LPB's Blog Posts Tagged 'PBS' (51)

2013 Latino Producers Academy™

"Public Media/Documentary Lab"

June 13 -23, 2013, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Download the 2013 Latino Writers Lab Application …

2013 Latino Producers Academy™

"Public Media/Documentary Lab"

June 13 -23, 2013, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Download the 2013 Latino Writers Lab Application …

LATINO PUBLIC BROADCASTING ANNOUNCES THE RECIPIENTS

OF THE 2012 PUBLIC MEDIA CONTENT FUND

Awards Go to 9 Projects for Broadcast and New Media

Los Angeles, CA (March 25, 2013) -…

With the intention of documenting stories of inspiration and justice, Madeleine Blair and Betty Bastidas founded Maracuya Productions with the hope to bring about change. Their short “Can’t Hold Me Back”, a part of the American Graduate initiative, is currently streaming as part of the PBS Online Film…

Thinking about submitting your proposal to LPB's Public Content Media Fund, partnering with local PBS station or want feedback from funders and filmmakers? Come and pitch your idea to us! Screen a trailer and get feedback before submitting it anywhere.

GET YOUR PROJECT ON PBS - PITCH SESSION

At the San Diego Latino Film Festival Saturday, March 16th, 10:30 AM – 12:30…

PBS SERIES “LATINO AMERICANS” TO BE NARRATED BY BENJAMIN BRATT

AND INCLUDE INTERVIEWS WITH GLORIA ESTEFAN, RITA MORENO,

HERMAN BADILLO, MARIA ELENA SALINAS AND MORE



– Landmark Six-Hour Documentary Features Interviews with Nearly 100 Latinos

and More Than 500 Years of History, Premieres Fall 2013 –…

Reportero follows a veteran reporter and his colleagues at Zeta, a Tijuana-based muckraking weekly, as they stubbornly ply their trade in what has become one of the deadliest places in the world to be a journalist. In Mexico, more than 40 journalists have been murdered or have gone…

Deadline: Friday, December 14, 2012



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Join PBS SoCaL and the Long Beach Cinematheque for a free screening of Tales of Masked Men on Tuesday, November 13th at 7:30 PM, at Downtown Long Beach’s newest space for cinematic and multimedia art exhibition, the Bungalow Screening Room at 727 Pine Ave(…

In his film Race 2012, a Conversation About Race and Politics in America, Phillip Rodriguez uses the current presidential election as a lens through which to explore America’s rapidly changing racial landscape. Race 2012, a PBS Election 2012 special, is a provocative conversation about race and politics that documents the changing face of America, and how that change may affect the country’s political…

Tune in tonight to the conclusion of Voces on PBS with the award-wining film directed and produced by Laura Brownson & Beth Levison, Lemon.



Lemon Anderson held a Tony Award in his hands for his work in Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway, it was close to a miracle. This poet/performer was a three-time felon who'd…

Directed by Alysa Nahmias and Benjamin Murray, 'Unfinished Spaces' follows the emotional exile of three architects from Cuba in 1965 who return forty years later to finish what was considered the world's most spectacular and futuristic art school, but was left to ruin by the country's Revolution.



In 1961, three young, visionary architects were commissioned by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara to create Cuba's National Art Schools on the grounds of a former golf course in…

Directed by Bill Yahraus and produced by Robin Rosenthal, 'Escaramuza: Riding from the Heart' follows Las Azaleas as they rigorously train to represent the U.S. at the National Charro Championships in Mexico. Escaramuza, or skirmish, describes both their daredevil horseback ballets, ridden sidesaddle at top speed, and the intensity of their competition season. Neither life-altering challenges at home nor cartel violence across the border can keep Las Azaleas from their…

Tales of Masked Men, a beautifully shot documentary exploring the fascinating world of lucha libre, premieres tonight, September 28th on PBS. Viewers are in for a treat as the film is a passion project of director…

For 25 years, award-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa has helped tell America’s untold stories and brought to light unsung heroes in America and abroad. In April 2010, Hinojosa launched The Futuro Media Group with…

We would like to congratulate award-winning investigative journalist Maria Hinojosa on winning the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism from Columbia University's. The John Chancellor Award is presented each year to a reporter with courage and integrity for cumulative professional accomplishments. The prize honors the legacy of pioneering television correspondent and…

THE FUTURO MEDIA GROUP ANNOUNCES 

“AMERICA BY THE NUMBERS WITH MARIA HINOJOSA: CLARKSTON GEORGIA” 

AS PART OF PBS ELECTION 2012 LINE-UP

“NEED TO KNOW” SPECIAL PRODUCED AND ANCHORED BY MARIA HINOJOSA

Award-winning investigative journalist Maria Hinojosa’s intimate look at how changing demographics are reshaping the American political landscape, “America by…

Cruz Reynoso: Sowing the Seeds of Justice

KQED Encore Broadcast:…

We are thrilled to announce the broadcast premiere of  El Velador and the LPB series Voces along with the encore broadcast of the LPB funded films The Longoria Affair, John Leguizamo’s Tales From A Ghetto Klown  Mariachi High, Biblioburro: The Donkey Library and The Storm That Swept Mexico as part of the PBS Hispanic Heritage Month lineup. 



PBS’ celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month extends beyond the broadcast and onto pbs.org. The PBS …

Imagine being picked up off the street, told you have committed a murder you know nothing about and then finding yourself sentenced to 20 years in jail. In December 2005 this happened to Toño Zúñiga in Mexico City and, like thousands of other innocent people, he was wrongfully imprisoned. The award-winning…