at 4:30am.
In Tequila, Pati follows the spirit-making process from agave field to tasting table. Watch Wednesday, September 28 at 4:30am.
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.
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.
Chef Pati Jinich explores places and food from El Paso and Juarez to Big Bend National Park. Watch Saturday, October 1 at 3pm.
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.
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.
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with performances and appearances by artists and visionaries. Watch Saturday, October 1 at 6pm.
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.
Pedro Ruiz: Coming Home | Preview
New York City choreographer Pedro Ruiz returns to Cuba to work with a premiere modern dance troupe. Watch Sunday, October 2 at 2 pm.
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 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.
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 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 was the first Hispanic American writer to achieve major publishing success. Watch Monday, October 3 starting at 4:30am.
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.
Pedro Ruiz: Coming Home | Preview
New York City choreographer Pedro Ruiz returns to Cuba to work with a premiere modern dance troupe. Watch Wednesday, October 5 at 2am.
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 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.
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.
Teachers discover that students are receiving erotic literature and Luisa starts teaching sex-ed. Watch Saturday, October 8 at 11pm.
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with performances and appearances by artists and visionaries. Watch Sunday, October 9 at 2pm.
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.
Celebrate the rhythms of Latin music with performances by GRAMMY-winners. Watch Sunday, October 9 at 4:30pm.
Mama Icha returns home to Colombia, finding heartbreak and joy after decades in the US. Watch Sunday, October 9 at 4:30pm.
Journey to the largely uninhabited Pacific coast of Colombia and ascend to Andean volcanoes. Watch Monday, October 10 at 12:30am.
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.
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.
Pedro Ruiz: Coming Home | Preview
New York City choreographer Pedro Ruiz returns to Cuba to work with a premiere modern dance troupe. Watch Monday, October 10 at 10pm.
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.
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with performances and appearances by artists and visionaries. Watch Wednesday, October 12 at 2am.
Singer Gloria Estefan visits three cities in Brazil and explores the origin of the country's music. Wednesday, October 12 at 3am.
Five DACA recipients struggle to maintain a sense of normalcy while fearing the loss of their DACA. Watch Wednesday, October 12 at 4:30am.
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 tells the virtually unknown story of Cuban revolutionaries Frank PaÃs and Jose Antonio EcheverrÃa. 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.
Mama Icha returns home to Colombia, finding heartbreak and joy after decades in the US. Watch Saturday, October 15 at 4:30pm.
A photo of Roberta causes rifts between her classmates and Macarena attacks another student. Watch Saturday, October 15 at 11pm.
Rita Moreno has the time of her life on stage and screen
The PEGOT (Peabody, Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award) winner is an absolute treasure. Actress and singer Rita Moreno fought typecasting and industry pressure to go on to be the first Latino to win an Oscar, Tony, Emmy and a Grammy. Moreno gives her Brief But Spectacular take on a lifetime in show business in this 2015 PBS NewsHour segment. And sit tight, a documentary about Rita Moreno is in the works.
Johnny Rodriguez would become the first Mexican-American to be a major country music star.
Johnny Rodriguez loved mariachi and was drawn to the country music songs of Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, and Jimmie Rodgers. Singing in both Spanish and English, he went on to have 15 consecutive Top 10 hits. Rodriguez is one of the many stories you'll hear in Ken Burns' latest film: Country Music.
Sandra Cisneros unravels her family stories in Finding Your Roots.
In her award-winning novel, The House on Mango Street, author Sandra Cisneros wrote about growing up in Chicago in a way that connected with the hearts of multi-cultural children everywhere. Her writing stirs up pride and appreciation for readers's shared Hispanic roots. In this clip from our archives, Cisneros learns more about her own past with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on Finding Your Roots.
Exploring 1960s music history when Bugaloo defined a new generation of urban Latinos.
Before boogaloo songs were sampled in today's popular music, they were the sound of a new generation, of the previously unheard voices of urban multi-cultural artists in New York. Just try to watch this America ReFramed documentary without breaking into a dance.
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Premiering in 2013, The Latino Americans was the first major documentary series for television to chronicle the rich and varied history and experiences of Latinos, who have helped shape North America over the last 500-plus years and have become, with more than 50 million people, the largest minority group in the U.S.
Latinos Are Essential is a collection of unique and insightful short portraits and stories about Latinos who are serving as essential workers in a wide variety of jobs and/or services across the United States, even as the COVID 19 pandemic continues to disproportionately impact Latino and other communities of color.
Meet Diana & Edgar, who share their love of traditional Colombian cuisine in Buffalo, NY.
Gloria Estefan habla de su herencia cubana
Roberto Clemente was a role model for Latinos in the United States.
Despite being undocumented, Kassandra was the first in her family to graduate high school.
Track Cruz’ route from San Juan mayor to leader of post-hurricane Puerto Rico.
Inspired by other DREAMers, Lorella forms a student group trying to change tuition law.
These five short films are part of a public media initiative supported by Corporation for Public Broadcasting to help local communities across America find solutions to address the dropout crisis. They collectively showcase a diverse array of determined Latino adolescents, from Oakland to Detroit, New York to San Antonio, who have all struggled to overcome challenges — gang violence, drugs, poverty, young motherhood, and language barriers — as they keep their eyes on the prize: a high school diploma
American Graduate: Vamos a Lograrlo! Short
American Graduate: Vamos a Lograrlo! Short
American Graduate: Vamos a Lograrlo! Short
American Graduate: Vamos a Lograrlo! Short
American Graduate: Vamos a Lograrlo! Short
Latino Public Broadcasting is the leader of the development, production, acquisition and distribution of non-commercial educational and cultural media that is representative of Latino people, or addresses issues of particular interest to Latino Americans. LPB provides a voice to the diverse Latino community on public media throughout the United States.
Luciela is about a fiercely independent Latina who is determined to celebrate 4th of July.
To save his terminally-ill superhero father, a young son must find the hero within.
PBS LearningMedia makes it easy for teachers to integrate Hispanic Heritage Month into their lessons with a trove of curriculum-aligned videos, activities and lesson plans. These resources are designed to help students deepen their awareness of Hispanic American and Latino artists, educators, icons, and everyday people while also building a foundational understanding of the Spanish language.
Hispanic Heritage Month | All About the Holidays
Grades: K-4
There are about 54 million Hispanics and Latinos in the United States. That's a lot of people to celebrate! Use this video to show how Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated across the country with festivals and community events recognizing the contributions of Hispanics and Latinos in the United States.
Flamenco Dance Studio Filed Trip
Grades: Pre-K-3
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage and learn about Flamenco! Join Penny and the KidVision VPK kids at a Flamenco lesson. Learn about Spanish dance movements and music. Come with us and clap, snap, stomp, and express emotions with your bodies. Olé.
Grades: K-3
Salsa is an award-winning Spanish language series for young learners in kindergarten through the third grade. Puppets in familiar stories, digital graphics and animation teach the language.
Grades: K-2
Oh Noah! is designed to teach Spanish to children ages six to eight through animated videos with embedded games that help build vocabulary. Additionally, this collection includes family activity guides and a teacher webinar.
Grades: 6-12
This collection of lesson plans, videos and classroom resources invites teachers and students to explore the history, people and issues chronicled in the PBS series, Latino Americans. Along the way, it engages students in dramatic real-life stories and offers primary texts that are aligned to the New York standards.
Latino Public Broadcasting Education Collection
Grades: 4-12
Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB) is the leader in the development, production, acquisition and distribution of non-commercial educational and cultural media that is representative of Latino people, or addresses issues of particular interest to Latino Americans. This collection includes educator guides, media resources, a focus on the arts, and an exploration into various historical events.
Inside Latinworks | America by the Numbers
Grades: 6-12
Dive into the Austin-based advertising firm LatinWorks, in this clip from America by the Numbers. Observe as the team puts together their award-winning multicultural ad campaigns.
Supplemental Spanish | Mini-Curriculum
Grades: 3-5
This collection includes 1000 digital resources for educators working with Spanish curriculum for grades 3-5. Each grouping includes a teacher's guide, language worksheets, audio pronunciation guides, videos, and other resources. These resources can be used throughout the school year and easily integrate into basal curriculum.
Beginning Spanish iBook (available on iTunes)
Grades: 3-5
This book brings together twenty five lesson plans with an abundance of brief, in-class activities about topics related to the Spanish language, its vocabulary and grammar, and the richness of the Spanish-speaking world’s culture.
Grades: 9-12
This collection can be used to support viewing of the documentary, The Graduates/Los Graduados, by Bernardo Ruiz, while engaging students in discussions about the struggles and triumphs of Latino and Latina students from across the U.S. and the challenges faced in the American public education system.
Sing along with Alma and her family to the theme song for Alma's Way! Watch on WNED PBS and WNED PBS KIDS!