“Voces: Latino Vote 2024” Screening and Discussion

In collaboration with PBS SoCal, LAist will be hosting a screening of the new documentary VOCES: LATINO VOTE 2024 produced by Quiet Pictures in collaboration with Latino Public Broadcasting and ITVS in association with PBS SoCal. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by LAist reporter Caitlin Hernández (they/them). This is an exclusive advance screening of a new documentary that will examine the priorities of a politically diverse Latino electorate in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election.

SPECIAL GUESTS

Andrés Cediel, producer, Voces: Latino Vote 2024, Associate Professor in Residence, UC Berkeley

Fernando Guerra, Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Chicana/o Latina/o Studies and Director of the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount University (Guerra is an honorary lifetime trustee for Southern California Public Radio, which owns and operates LAist.)

Mindy Romero, Ph.D., founder and director, Center for Inclusive Democracy (CID), USC Sol Price School of Public Policy

For more election-related content, check out LAist’s Voter Game Plan, a comprehensive guide to help you navigate the election.

ABOUT “VOCES: LATINO VOTE 2024”

Premieres Tues., Oct. 22 at 10 p.m. on PBS SoCal 

The one-hour documentary focuses on the key issues that will drive Latino voter turnout in some of the most hotly-contested battleground states, including Nevada, Arizona, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania as well as the states of California and Florida which have large Latino populations.

ABOUT CAITLIN HERNÁNDEZ

Our region is one of endless experiences and needs, making it tough to find out what you want to know. So often, basic questions get overlooked and answers are bogged down by confusing jargon. I aim to help you make sense of big issues we’re facing, discover community and get resources in an easygoing way.

I started at LAist in 2020 and have stayed busy. I report for L.A. Explained and Queer LA, and I’m the lead author of our public-facing style guide, Dialogue. While I’ve lived in Los Angeles for more than a decade, I learn something new from people every day.

ABOUT VOCES 

Produced by Latino Public Broadcasting, the acclaimed PBS documentary series VOCES features the best of Latino arts, culture and history and shines a light on current issues that impact Latino Americans. Devoted to exploring the rich diversity of the Latino experience, VOCES presents new and established filmmakers and brings their powerful and illuminating stories to a national audience — on TV, online and on the PBS app. Luis Ortiz is series producer; Sandie Viquez Pedlow is executive producer. Funding for VOCES is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS. Follow us on Facebook and X.

VOCES: LATINO VOTE 2024 is funded by PBS, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Ford Foundation. VOCES: LATINO VOTE 2024 is a Quiet Pictures co-production with Latino Public Broadcasting and ITVS in association with PBS SoCal.

ABOUT LATINO PUBLIC BROADCASTING

Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB) is the leader in the development, production, acquisition and distribution of film and digital cultural media that is representative of Latino people or addresses issues of particular interest to Latino Americans. These programs are produced for dissemination to public broadcasting stations and other public media entities. Providing a voice for the diverse Latino community throughout the United States, Latino Public Broadcasting is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. LPB also produces the acclaimed PBS documentary series VOCES, exploring the rich diversity of the Latino experience. VOCES presents new and established filmmakers and brings their powerful and illuminating stories to a national audience — on TV, online and on the PBS app.

Between 2009 and 2023, LPB programs won over 135 awards, including three prestigious George Foster Peabody Awards as well as Emmys, Imagen Awards and the Sundance Film Festival Award for Best Director, Documentary. LPB has been the recipient of the Norman Lear Legacy Award and the NCLR Alma Award for Special Achievement – Year in Documentaries. Sandie Viquez Pedlow is executive director of LPB; Edward James Olmos is co-founder and chairman.

ABOUT PBS SOCAL

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PBS SoCal uses the power of public media for good, strengthening the civic fabric of Southern California and providing our community with an essential connection to a wider world. As a local, donor/member-supported non-profit organization, PBS SoCal manages 7 channels — including 2 primary broadcast channels, PBS SoCal and PBS SoCal Plus as well as 5 digital subchannels. With a commitment to make content available anytime and anywhere for free, PBS SoCal is reaches nearly 19M viewers in the region with programming that reflects the diversity of Southern California and showcases the full schedule of beloved and trusted PBS content spanning Education, News, Environment and Arts & Culture.  PBS SoCal programming is available to viewers over-the-air, on all key streaming platforms via the free PBS App and PBS KIDS App. PBS SoCal also sparks the sharing of ideas at in-person cultural events and community conversations as well as prepares children for kindergarten and beyond by bringing bilingual, hands-on learning experiences to the community for free.