Episode 1:
Foreigners in Their Own Land Explores the period from 1565-1880, as the first Spanish explorers enter North America, the U.S. expands into territories in the Southwest that had been home to Native Americans and English and Spanish colonies, and as the Mexican-American War strips Mexico of half its territories by 1848. Episode 4:
The New Latinos Highlights the swelling immigration from Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic that stretches from the post-World War II years into the early 1960s as the new arrivals seek economic opportunities. |
Episode 2:
Empire of Dreams Documents how the American population begins to be reshaped by the influx of people that began in 1880 and continues into the 1940s, as Cubans, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans begin arriving in the U.S. and start to build strong Latino-American communities in South Florida, Los Angeles and New York. Episode 5:
Pride and Prejudice Details the creation of the proud “Chicano” identity, as labor leaders organize farm workers in California, and as activists push for better education opportunities for Latinos, the inclusion of Latino studies, and empowerment in the political process. |
Episode 3:
War and Peace Moves into the World War II years and those that follow, as Latino Americans serve their new country by the hundreds of thousands — but still face discrimination and a fight for civil rights back in the United States. Episode 6:
Peril and Promise Takes viewers through the past 30 years, with a second wave of Cubans arriving in Miami during the Mariel exodus and with hundreds of thousands Salvadorans, Nicaraguans and Guatemalans fleeing civil wars, death squads and unrest to go north into a new land — transforming the United States along the way. |
Chicano! Quest for a Homeland
Full-length documentary: Reies Lopez Tijerina and the movement to return the Tierra Amarilla land grant to the residents of the town of San Joaquin de Chama; Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzalez and the Chicano Youth Liberation Conference Chicano! Taking Back the Schools
Full-length documentary about the Chicano Student Movement in East L.A. in 1968 |
Chicano! The Struggle In The Fields
Full-length documentary about César Chávez and the UFW Grape Boycott. Chicano! Fighting for Political Power
Full-length documentary about the politics of the Chicano Movement, and the Raza Unida Party. |
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