WQLN PBS is celebrating Hispanic & Latino Heritage Month from September 15 – October 15! The rich diversity of Hispanic and Latina/e/o/x cultures made up 62 million of the U.S.'s 331.4 million population in 2020. Explore a curated collection of programs & documentaries that echo diverse voices and stories. Discover the beauty. Embrace the diversity. See yourself in the narrative.
POV “Bulls and Saints”
September 18, 2023, 10 p.m. ET
After 20 years of living in the United States, an undocumented family decides to return home. Little do they know; it will be the most difficult journey of their lives and reawaken an intense desire for a place to belong. Set between the rodeo arenas of North Carolina and the spellbinding Mexican town they yearn for, “Bulls and Saints” is a love story about reverse migration, rebellion, and redemption.
BECOMING FRIDA KAHLO
September 19-October 3, 2023, 9 p.m. ET
In a striking new three-part series, BECOMING FRIDA KAHLO strips away the myths to reveal the real Frida – a passionate and brilliant artist living through extraordinary times. The series explores the major events of Kahlo's life, both personal and political, from her lifelong health problems to her complicated relationship with artist Diego Rivera, whom she married not once but twice. Throughout her life Kahlo used her artwork as a way to process her own emotions, producing what are now some of the most valuable – and most widely reproduced — paintings of the twentieth century. Today her iconic self-portraits attract auction prices in the tens of millions of dollars.
INDEPENDENT LENS “Sansón and Me”
September 19, 2023, 10 p.m. ET
Filmmaker Rodrigo Reyes is inspired to make a documentary about Sansón, an immigrant serving life for first-degree murder, but authorities won’t allow the incarcerated young man to be filmed. In light of this, Sansón's story is shared through dramatic reenactments of his letters, using members of his own family as actors.
POV “Uýra: The Rising Forest"
September 25, 2023, 10 p.m. ET
Uýra shares ancestral knowledge with Indigenous youth in the Amazon to promote the significance of identity and place, threatened by Brazil's oppressive political regime. Through dance, poetry, and stunning characterization, Uýra confronts historical racism, transphobia, and environmental destruction, while emphasizing the interdependence of humans and the environment.
36TH HISPANIC HERITAGE AWARDS 2023
September 29, 2023, 9 p.m. ET
Celebrate the recipients of the 36th annual Hispanic Heritage Awards. The evening includes performances and appearances by some of the country's most celebrated Hispanic artists and visionaries.
AMERICAN MASTERS “A Song for Cesar”
September 29, 2023, 10 p.m. ET
Trace the life and legacy of labor activist Cesar Chavez. Through interviews with Maya Angelou, Joan Baez, Carlos Santana, and more, see how music and the arts were instrumental to the success of the social movement Chavez helped found, which mobilized thousands of farmworkers across the U.S.
AMERICAN MASTERS “José Clemente Orozco - Orozco: Man on Fire”
October 7, 2023, 8 p.m. ET
Filled with drama, adversity, and triumph, the life of Mexican painter José Clemente Orozco (1883-1949) is one of the great stories of modern art. Despite poverty, childhood rheumatic fever that damaged his heart and an explosion in his youth that cost him his left hand, Orozco became one of the leading lights of the Mexican muralism movement. Newly released in Spanish with English subtitles.
INDEPENDENT LENS “El Equipo”
October 9, 2023, 10 p.m. ET
Legendary U.S. anthropologist Dr. Clyde Snow sets out to train a new group of Latin American students in the use of forensic anthropology. Their goal: to investigate disappearances in Argentina during the “dirty war.” The group expands its horizons, traveling to El Salvador, Bolivia, and Mexico, doggedly working behind the scenes to establish the facts for the families of the victims.
