The documentary features interviews with personalities like Gloria Estefan, Rita Moreno, Herman Badillo, Maria Elena Salinas and the narration of Benjamin Bratt.
six-hour program, airing in three parts, is the first major television production that recounts the rich and diverse history of Latinos who have helped shape the identity of the country for more than 500 years, becoming the largest U.S. minority.
PBS also announced a documentary on the history of blacks in America, “The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross” and a series on family roots “Genealogy Roadshow”.
life of President John F. Kennedy and his death 50 years ago will be examined thoroughly with several special programs that have a modern lens, as part of the recent emphasis on the importance of the channel, said his chief of programming.
“The idea of ??being able to act fast and be responsive and relevant is very important,” said Beth Hoppe, who stressed that PBS special duly transmitted after the slaughter in Newtown Primary School, Massachusetts, the superstorm Sandy and falling meteorite in Russia.
Hispanic Heritage program marks a new stage for PBS, which in 2007 was criticized by the filmmaker Ken Burns for a group misrepresent Hispanic organizations for contributions of Latinos in the United States on a 15-hour documentary on World War.
PBS, which has seen its audience in part by the historical drama “Downton Abbey”, is changing its programming “in a friendly way for the viewer” to increase their reach, said Hoppe.
channel with over 350 partner stations said they get 15% of their money from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a federal organization, while the rest comes mainly from its viewers.
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