Afternoon Plenary - “Beyond the Broadcast of PBS' LATINO AMERICANS: a Public Engagement and Education Campaign” Season 4 (2013)

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*This segment is date/time stamped: March 27, 2013; 1:20PM

LATINO AMERICANS, a documentary series produced by WETA Washington, D.C.; Bosch and Company, Inc.; and Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB), will air nationwide on PBS in the Fall of 2013. The three-part, six-hour long series will narrate the story of Latino Americans from 1800 to the 21st Century, starting with the English and Spanish colonies, and following with a survey of milestones in Latino American history. The series will intersect with much that is central to the history of the United States such as multiple wars, the Great Depression and the Civil Rights Movement. LATINO AMERICANS will also go to places where standard U.S. histories do not tend to tread, driven by the human dramas of individuals’ struggles and triumphs, successes and disappointments, people whose stories tell us much about their times. 

Members of the production team will discuss the many perspectives brought to the creation of the series. Their collective experience spans filmmaking around the world for news, documentaries and feature films, and individuals on the team have had their work recognized with George Foster Peabody Awards, Imagen Awards, Emmy Awards, Christopher Awards, Erik Barnouw Awards and an NCLR ALMA Outstanding Career Achievement Award. 

Panelists will also share the unfolding major bilingual public engagement and education campaign, the corresponding bilingual website with user-generated digital content, social media platforms, and the development and distribution of school-based curricula.

Introduction:

- Cecilia Ornelas, Faculty Development Campus Leader and English Instructor-General Education Department, Westwood College, and Doctoral Candidate-Cohort 5, Educational Leadership Program, CSUSB

Panelists:

- Raymond (Ray) Telles, Director / Writer / Producer, LATINO AMERICANS project staff 

- Antonio Davidson-Gomez, Educational Services Manager, KCTS 9 Public Television - Seattle

- Moctesuma Esparza, Award-winning Producer, Entertainment Executive, Entrepreneur and Community Activist

Moderator:

-  Cesar Caballero, Dean of Pfau Library and University Librarian, California State University, San Bernardino

Recommended Citation:

CSUSB - Latino Education and Advocacy Days (LEAD), "Afternoon Plenary: “Beyond the Broadcast of PBS' LATINO AMERICANS: A Public Engagement and Education Campaign”" (2013). Latino Education and Advocacy Days (LEAD) Video Recordings. 52.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/lead/52