PBS SERIES “LATINO AMERICANS”

PBS SERIES “LATINO AMERICANS” TO BE NARRATED BY BENJAMIN BRATT AND INCLUDE INTERVIEWS WITH GLORIA ESTEFAN, RITA MORENO, HERMAN BADILLO, MARIA ELENA SALINAS AND MORE

– Landmark Six-Hour Documentary Features Interviews with Nearly 100 Latinos and More Than 500 Years of History, Premieres Fall 2013 –

PASADENA, CA; JANUARY 14, 2013 -- Today at the Television Critics Association meeting, PBS announced actor Benjamin Bratt will narrate LATINO AMERICANS, a landmark three-part, six-hour documentary series that is set to air nationally on PBS in the fall of 2013. It is the first major documentary series for television to chronicle the rich and varied history and experiences of Latinos, who have helped shape the United States over the last 500-plus years and have become, with more than 50 million people, the largest minority group in the U.S.

Bratt, the son of a Peruvian mother and a German-English father, and a multi-award winner for his work on television’s “Law & Order” and in such films as Pinero and Traffic, will narrate LATINO AMERICANS, which is led by Emmy Award-winning series producer Adriana Bosch. A team of filmmakers will document the evolution of a new “Latino American” identity from the 1500s to the present day, with interviews with close to 100 Latinos from the worlds of politics, business and pop culture, as well as deeply personal portraits of Latinos who lived through key chapters in American history.

'Latino Americans,' New PBS Documentary Series, Is First On US ... Latin Times-May 4, 2013Share This fall, PBS will begin airing a three-part, six-hour documentary series on the evolution of "Latino American" identity, tracing its origins from ...