This September, in recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, Thirteen/WNET CANTOS LATINOS airs Tuesday, September 2 through Sunday, September 28. The annual on-air festival offers an in-depth look at Latino contributions to our culture and shared national identity.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008
(Thirteen’s broadcast day runs 6 a.m. - 6 a.m.)

2:00 am: THE FLIGHT OF PEDRO PAN
The 1960s exodus of thousands of children out of communist Cuba to the United States.

3:30 am: INDEPENDENT LENS: Mirror Dance
Identical twin sisters with the National Ballet of Cuba struggle to overcome the rift created when one moves to the US.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

12:30 am: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FRIDA KAHLO
An examination of the life and work of Frida Kahlo who became an international sensation in the worlds of modern art and radical politics.

2:00 am: AMERICAN MASTERS: Rivera in America
A celebration of Diego Rivera, considered the greatest Mexican painter of the twentieth century.

3:00 am: AMERICAN MASTERS: Orozco: Man of Fire
The story of José Clemente Orozco, featuring footage of his greatest paintings, excerpts from his autobiography and letters and interviews with relatives.

4:00 am: THE LOST REELS OF PANCHO VILLA
Gregorio Rocha’s search for lost footage that legendary Mexican military leader Pancho Villa commissioned from the American Mutual Film Company in 1914.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

10:00 pm: P.O.V.: Calavera Highway
When brothers Armando and Carlos Peña set off to carry their mother’s ashes to south Texas, their road trip turns into a quest for answers about a strangely veiled past. As they reunite with their five other brothers, the two men try to piece together their family’s shattered history. Why was their mother cast out by her family? What happened to their father, who disappeared during the notorious 1954 U.S. deportation program Operation Wetback? (Premiere)

4:00 am: GLOBAL VOICES: The Devil Never Sleeps
Filmmaker Lourdes Portillo travels to Mexico to investigate the truth behind her wealthy uncle’s death.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

9:30 pm: LOS LONELY BOYS: COTTONFIELDS AND CROSSROADS
After a childhood of playing cantinas and honky tonks from Texas to Tennessee, Los Lonely Boys have rocked their way to the top of the American music industry, determined to fulfill their father’s long held dream. This tells the story of three Mexican American brothers from San Angelo, Texas, who are creating a unique sound that melds the core of the early San Angelo music scene of the 1950’s and 60’s with a signature style they call “Texican.” (Premiere) (REPEAT: Thursday, September 18, 2008 at 1:00 am.)

Thursday, September 18, 2008

12:30 am: FROM CURANDERA TO CHUPACABRA: STORIES OF R. ANAYA
Author Rudolfo Anaya comments on his early yearnings to become a writer, his creative process and his affinity for la raza and la tierra of New Mexico. OR WATCH NOW–Full video below (26 min):

2:30 am: INDEPENDENT LENS: Compañeras
A profile of America’s first all-female mariachi band.

Friday, September 19, 2008

2:00 am: TAL COMOS SOMOS/JUST AS WE ARE
A candid examination of the lives of six gay Latino men, one transgender woman, and the ties that bind them.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

3:00 pm: SPAIN…ON THE ROAD AGAIN – Series Premiere
Ride along with Oscar-winner Gwyneth Paltrow, celebrity chef Mario Batali, author/journalist Mark Bittman and Spanish actress Claudia Bassols on an unscripted, anything-goes, cross-country road-trip. Their fun and spontaneous journey showcases the culinary pleasures of Spain, along with the country’s art, history, culture and music. The road trip begins in Madrid and continues on to Toledo where Manchego cheese is produced. The group celebrates Claudia’s birthday with bird sushi and Batali proves to be lacking an iron stomach. Episode 1 of 13. (Premiere)

10:30 pm: EL DOCTOR
A hand-painted animated film that takes place in a crumbling Mexican hospital at the turn of the century. Inhabited by surreal characters, including a man shot with one hundred holes, a girl who has sprouted morning glories, and a woman who thinks she is a horse, the doctor in charge prefers to drink. The Saint of Holes and a mysterious gargoyle rearrange the Doctor’s fated demise and send him on a journey of altered perspective.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

2:15 am: GLOBAL VOICES: Discovering Dominga
When Iowa housewife Denese Becker returns to the Guatemalan village where she was born, she begins a journey towards finding her roots, but one filled with harrowing revelations. Denese, born Dominga, was nine when she became her family’s sole survivor of a massacre of Mayan peasants. Two years later, she was adopted by an American family.

3:15 am: P.O.V.: Made in L.A.
Latina immigrants working in L.A.’s garment factories struggle for self-empowerment as they wage a battle to bring a major clothing retailer to the negotiating table.

Saturday, September 27, 2008

7:00 am: LA PLAZA: Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One II Series Premiere
Mexican-American journalist María Elena Salinas is one of the most recognized Latina journalists in the United States. The New York Times has hailed her as “The Voice of Hispanic America” and some consider her the Latina Katie Couric. Salinas, who has been anchoring the news for Univision since 1981, talks with Hinojosa about interviewing world leaders (including nearly every U.S. president since Jimmy Carter), raising her daughters, and investigating her own past. Episode 1 of 13.

Sunday, September 28, 2008

3:00 pm: SPAIN…ON THE ROAD AGAIN
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow, chef Mario Batali, New York Times food columnist Mark Bittman and Spanish actress Claudia Bassols travel throughout Spain enjoying its fine food, wine and culture. In this installment, Mark Bittman’s mood swings and insatiable appetite have the road trippers stopping often as they head north to hike the Carmino de Santiago. Episode 2 of 13. (Premiere)

10:30 pm: OMARA PORTUONDO
Springing from her 2000 solo album, Omara Portuondo’s Montreal Jazz Festival performance captures the feel of a long-ago night in the topics featuring her all-star Cuban band, elegantly supported by I Musici de Montreal, a 16-piece string orchestra that discreetly underscores the romantic component of her timeless repertoire.