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LATIN MUSIC USA
Airing on
PBS In English: Mondays, October 12 & 19, 9-11 p.m. ET
Airing on PBS in Spanish: Tuesdays, October 13 & 20, 10 p.m.-12
a.m. ET
on
V-me, the national Spanish TV network
(please check local listings)
Executive Producers:
Elizabeth Dean/WGBH; Series Producer: Adriana Bosch
Genre: Documentary
4 Episode/60 Minutes
LATIN MUSIC USA
is a four-part series documenting the rise of American music
forged from powerful Latin roots and the influence of Latin
music on jazz, hip hop, rhythm and blues and rock ‘n’ roll — and
on American culture. Jimmy Smits narrates.
Episode One: Traces the rise
of Latin jazz and the explosion of the mambo and the cha cha chá
as they sweep the US from East to West. Latin Music infiltrates
r&b and rock and roll through the 1960s.
Episode Two: Puerto Ricans and other Latinos in New York
reinvent the Cuban son and the Puerto Rican plena, adding
elements from soul and jazz to create Salsa, which becomes a
defining rhythm for Latinos the world over.
Episode Three: Mexican-Americans in CA, TX and across the
Southwest create their own distinct musical voices during the
second half of the 20th century. Their music would play an
important role in the struggle for Chicano civil rights and
ultimately propel them from the barrio to the national stage.
Episode Four: Focuses on the Latin pop explosion of the
turn of the century, focusing on the success of artists like
Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan and Shakira in the English-language
market - in the context of an increasingly Latinized US. As
studios focus on star-driven pop, Latino youth gravitate toward
urban fusions - Spanish rap and reggaeton, as well as Rock en
Español.
LATIN MUSIC USA premieres
online October 13 (English) & October 14 (Spanish) on
www.pbs.org/video.