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VOCES

Produced by Latino Public Broadcasting, the acclaimed PBS documentary series VOCES features the best of Latino arts, culture and history and shines a light on current issues that impact Latino Americans. Devoted to exploring the rich diversity of the Latino experience, VOCES presents new and established filmmakers and brings their powerful and illuminating stories to a national audience.

Our Texas, Our Vote

55m 15s

On the eve of the upcoming presidential election, go inside the largest Latino voter registration mobilization in Texas history, led by a new generation on the frontlines of a growing swing state that neither political party can ignore.

Episodes

  • Our Texas, Our Vote: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Our Texas, Our Vote

    S2024 E4 - 55m 15s

    On the eve of the upcoming presidential election, go inside the largest Latino voter registration mobilization in Texas history, led by a new generation on the frontlines of a growing swing state that neither political party can ignore.

  • Mambo Legends: The Music Never Ends: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Mambo Legends: The Music Never Ends

    S2024 E3 - 54m 47s

    Meet the Mambo Legends Orchestra, committed to keeping the sounds of the great Afro-Cuban bandleaders Machito, Tito Puente, and Tito Rodriguez alive for future generations.

  • Almost American: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Almost American

    S2024 E2 - 1h 25m

    Meet a Salvadoran-American family who have legally lived and worked in the nation’s capital for 20 years. Their lives are upended when Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for those from El Salvador and five other countries is revoked.

  • From Here, From There (De Aquí/De Allá): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    From Here, From There (De Aquí/De Allá)

    S2024 E1 - 55m 9s

    Luis Cortes Romero, the first undocumented attorney to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court, journeyed from a difficult youth to the highest court in the land as part of a powerful legal team fighting the Administration’s attempt to rescind DACA.

Extras + Features

  • Behind the Scenes with the Band: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Behind the Scenes with the Band

    S2024 E3 - 6m 57s

    Go behind the scenes with the Mambo Legends Orchestra who committed to keeping the sounds of the great Afro-Cuban bandleaders Machito, Tito Puente, and Tito Rodriguez alive for future generations.

  • Introducing the Mambo Legends Orchestra: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Introducing the Mambo Legends Orchestra

    S2024 E3 - 6m 45s

    Meet the Mambo Legends Orchestra who committed to keeping the sounds of the great Afro-Cuban bandleaders Machito, Tito Puente, and Tito Rodriguez alive for future generations.

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    Meet the Band

    S2024 E3 - 12m 17s

    Meet the members of the Mambo Legends Orchestra including Mitch Frohman and Carmen Laboy. The band provides a link to the golden era when the Machito Orchestra fused the big-band sound of popular music with the rhythms of Africa, Cuba, and Puerto Rico to create an enduring musical genre beloved around the world.

  • Ain't No Sunshine: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Ain't No Sunshine

    S2024 E2 - 7m 28s

    The Former Department of Homeland Security chief of staff describes President Donald Trump's obsession with immigration. Joanna performs on saxophone and Juan sings "Ain't No Sunshine" as Maria describes how she learned she had a different status than her siblings. The family attends at meeting organized by the TPS Alliance.

  • Chapter 1: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Chapter 1

    S2024 E1 - 9m 5s

    Meet Luis Cortes Romero, an immigration lawyer who is fighting to protect DACA. Growing up as an undocumented immigrant, Luis learned from an early age about the restrictions of not having American citizenship. While Luis was able to carve a successful path for himself, he often reflects on the time he lost getting to know his grandparents who were unable to join him and his family in the U.S.

Schedule

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