September 2007En
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KQED proudly celebrates the richness
and diversity of the greater San Francisco Bay Area by commemorating
Latino Heritage Month. KQED Public Television proudly celebrates the
diversity of our community with a special lineup in September.
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All programs are on KQED Channel 9 unless otherwise noted. KQED also broadcasts
five digital channels, available to viewers with a digital receiver and in many
areas to viewers with Comcast digital cable. Visit www.kqed.org/dtv for more
information. KQED's digital channels are KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) , KQED
World (9.3, Comcast 190), KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) (9.4, Comcast 191), KQED Kids (9.5, Comcast
192) and the high-definition channel KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) (9.1, Comcast
709).
Please note: Programs are subject to change. For the latest information,
view our daily schedule listings.
For a list of changes only, visit www.kqed.org/tvchanges.
For videotaping purposes, allow five minutes for early starts and late finishes.
Daily 5am
KQED 9 | Los Niños en Su Casa
This Spanish-language program provides support
to anyone who cares for small children.
Daily 5:30pm
KQED Kids (9.5, Comcast 192) | Maya and Miguel
This animated children's series follows the
adventures of 10-year-old twins and their family, friends and diverse
neighborhood.
Saturdays 9:30am
KQED 9 | Daisy Cooks! With Daisy Martinez
Daisy Martinez demonstrates simple steps for
making Latin-inspired cuisine, mixing vibrant colors, remarkable flavors and a
keen sense of tradition.
Also: Fridays at 5pm and Monday 9/3 at 3pm (KQED
HD).
Saturday, September 1
5pm KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) | P.O.V. Soldados: Chicanos in Vietnam/The Sixth Section
The first film recounts the harrowing experiences of a generation of Mexican
Americans who fought in Vietnam. The second film follows a group of immigrants
from Boquerón, Mexico, who work in upstate New York.
6pm KQED 9 | History Detectives: The Depot That Made Dallas/Mexican Peso/Pirate
Spyglass
Was this the first railroad station in Dallas
and did it turn the city into a bustling metropolis? Does a San Antonio man
have a coin linked to Zapata and Pancho Villa?
Repeats: 9/2 5am (KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) ); 9/17 8pm (KQED
HD).
Sunday, September 2
3pm KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) | Travelscope Manzanillo, Mexico and the Costa Alegre
Travel journalist Joseph Rosendo explores the
coast's rain forests, volcanoes and elegant resorts.
5:59pm KQED 9 | Tango: The Spirit of Argentina
The best singers, musicians and dancers showcase
the true soul of tango.
Repeats: 9/9 6:59pm (KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) ).
Tuesday, September 4
5pm KQED 9 | P.O.V. Made in L.A.
Three Latina garment workers in Los Angeles join
the struggle for better working conditions.
Repeats: 9/5 9pm (KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) ); 9/8 3pm (KQED
World).
9pm KQED 9 | Wide Angle: Brazil in Black and White
Affirmative action quotas launch a new dialogue
about race and identity in this nation of 190 million.
Repeats: 9/5 8pm (KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) ).
10pm KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | Independent Lens: Los Angeles Now
Once an empty, bucolic space, Los Angeles is now
a disorienting megalopolis and the most multicultural city in the world. What
is the future of this rapidly changing city?
Wednesday, September 5
9am KQED Kids (9.5, Comcast 192) | Postcards From Buster: : Buster's Baseball Merengue (Dominican
Republic)
Buster meets a promising young baseball player
and learns about merengue music and eats pasteles.
7:30pm KQED 9 & KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | Spark: Crown Point Press, John Santos and Marga
Gomez
Visit Crown Point Press. Listen as John Santos
brings his orchestra to the stage one last time, and get a backstage pass for
Marga Gomez's one-person show.
Repeats: 9/7 11:30pm (KQED 9); 9/8 2pm (KQED
Life); 9/9 6:30am (KQED 9 & KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) ).
8pm KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | Desert speaks: Heart of a Pueblo
Explore a range of plazas, from pre-Hispanic to
modern, and examine their unifying characteristics.
Thursday, September 6
3pm KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | Desert Speaks: Sea to Sky: Along an Incan Road
This program examines the ruins and remains of
pre-Incan cultures and provides a bird's-eye view of the Nazca lines in Peru.
8pm KQED 9 | Globe Trekker: Ecuador and the Galapagos
From thermal baths heated by volcanoes to the
snowcapped Cotopaxi volcano.
Repeats: 9/7 7pm (KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) ); 9/10 noon (KQED
World).
11pm KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) | Passport to Adventure Baja and the Sea of Cortez, Mexico
This adventure starts at the port of La Paz and
continues on the Isle of Espiritu Santo. Our hosts discover a magnificent gray
whale that migrates to Magdalena Bay to give birth.
Repeats: 9/25 4am (KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) ).
11pm KQED 9 | Globe Trekker: Cuba and Haiti
Explore the bustling street markets in Havana
and take part in a peasant festival in Port-au-Prince. Repeats: 9/7 10pm (KQED
Encore); 9/8 8pm (KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) ).
Friday, September 7
6pm KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | Desert Speaks: Passions of the Pitaya
Locals celebrate an annual festival dedicated to
the tasty cactus fruit, southwest of Guadalajara.
8:30pm KQED Kids (9.5, Comcast 192) | Postcards From Buster: Buster's Road Rules (Tucson, Ariz.)
Buster joins Carlos and Mora on a road trip
through the Sonora Desert, loading up on snacks at a Latin American grocery
store and meeting a local mariachi band.
11:30pm KQED 9 | Spark: Crown Point Press, John Santos and Marga Gomez
See KQED 9 Wednesday, September 5, 7:30pm.
Saturday, September 8
4pm KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | Independent Lens Revolucion: Five Visions
A look at Cuban photographers with differing
perspectives on photography and the Cuban Revolution.
Repeats: 9/9 9pm (KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) ).
6pm KQED 9 | Voces: Yank Tanks
This documentary examines the enduring
popularity of classic American cars in Cuba.
Repeats: 9/9 9am (KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) ).
9pm KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | Austin City Limits: Los Lonely Boys/The Gourds
A night of diverse Texas roots rock with this
San Angelo trio and these country/folk/Cajun rockers.
Repeats: 9/15 7pm (KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) ).
Sunday, September 9
6:30am KQED 9 & KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | Spark: Crown Point Press, John Santos and Marga
Gomez
See KQED 9 Wednesday, September 5, 7:30pm.
noon KQED 9 | Bragging Rights: Stickball Stories
The story of stickball is told through
interviews, archival footage and through the game itself.
1pm KQED 9 | Voces: Pancho Gonzalez: Warrior of the Court
This program charts the tennis ace's illustrious
career, from his early successes to his retirement at age 47.
2pm KQED 9 | Mexican Americans
This exploration of Mexican culture north of the
border looks at the success of Mexican families who built upon a legacy of
tradition, integrity and familial honor. Ricardo Montalbán, Vikki
Carr, Paul Rodriguez, Bill Richardson and others explain the value of their
heritage.
6pm KQED 9 | Truly CA: Our State, Our Stories Grandma has a Video Camera
A family's history of immigration from Brazil to
the United States during a 16-year period.
Repeats: 9/13 11pm (KQED 9); 9/14 10pm (KQED
Encore).
7pm KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) | Globe Trekker: Argentina
Visit the incredible Iguazu Falls, the
traditional Jujuy region, Buenos Aires and the mystic caves in El Calafate.
Repeats: 9/26 10pm (KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) ).
8pm KQED 9 & KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | Nature Cuba: Wild Island of the Caribbean
This episode explores the astonishing diversity
of wildlife on the island of Cuba, much of it unknown until recently.
Repeats: 9/10 7pm (KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) ); 9/15 9pm (KQED
World); 9/16 11am (KQED 9).
8pm KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) | Hemingway in Cuba
Cuba captured Ernest Hemingway's fertile
imagination and inspired him to create now-legendary characters. This program reveals how
Cuba's |culture, religion and volatile politics influenced the author.
10pm KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) | Independent Lens: Mirror Dance
Identical twins Margarita and Ramona da Saa
became acclaimed ballerinas with the National Ballet of Cuba, but their
relationship disintegrated when one sister left for America while the other
embraced the Cuban Revolution.
10pm KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) | Voces: The Guestworker
Learn about the H2A Guestworker Program through
the intimate story of a Mexican farmer.
11pm KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) | Voces: From Mambo to Hip Hop: a South Bronx Tale
This program investigates how one New York City
borough produced some of the most influential music styles.
11pm KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) | Border Bandits
In 1915 a group of Mexican banditos raided the
McAllen Ranch, one of the largest in the area. The next day a group of Texas
Rangers supposedly arrived and eliminated the perpetrators. However, the real
story is not as tidy as it's been portrayed.
Monday, September 10
7:30pm KQED 9 | The Josh Kornbluth Show: Marga Gomez and Beth Lisick
Performer Marga Gomez shares tales of growing up
in a showbiz family, her pursuit of fame and a wicked Kathleen Turner
impression. Author Beth Lisick discusses life on the fringe in San Francisco's
Mission district.
Repeats: 9/14 2:30pm (KQED 9); 9/14 9:30pm (KQED
Life); 9/16 6am (KQED 9).
11pm KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) | Passport to Adventure: The Jungles and Rivers of Costa Rica
Costa Rica features lush jungles and raging
rivers. Our hosts tour sustainable development projects that aim to save the
rain forest.
Repeats: 9/27 4am (KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) ).
Tuesday, September 11
6pm KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | Desert Speaks: Ancient Andean Civilizations
The surrounding countryside around La Paz,
Bolivia, holds the remains of the Tiahuanacos whose culture, impressive
rockwork and irrigation accomplishments were a source of inspiration to the
Incas.
Wednesday, September 12
9am KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) | Mecca: a Legacy of Cesar Chavez
This is a moving portrait of Mecca, a poor
farmworker town near the Salton Sea in Southern California. The extraordinary
sense of community that exists here has its roots in the farmworker movement
led by César Chávez in the 1970s.
Repeats at noon (KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) ).
9:30am KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) | Mendez vs. Westminster: For all the Children
An Orange County couple led the battle to end school segregation in California in 1947.
Repeats at12:30pm (KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) ).
3pm KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | Desert Speaks: Origins of a Royal Road
Journey along this historic route of communication, conquest and gold from Mexico City to Santa Fe.
7:30pm KQED 9 & KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | Spark: Erika Chong Shuch, Jesus Aguilar And Kathy
Aoki
Choreographer and dancer Erika Chong Shuch,
experimental artist Jesus Aguilar, and printmaker Kathy Aoki.
Repeats: 9/15 2pm (KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) ); 9/16 6:30am (KQED
9 & KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) ).
8pm KQED 9 | Brown Is the New Green: George Lopez and the American Dream
This film examines how American media and
Hispanic marketing are shaping the contemporary Latino identity.
Repeats: 9/13 7pm (KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) ); 9/16 11pm (KQED
World).
8pm KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | Desert Speaks: Baja People: Oases/Mountains
Explore the musing, memories and depiction of
the lives of ancient people adorning dry cave walls.
10:30pm KQED 9 | Independent Lens: La Lupe, Queen of Latin Soul
Interviews and rare archival footage tell the
story of the legendary Afro-Cuban pop singer.
Repeats: 9/13 9:30pm (KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) ); 9/16 9pm
(KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) ).
11pm KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) | Passport to Adventure The Mystery of the Maya, Guatemala
The indigenous people of Guatemala have kept their
culture alive despite centuries of war and oppression. See what survives in a
visit to Tikal, the surrounding jungle and the Altiplano.
11:30pm KQED 9 | Innerviews With Ernie Manouse Chita Rivera
Actress and Broadway legend Chita Rivera talks
with Ernie about her spectacular career.
Repeats: 9/16 6pm (KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) ).
Thursday, September 13
8pm KQED 9 | Nova - Ice Mummies: Frozen in Heaven
Follows the explorers who discovered
"Juanita"--the frozen mummy of a young girl believed to have been
sacrificed to appease the gods--as they return to the Andes in search of more
clues to the mysterious ancient rite of child sacrifice.
Repeats: 9/13 11pm (KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) ).
9pm KQED 9 | Horizon: Lost Civilization of Peru
The Moche, a civilization on what is now coastal
Peru, created great buildings and beautiful art. But what became of them has
always been a mystery.
Repeats: 9/14 4pm (KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) ); 9/18 noon (KQED
World).
9pm KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | American Experience: Fidel Castro
Castro turned himself and Cuba into significant
players on the world stage, surviving the hostility of 10 consecutive U.S.
presidents, an invasion, several CIA assassination attempts and an extended
economic embargo.
Repeats: 9/16 9pm (KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) ).
10pm KQED 9 | Truly CA: Our State, Our Stories Nuestra Familia/Our Family
This program reveals the struggles faced by
Latino families in overcoming the influence of California's violent
Norteño street gang and its prison-based counterpart, Nuestra
Familia.
Repeats: 9/14 9pm (KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) ).
10pm KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) | Smart Travels: Pacific Rim with Rudy Maxa Guadalajara and Puerto
Vallarta
Explore the rich history, culture, music,
colonial architecture and passionate art of these two cities.
Repeats: 9/15 4pm (KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) ); 9/21 12:30pm (KQED
Life).
11pm KQED 9 | Truly CA: Our State, Our Stories Grandma Has A Video Camera
See KQED 9 Sunday, September 9, 6pm.
Friday, September 14
1am KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) | Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions Chimayo, New Mexico
In the Sangre de Cristo mountains, a small adobe
sanctuary known as the "Lourdes of America" is visited by more than
300,000 people each year.
1pm KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) | Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions Oaxaca, Mexico
Wolf tours the ancient settlements of the
Zapotecs and learns about their crafts, food and culture.
2:30pm KQED 9 | The Josh Kornbluth Show: Marga Gomez and Beth Lisick
See KQED 9 Monday, September 10, 7:30pm.
6pm KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | Desert Speaks: Magical Michoacan
Travel into this Mexican state to explore its
rugged coast, diverse habitats and local traditions.
11pm KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) | Passport to Adventure: Guatemala's Dramatic Lake Atitlan Region
Surrounded by towering volcanoes, Lake Atitlan
provides a stunning backdrop for horseback riding, sailing, paragliding and
visiting the colorful tribal market in Chichicastenango.
Saturday, September 15
4:30pm KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | Smart Travels: Pacific Rim with Rudy Maxa Mexico City and Ixtapa
The world's largest metropolis is modern,
crowded, cosmopolitan and steeped in tradition.
Repeats: 9/24 12:30pm (KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) )
10:30pm KQED 9 | Santana: Hymns for Peace Live At Montreux
A stellar group of musicians create a
one-of-a-kind musical experience at the famous jazz festival.
11:30pm KQED 9 | Los Lonely Boys: Live at the Fillmore
The Texican rock trio performs its hit
"Heaven" and more at San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium. Repeats:
9/16 10pm (KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) ).
Sunday, September 16
6am KQED 9 | The Josh Kornbluth Show: Marga Gomez and Beth Lisick
See KQED 9 Monday, September 10, 7:30pm.
6:30am KQED 9 & KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | Spark Erika Chong Shuch, Jesus Aguilar and Kathy
Aoki
See KQED 9 Wednesday, September 12, 7:30pm.
11am KQED 9 | Nature Cuba: Wild Island of the Caribbean
See KQED 9 Sunday, September 9, 8pm.
noon KQED 9 | Voces Noche de Mariachis
The best entertainers and musicians from Mexico,
Venezuela and the United States perform in Las Vegas.
Repeats: 9/26 3am (KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) ).
1pm KQED 9 | The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema,
Part 1 of 2
This two-part program tells the largely untold
story of Latino contributions to the Hollywood motion picture industry. Part
one examines the success of Rita Hayworth, Ricardo Montalbán and
others amid such stereotypes as the lazy Mexican and the Latin lover.
Repeats: 9/23 9pm (KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) ); 9/23 10pm (KQED
Life).
2pm KQED 9 | The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema,
Part 2 of 2
The 1960s provided a glimpse of such talented
Latino actors as Rita Moreno and Anthony Quinn. The 1980s brought a number of
Latinos behind the camera, including Greg Nava, Cheech Marin and Luis Valdez.
Repeats: 9/23 10pm (KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) ); 9/23 11pm
(KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) ).
3pm KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | Design: E2 (the Economics of Being Environmentally Conscious)
Green for All
Architect and activist Sergio Palleroni provides
design solutions to humanitarian crisis regions.
8pm KQED 9 & KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | Nature - Andes: the Dragon's Back
Explore the astonishing diversity of wildlife on
the island of Cuba, much of it unknown until recently.
Repeats: 9/22 9pm (KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) ); 9/23 11am (KQED
9 & KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) )
8pm KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) | Voces: Lalo Guerrero: The Original Chicano
This music-filled biography contains interviews
with inspired musicians, artists and activists.
11pm KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) | Visiones: Latino Art and Culture
A profile of the Latino Mural Movement of the
1960s, Nuyorican spoken word and interviews with poets.
11:30pm KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) | Visiones: Latino Art and Culture
The Puerto Rican Traveling Theater Company, the
Santero art tradition and a Tejana musical artist.
Monday, September 17
1:30am KQED 9 | Mariachi: the Spirit of Mexico
Captures the spirit and excitement of the
inter-national Mariachi Festival in Guadalajara, where more than 500 mariachis
perform in concert halls and street markets.
1:30pm KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) | Passport to Adventure Buenos Aires and Bariloche, Argentina
This adventure begins in the colorful
neighborhoods of Buenos Aires and continues to the colorful peaks of the Andes
and the stunning Lake District.
7:30pm KQED 9 | The Josh Kornbluth Show: Rita Moreno
Actress Moreno shares some of the highs and lows
of her extraordinary career.
Repeats: 9/21 2:30pm (KQED 9); 9/21 9:30pm (KQED
Life); 9/23 6am (KQED 9).
9pm KQED 9 & KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | History Detectives: Lost Gold Ship/John Hunt
Morgan Saddle/Cesar Chavez Banner
Is this wreck a legendary steamship? A relic may
have been used by a Confederate General.
Repeats: 9/18 8pm (KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) ).
11pm KQED 9 | Independent Lens: Maid in America
Thousands of Latina immigrants work as nannies
and housekeepers. This program reveals the challenges these women face as they
pursue the American Dream.
Repeats: 9/18 10pm (KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) ); 9/21 noon
(KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) ).
Wednesday, September 19
9am KQED Kids (9.5, Comcast 192) | Postcards From Buster: Buster and Beatrice (San Antonio, Texas)
Buster meets a boy who plays Conjunto music on
his accordion and gets a lesson in real Mexican cooking.
7:30pm KQED 9 & KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | Spark: Adam 5100, Ledoh And Caleb Duarte
Hit the streets with graffiti artist Adam 5100.
Explore the mesmerizing art of butoh with the members of Salt Farm under the
direction of Ledoh, and follow Caleb Duarte as he prepares for his first solo
show in San Francisco.
Repeats: 9/22 2pm (KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) ); 9/23 6:30am (KQED
9 & KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) ).
8:30pm KQED Kids (9.5, Comcast 192) | Postcards From Buster: Lost
and Found (Guanajuato, Mexico) Mora guides Buster through his travels in her
native country, and Buster tries to learn Spanish.
9pm KQED 9 | American Masters: Rivera In America
The personal story of the man considered to be the
greatest Mexican painter of the 20th century.
Repeats: 9/20 8pm (KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) ); 9/23 8pm (KQED
Life).
10pm KQED 9 | American Masters: Jose Clemente Orozco
An examination of the life and career of the
Mexican muralist.
Repeats: 9/20 9pm (KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) ); 9/23 9pm (KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) ).
11pm KQED 9 & KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | Life And Times Of Frida Kahlo
This program combines Frida Kahlo's stunning
artwork with photographs, archival films and contemporary interviews.
Repeats: 9/20 2pm (KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) ).
Thursday, September 20
11pm KQED 9 | Globe Trekker: Costa Rica and Nicaragua
Neil Gibson samples traditional cuisine in San
Jose and visits the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve.
Repeats: 9/21 10pm (KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) ); 9/24 noon
(KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) ).
Friday, September 21 2:30pm KQED 9 | The Josh Kornbluth Show Rita Moreno
See KQED 9 Monday, September 17, 7:30pm.
Saturday, September 22
10:30am KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | desert speaks: Tequila: Exploring the Legend
Travel to the state of Jalisco, Mexico to
inspect the history, production and taste of tequila.
7pm KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) & KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) | Austin City Limits Sufjan Stevens/Calexico
The indie rock sensation performs along with
this southwestern root musician.
Sunday, September 23
6am KQED 9 | The Josh Kornbluth Show Rita Moreno
See KQED 9 Monday, September 17, 7:30pm.
6:30am KQED 9 & KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | Spark: Adam 5100, Ledoh and Caleb Duarte
See KQED 9 Wednesday, September 19, 7:30pm.
8am KQED 9 | Reading Rainbow: Saturday Sancocho
Trading coffee for some strawberries sets the
stage for this story written and illustrated by Leyla Torres.
11am KQED 9 & KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | Nature Andes: the Dragon's Back
See KQED 9 Sunday, September 16, 8pm.
5pm KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) | Sharing Secrets of Salsa: Mixing English with Community
This cookbook project portrays a model of
cooperation for communities facing a strong ethnic divide.
Monday, September 24
1:30pm KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) | Passport to Adventure Exploring the Costa Azul, Mexico
A look at the undiscovered Mexico, with beaches,
jungles, the cliffs and caves of the Marietas Islands, and the mountains, home
to the Huichol tribe.
10pm KQED 9 & KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | F.A.Q.: Latino Stories from WWII
This new program reveals the largely untold
stories of Latino servicemen in World War II.
Repeats: 9/25 5pm (KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) ).
Tuesday, September 25
3pm KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | Desert Speaks: Life Along the Rio Sonora
Explore the area's rough terrain, local
delicacies, historic missions and relaxed way of life.
6pm KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | Desert Speaks: The Lost Palm Weavers of Sonora
Join the search in for the descendants of Opata
palm weavers and explore the surviving tradition.
Wednesday, September 26
5:30pm KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) | The War: Soldados
This film tells the story of the South Bay's
Latino community during World War II. Many farm-workers returned from war to
find the freedom they'd fought for eluded them in their own hometowns.
Repeats: 9/29 6:30pm (KQED 9); 9/30 6pm (KQED
9).
6pm KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | Desert Speaks: Tehuacan: A Spanish Legacy
A trip through valley of Tehuacan to the ancient
city of Oaxaca in southern Mexico is ripe with examples of the domination of
Spanish culture on the native way of life.
7:30pm KQED 9 & KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | Spark: Playwright Carlos Baron and Other
Stories
Head to Chile with playwright Carlos Baron along
with his cast of actors, dancers and musicians from Poeta Pan.
Repeats: 9/29 2pm (KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) ); 9/30 6:30am (KQED
9 & KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) ).
Thursday, September 27
10:30pm KQED 9 | Globe Trekker: Panama and Colombia
Repeats: 9/28 9:30pm (KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) ).
Friday, September 28
11:30am KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | Desert Speaks: Pilgrimage to a Party
The faithful travel to pay homage to San
Francisco, in the hope that he may transform their lives.
6pm KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | Desert Speaks: On the Road to Cajamarca
Climb up an Incan stairway to view the city as
an Incan emperor would have surveyed his domain.
6:30pm KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) | Valentia: Mexican Americans In World War II
Veterans from all branches of our armed forces
discuss their experiences, creating an oral history.
Repeats: 9/30 6:30pm (KQED 9).
Saturday, September 29
6:30pm KQED 9 | The War: Soldados
See KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) Wednesday, September 26, 5:30pm.
7pm KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) & KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) | Austin City Limits: Blues Traveler/Cafe Tacuba
The Grammy-winning, harmonica driven jam band
and the innovative Mexican quartet perform.
Sunday, September 30
6:30am KQED 9 & KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709) | Spark: Playwright Carlos Baron and Other
Stories
See KQED 9 Wednesday, September 26, 7:30pm.
8am KQED 9 | Reading Rainbow: Borreguita and the Coyote
Host LeVar Burton visits a guitar-making shop
and meets with the rock band Los Lobos.
1am KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) | Borinqueneers
Hector Elizondo narrates the story of the only
all-Hispanic unit in U.S. Army History.
Repeats at 2pm (KQED 9).
2pm KQED 9 | Borinqueneers
See KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) , 10am.
6pm KQED 9 | The War: Soldados
See KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) Wednesday, September 26, 5:30pm.
6:30pm KQED 9 | Valentia: Mexican Americans In World War II
See KQED Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) Friday, September 28, 6:30pm.
8pm KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) | Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis: Latin Jazz
Keyboard legend Eddie Palmieri and flute
virtuoso Dave Valentin explore the sounds of Latin jazz.
8:30pm KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) | Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis: Brazilian Jazz
Guests are Oscar Castro-Neves and Ivan Lins.
9pm KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) | Countdown: Reflections on a Life in Dance
This documentary follows the engaging
give-and-take of the rehearsal of one of Rudy Perez's signature dances,
Countdown.
10pm KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) | Pasajero, a Journey of Time and Memory
Young inner-city Mexican-American musicians
travel to Mexico, where they seek a deeper understanding of the country's
traditions.
10:30pm KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) | Justice for My People: The Dr. Hector P. Garcia Story
This program explores the activist's fight to
bring attention to the Mexican American civil rights movement.
11pm KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) | Visiones: Latino Art and Culture
An exploration of Taco Shop Poets in Southern
California, tent theater of the Southwest and performance art in San Francisco.
11:30pm KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) | Visiones: Latino Art and Culture
Following the history of salsa music and dance
in Philadelphia and Tejana and Chicano music pioneers.
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