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Resumen Hora Completa DN,13 de abril de 2007
PBS criticada por excluir a latinos y nativos de un documental sobre la Segunda Guerra Mundial Una coalición de organizaciones latinas ha criticado a la PBS (televisión pública de EE.UU.) por un futuro documental de Ken Burns sobre la Segunda Guerra Mundial porque ignora el papel desempañado por los soldados latinos en la guerra. El filme de 14 horas de duración, titulado “The War” (La Guerra), no incluye ninguna entrevista con veteranos latinos a pesar de que más de 500.000 sirvieron en la guerra. El documental tampoco incluye entrevistas con indígenas veteranos. Hablaremos con Maggie Rivas-Rodríguez, profesora de la Universidad de Texas, que ha liderado la protesta contra la PBS.



Friday, April 13th, 2007PBS Criticized for Excluding Latino, Native Voices from WWII DocumentaryListen to Segment Download Show mp3 Watch 128k stream Watch 256k stream Read Transcript Help Printer-friendly version Email to a friend Purchase Video/CD
A coalition of Latino organizations have been criticizing PBS over a forthcoming documentary by Ken Burns on World War II because it ignores the role played by Latino soldiers in the war. The 14-hour film, “The War,” includes no interviews with any Latino veterans even though over 500,000 Latinos served in the war. The documentary also includes no interviews with any Native American veterans. We speak with Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, a University of Texas professor who has led the protests against PBS. [rush transcript included]

MSNBC and CBS Radio have not been the only media networks facing protests recently. A coalition of Latino organizations have been criticizing PBS over a forthcoming documentary by Ken Burns on World War II because it ignores the role played by Latino soldiers in the war The 14-hour film, “The War,” includes no interviews with any Latino veterans even though over 500,000 Latinos served in the war. The documentary also includes no interviews with any Native American veterans.

In response to the protests, Ken Burns announced this week that he would create additional content that focuses on the stories of Latino and Native American veterans. Burns said he would not make any changes to the existing film but he vowed to create additional material to run in conjunction with the documentary. “The War” is scheduled to premier in September.
Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez. She helped lead the protests against PBS. She is the associate director of the Center for Mexican-American Studies at the University of Texas. Since 1999, she has spearheaded the U.S. Latino and Latina World War II Oral History Project. She is also the editor of the book “Mexican Americans and World War II.” She joins us from Austin, Texas.

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