Hispanic Heritage | October 2026
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39th Hispanic Heritage Awards
Friday, 10/2/2026 @ 8:00 PM
Join the Hispanic Heritage Foundation in celebrating Latino history and culture as we induct the newest class of Hispanic Heritage Award honorees, with performances by some of the most talented names in Latin Music.
Voces - Asco: Without Permission
Friday, 10/2/2026 @ 9:00 PM
ASCO: WITHOUT PERMISSION challenges the limits of documentary conventions to tell the story of a revolutionary Chicano art group who turned 1970s LA into their defiant canvas. Merging activism with radical art-making, ASCO challenged the established order of Hollywood, museums and media and are now considered amongst the 20th century's most significant artists. Director Travis Gutierrez Senger mirrors their boundary-breaking spirit through a groundbreaking approach, weaving nonfiction and fiction together with a new generation of artists. The result is more than a profile it's a reimagining of what's possible in art and cinema, celebrating iconoclasts who were decades ahead of their time.
American Masters #3805
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
Tuesday, 10/6/2026 @ 8:00 PM
Follow the legacy of filmmaker and playwright Luis Valdez. A founding figure of the Chicano Movement, Valdez is best known for his play Zoot Suit, the Ritchie Valens biopic La Bamba and the theatre company El Teatro Campesino.
Esta Es Mi Casa - This Is My Home
Tuesday, 10/6/2026 @ 9:30 PM
Starting in the 1930s and continuing for decades, farmers in the Red River Valley of North Dakota and Minnesota depended on Hispanic field workers--laborers from Texas and Mexico. Now, one and two generations later, this community has contributed its own cultural stamp to the region's art, cuisine, diversity and economy.
Voces - Paquito D'rivera: from Carne Y Frijol to Carnegie Hall
Monday, 10/12/2026 @ 9:00 PM
Meet jazz legend Paquito D'Rivera and follow his extraordinary journey from child prodigy in Havana, Cuba to multiple Grammy winning performer and composer. Featuring performances and collaborations with pianist Chucho Valdes and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
Reading the World
Monday, 10/12/2026 @ 10:00 PM
Told through the collective memories of students who participated in the "Culture Circles" learning to read and write, the film contains rare archival footage of mid twentieth century Brazil. After a shocking coup d'etat, Paulo Freire was forced into exile for 16 years, spreading his pedagogy of democracy and education around the globe.