VOCES
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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.
Featured Videos
Trailer | From Here, From There (De Aquí/De Allá)
Preview: S2024 Ep1 | 30s
Chapter 1
Clip: S2024 Ep1 | 9m 5s
Lawyers at the Supreme Court
Clip: S2024 Ep1 | 4m 52s
Episodes
From Here, From There (De Aquí/De Allá)
S2024 Ep1 | 55m 9s
Latino Vote: Dispatches from the Battleground
S2020 Ep2 | 55m 39s | WETA Passport
Specials
Sabor Ártico: Latinos En Alaska
Special | 14m 10s
When It’s Good, It’s Good
Special | 9m 57s
Sentir el Son
Special | 17m 22s
Extras
Trailer | From Here, From There (De Aquí/De Allá)
Preview: S2024 Ep1 | 30s
Lawyers at the Supreme Court
Clip: S2024 Ep1 | 4m 52s
Chapter 1
Clip: S2024 Ep1 | 9m 5s
Collections
- VOCES Shorts Explore an anthology of narrative and nonfiction work from Latinx filmmakers.
About 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.
VOCES Shorts
Curated by Latino Public Broadcasting and showcasing the work of both emerging and established Latinx filmmakers, this anthology of narrative and nonfiction work explores issues such as identity, economy, arts, and community. VOCES Shorts offers four up-to-the-minute snapshots of the diversity and complexity of Latino life in America today.
The Kill Floor
The Kill Floor, by Carlos Avila, is a narrative film inspired by the true-life situation that many Latino meat industry workers found themselves in during the early days of the Coronavirus pandemic. Forced to choose between making a living by working in unsafe conditions or to go without income, many workers were forced to choose between their livelihoods and their lives.
Sentir el Son
Sentir el son is a poetic documentary short about an Afro-Mexican woman in search of her ethnic and gender identity through the West African and Afro-Mexican practices in music and dance. This is a heroine's journey about the struggle of ethnic invisibility and the hidden African Diaspora in Mexico. Sentir el son is a Latino American story of cultural embodiment amidst the social injustice, the burden of a lost memory.
When It's Good, It's Good
A filmmaker returns to her hometown in West Texas to document the effects of the boom-and-bust nature of the oil industry. An intimate portrait of family, memory, and economy, When It’s Good, It’s Good centers around life in an oil town called Denver City, Texas.
Sabor Ártico: Latinos En Alaska
Latinos face unique challenges in the Arctic environment where things can be extreme, remote, and sometimes inaccessible. Sabor Ártico: Latinos En Alaska, a short documentary, introduces viewers to a growing population of Latinos in Alaska through poignant interviews that give insight on the importance of food and culture in adapting to the Arctic environment and in forging their identity.
Funders
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting
- National Endowment for the Arts
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