AIRING IN PRIMETIME on WKAR HD and WKAR World, Sept. 15 - Oct. 15, 2023.
All times are PM. Listings are subject to change
WKAR HD Listings
Sept. 18 | Mon
10:00 POV: Bulls and Saints
After 20 years of living in the United States, an undocumented family decides to return home. Little do they know it will be the most difficult journey of their lives and reawaken an intense desire for a place to belong. Set between the rodeo arenas of North Carolina and the spellbinding Mexican town they yearn for, Bulls and Saints is a love story about reverse migration, rebellion, and redemption.
Sept. 19 | Tue
9:00 Becoming Frida Kahlo: The Making and Breaking
When an accident changes Frida's life, she channels pain and heartache into a new passion: painting. She meets Diego Rivera, and her creative and romantic dreams begin to take shape.
10:00 Independent Lens: Sanson and Me
When authorities deny filmmaker Rodrigo Reyes' request to document a young incarcerated immigrant, Sanson's story is shared through dramatic reenactments.
Sept. 26 | Tue
9:00 Becoming Frida Kahlo: Love and Loss
Now married and living in Depression-era USA, Frida sees the ugly side of capitalism, while political scandal engulfs Diego. Miscarriage and bereavement propel Frida to her greatest work yet.
Sept. 29 | Fri
9:00 36th Hispanic Heritage Awards
Celebrate the recipients of the 36th annual Hispanic Heritage Awards. The evening commemorating Hispanic Heritage Month includes performances and appearances by some of the country's most celebrated Hispanic artists and visionaries.
10:00 American Masters: A Song for Cesar
This is a documentary film that explores the life and work of Cesar Chavez, a civil rights activist and labor leader who used music as a tool to unite and inspire workers during the United Farm Workers' struggle for better labor conditions. The film sheds light on the challenges that Chavez and his followers faced, and how they managed to overcome them through solidarity and perseverance.
Oct. 3 | Tue
9:00 Becoming Frida Kahlo: A Star Is Born
Dangerous politics and turbulent love shock Frida's world, while love and trauma shape her final years. Diego and she divorce, then remarry. As her body fails her, her painting thrives.
WKAR World Listings
Sept. 16 | Sat
8:00 Independent Lens: Children of Las Brisas
In an impoverished Venezuela neighborhood, the power of music is put to the test for El Sistema national youth orchestra.
Sept. 18 | Mon
8:00 Latino Americans: The New Latinos
Review the decades after World War II through the early 1960s, as swelling numbers of immigrants from Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic seek economic opportunities.
Sept. 20 | Wed
9:00 POV: Bulls and Saints
After 20 years of living in the United States, an undocumented family decides to return home. Little do they know it will be the most difficult journey of their lives and reawaken an intense desire for a place to belong. Set between the rodeo arenas of North Carolina and the spellbinding Mexican town they yearn for, Bulls and Saints is a love story about reverse migration, rebellion, and redemption.
Sept. 21 | Thu
8:00 America ReFramed: Five Years North
FIVE YEARS NORTH is the story of America's immigration system through the eyes of Luis and Judy. Luis is an undocumented Guatemalan boy who arrives alone in New York City with little support and many responsibilities. Judy is a veteran ICE agent with Cuban American and Puerto Rican roots, who must weigh the human cost of her work against the future her family would face without her paycheck.
9:30 The Latinx Photography Project
A bilingual documentary film that explores a town in rural California working to integrate two distinct ethnic and linguistic groups through photography.
Sept. 25 | Mon
8:00 Latino Americans: Peril and Promise
Examine the past 30 years, as a second wave of Cubans and hundreds of thousands Salvadorans, Nicaraguans and Guatemalans flee to the U.S., creating a debate over undocumented immigrants that leads to calls for tightened borders, English-only laws and efforts to brand the undocumented as a drain on public resources.
9:30 Stories from the Stage: Growing Up Latina
Being a young Latina means living within a vibrant and varied global culture. It also means navigating identity and intersectionality. Rosanna discovers that friendship can cross all borders; Ana describes her last night at home before leaving Cuba forever; and Michele turns lemons into lemonade when she gets busted moonlighting. Three storytellers, three interpretations of GROWING UP LATINA.
Sept. 28 | Thu
8:00 America ReFramed: La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered
On May 5th, 1991, people took to the streets of Washington D.C.'s Mount Pleasant neighborhood to protest the police shooting of a young Salvadoran man, Daniel Gomez. Through testimony, song, poetry, and street theater, LA MANPLESA: An Uprising Remembered weaves together the collective memory of one of D.C.'s first barrios and dives into the roots of the '91 rebellion.
9:00 Voces On PBS: Letters to Eloisa
A haunting portrait of a writer's life and struggle for artistic freedom, meet Cuba's Jose Lezama Lima, an all but forgotten figure of the Latin American literary boom that included Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Octavio Paz and Mario Vargas Llosa.
Sept. 30 | Sat
8:00 American Experience: Roberto Clemente
9:00 American Masters: A Song for Cesar
This is a documentary film that explores the life and work of Cesar Chavez, a civil rights activist and labor leader who used music as a tool to unite and inspire workers during the United Farm Workers' struggle for better labor conditions. The film sheds light on the challenges that Chavez and his followers faced, and how they managed to overcome them through solidarity and perseverance.
Oct. 1 | Sun
10:00 36th Hispanic Heritage Awards
Celebrate the recipients of the 36th annual Hispanic Heritage Awards. The evening commemorating Hispanic Heritage Month includes performances and appearances by some of the country's most celebrated Hispanic artists and visionaries.
Oct. 5 | Thu
8:00 America ReFramed: We Like It Like That
We Like it Like That tells the story of Latin boogaloo is New York City. It is a product of the melting pot, a colorful expression of 1960s Latino soul, straight from the streets of El Barrio, the South Bronx and Brooklyn. Starring Latin boogaloo legends like Joe Bataan, Johnny Colon and Pete Rodriguez, We Like It Like That explores this lesser-known, but pivotal moment in Latin music history.
Oct. 6 | Fri
8:00 Becoming Frida Kahlo: Love and Loss
Now married and living in Depression-era USA, Frida sees the ugly side of capitalism, while political scandal engulfs Diego. Miscarriage and bereavement propel Frida to her greatest work yet.
9:00 Becoming Frida Kahlo: A Star Is Born
Dangerous politics and turbulent love shock Frida's world, while love and trauma shape her final years. Diego and she divorce, then remarry. As her body fails her, her painting thrives.
Oct. 7 | Sat
8:00 Building The American Dream
Travel to Texas, where immigrant construction workers are seeking justice and equality in an industry rife with exploitation. Across the state, there's an unprecedented building boom, fueled by Latino laborers with little or no rights.
9:00 American Masters: Orozco: Man of Fire
Often thought of as the other Mexican muralist, beside his more flamboyant compatriot Diego Rivera, Orozco was a leader of the Mexican Renaissance. His bold, dynamic frescoes had a profound impact on American painters and inspired FDR to put artists to work during the Great Depression. His most famous U.S. murals - The Table of Universal Brotherhood, The Epic of American Civilization and Prometheus - still convey their power in New York, New Hampshire and California.
Oct. 9 | Mon
9:00 Our Time: Immigrants and Refugees - LAS HIJAS (THE DAUGHTERS) and LEAVING AFRICA
New immigrants and refugees face steep challenges coming to the U.S. Rarely, though, do we hear candid conversations between immigrant kids and their families. In Las Hijas, filmmaker A. Pena de Niz crafts a deeply intimate portrait of first-generation daughters from Mexico while Rose Nseya (Leaving Africa) recounts the harrowing odyssey of fleeing one's homeland in search of safer lives.
Oct. 15 | Sun
10:00 POV: La Casa de Mama Icha
Decades ago, Mama Icha moved to the United States to help her daughter, but she never lost sight of her hometown of Mompox, spending years sending money to build her dream house there. Now, at the end of her life, Mama Icha returns to Colombia.
WKAR 90.5 FM Listings
Sundays at 4PM on 90.5 FM & STREAMING | Fiesta! features Latinx concert music and artistically significant compositions from Latin America, Spain, and Portugal.
Fiesta! is hosted by acclaimed composer, musician, performer, and professor Elbio Barilari. Fiesta! provides a valuable platform for the sound, culture, and history of classical music in Latin America. Barilari enriches listeners by introducing them to a genre that does not typically receive much exposure. Fiesta! fosters an appreciation for Latin American classical music and creates a meeting place for listeners of diverse backgrounds.