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8 Episodes 2009 - 2009
Episode 1
Tue, Sep 1, 2009 57 mins
The Season 2 opener profiles Cuban salsa singer Celia Cruz (1925-2003), who rose to prominence in the 1950s as the lead singer of La Sonora Matancera, then launched a solo career in 1965. Included: her exile from Cuba following the Cuban revolution.
Episode 2
Tue, Sep 8, 2009 57 mins
A profile of Antonia Pantoja, who founded ASPIRA, a New York-based organization that develops the educational and leadership potential of Puerto Rican youths.
Episode 3
Wed, Sep 16, 2009 57 mins
The stories of five former workers in the U.S.-Mexican bracero program, which granted temporary work permits to millions of Mexican laborers between 1942 and 1964.
Episode 4
Wed, Sep 23, 2009 57 mins
Chronicling one season of a Queens, N.Y., soccer league whose members consist of middle-aged former World Cup players from Central and South America.
Episode 5
Wed, Sep 30, 2009 57 mins
Former Chilean political prisoner Héctor Salgado, who was exiled in 1976, returns to his homeland to confront the men who tortured him.
Episode 6
Wed, Oct 7, 2009 57 mins
A profile of mambo and Latin-jazz legend Tito Puente (1923-2000), featuring archival clips and footage from one of his last concerts. Also: remarks from Marc Anthony, Bill Cosby, Paquito D'Rivera, Geraldo Rivera and Jimmy Smits.
Episode 7
Wed, Oct 14, 2009 57 mins
An immigrant folk dancer from the Andes and a modern dancer from Queens travel to Peru to reconnect with their roots and experience the country's traditional dance and culture. The folk dancer returns to her birthplace, which has changed; the modern dancer deals with cultural misunderstandings and an identity crisis.
Episode 8
Wed, Oct 21, 2009 57 mins
The story of Cuban writers Ernesto Santana and Jorge Mota, longtime friends who faced difficult decisions in 1994, when Mota fled Cuba on a homemade raft and Santana opted to stay and face the hardships at home.