From Boycotts to Banda: 20 Latino PBS Movies You Can Stream for Free During Hispanic Heritage Month
Well folks, it’s September again, which means a whole year has passed since we last celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month. A year that brought us cultural milestones like Jane the Virgin, Chile campeón, and Donald Trump – demonstrative evidence that in life you win some, and you lose some. So while we’ll let white America take Hispanic Heritage Month as an opportunity to reflect on the profound impact Latinos have had on American culture, from Jordi Farragut up through Sonia Sotomayor, it’s also a good opportunity for us to celebrate the richness and diversity of our own experience.
How, you might ask? Naturally there are at least a thousand ways we can do just that, but here we decided to narrow that list down to 20: that is, 20 Latino films from PBS that you can stream for free online. From Latino Public Broadcasting to Independent Lens and P.O.V., we already know PBS has shown a deep commitment to Latino stories over the years, which has resulted in a veritable treasure trove of world-class documentaries. But you may not have known that the folks at PBS have been kind enough to make a large part of this audiovisual fortune available for free online including their 4-hour epic doc on Latin music.
From undocumented college hopefuls, to recovering drug addicts giving high school a second shot, teen moms struggling with tough decisions, and families torn apart by deportation, these are stories that get to the heart of our struggles, hopes, and achievements. And now’s as good a time as any to heat up the popcorn, fry up some plátanos, and remember that through the good and bad, it’s great to be Latino.