Hispanic Heritage Month | KCET
Hispanic Heritage Month
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Hispanic Heritage Month
TV Talk
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with KCET and PBS SoCal
To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, PBS SoCal and KCET are airing a slate of special programs in September and October. Each film or show spotlights Hispanic and Latino narratives and legacies in the United States.
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Performance
Southland Sessions
Culture Clash Fights Back Through Satire and Political Comedy
“Totally Fake Latino News!,” a satirical show by Latinx performance trio Culture Clash is tailor-made for the unprecedented times we’re living in today.
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Hispanic Heritage Month
Latino Vote: Dispatches From The Battleground
Latino Vote: Dispatches From The Battleground
Get an inside look at the high-stakes effort to get out the Latino vote in this year's election. Political candidates are focused on maximizing turnout and support from Latinos, poised to be the largest non-white voting bloc.
To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month 2020, KCET and PBS SoCal are airing special programming in September and October, spotlighting Hispanic and Latino narratives and legacies in the United States. This captivating lineup features the life of acclaimed Buena Vista Social Club guitarist and singer Eliades Ochoa, the historic rise of the Latino vote in the aftermath of Proposition 187, the current push to ensure Latino voter turnout for the 2020 election, and more.
Explore more about Hispanic and Latino culture in the exclusive profiles, videos, and stories featured below.
KL Featured Category
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Hispanic Heritage Month
Artbound
S5 E3: Without Borders / Sin Fronteras
Season 5, Episode 3
Post date:Artbound visits Kathy Kobayashi who discusses the Shades of L.A. photography archive at the Downtown L.A. Library.
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intersections
History & Society
The Valley Paradox: Immigrant Labor in the Creation of San Fernando Valley
Post date:Without Japanese and Mexican American labor, the Valley's image of "whiteness" would not have been possible.
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Performance
Artbound
From L.A. to Guatemala: Day Labor Theater Without Borders
Post date:Day Labor Theater Without Borders performs plays based on stories from day labor communities.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Cardboard Crafting: Ana Serrano's Paper Worlds
Post date:Artist Ana Serrano constructs cardboard-made sculptures inspired by Latino pop culture, and the beauty found in the day-to-day built environment of L.A.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Serigrafia: Constructing the Chicana/o Imaginary
Post date:The printwork on view in the traveling exhibition "Serigrafía" demonstrates the fluidity of Chicana/o identity since the initial Chicano manifesto of 1969.
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Hispanic Heritage Month
Departures
Life at Marrano Beach, the Lost Barrio Beach of the San Gabriel Valley
Post date:Marrano Beach, a popular recreational destination for Mexican American communities, was unlike any beach in Los Angeles.
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Cultural Politics
Artbound
The Cuban Exiles of Echo Park
Post date:Sculptor Sergio López-Mesa and composer Aurelio de la Vega, both prominent Cuban exiles, built distinguished careers in L.A. Their artistic contributions are memorialized throughout the city.
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Hispanic Heritage Month
Artbound
Metralleta de Oro
Post date:The trio of young Mexican American DJs Metralleta de Oro specialize in Sonidero, an extremely rhythmic sub-genre of the Mexican, Central and South American cumbia genre notable for its thumping repetitive bass lines.
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community arts
Artbound
Radio Sombra
Post date:The brainchild/labor of love of community organizer Marco Amador, Radio Sombra empowers community members to produce their own radio content.
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![Currently on view at 206 is "Zoofilia," a solo exhibition of the work of local street artist Panca.](https://www.kcet.org/sites/kl/files/styles/kl_image_medium/public/atoms/article_atoms/www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/images/cognate_9.jpg?itok=_TiNc0pG "Currently on view at 206 is "Zoofilia," a solo exhibition of the work of local street artist Panca.")
Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
From the Center of the Margin: Contemporary Art Galleries in Downtown Tijuana
Post date:Artists and musicians are reinvigorating Tijuana's historic tourist district by opening small independent, largely self-funded art galleries and spaces.
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Music
Artbound
Contested Ground: Razabilly Boogie and the Latino Rockabilly Scene
Post date:A brief history of rockabilly in Los Angeles, a full-fledged regional phenomenon with thousands of aficionados ranging from casual observers to diehard fanatics -- and many are Latinos.