PROGRAMS KQED Public Television proudly celebrates the diversity of our community with a special lineup in 7:30pm KQED 9 & KQED HD | SPARK September. In addition to KQED Channel 9, KQED also broadcasts five digital channels, available CROWN POINT PRESS, JOHN SANTOS AND to viewers with a digital receiver or Comcast digital cable. KQED’s digital channels are KQED MARGA GOMEZ # Encore (9.2, Comcast 189), KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190), KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191), Visit Crown Point Press. Listen as John Santos KQED Kids (9.5, Comcast 192) and the high-definition channel KQED HD (9.1, Comcast 709). brings his orchestra to the stage one last time, and Some of these programs repeat multiple times on our digital channels; visit www.kqed.org/dtv get a backstage pass for Marga Gomez’s one-person for the complete digital schedule. show. Repeats: 9/7 11:30pm (KQED 9); 9/8 2pm Please note: Programs are subject to change. For the latest information, call (415) 553-2215 (KQED Life); 9/9 6:30am (KQED 9 & KQED HD). or view our listings at www.kqed.org. For a list of changes only, visit www.kqed.org/tvchanges. For videotaping purposes, allow five minutes for early starts and late finishes. 8:00pm KQED HD | DESERT SPEAKS HEART OF A PUEBLO TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 Explore a range of plazas, from pre-Hispanic to Daily 5:00am KQED 9 | LOS NIÑOS EN SU CASA modern, and examine their unifying characteristics. This Spanish-language program provides support to 5:00pm KQED 9 | P.O.V. MADE IN L.A. anyone who cares for small children. Three Latina garment workers in Los Angeles join THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 the struggle for better working conditions. Daily 5:30pm KQED KIDS | MAYA AND MIGUEL Repeats: 9/5 9pm (KQED Encore); 9/8 3pm 3:00pm KQED HD | DESERT SPEAKS This animated children’s series follows the adven- (KQED World). SEA TO SKY: ALONG AN INCAN ROAD tures of 10-year-old twins and their family, friends This program examines the ruins and remains of and diverse neighborhood. 9:00pm KQED 9 | WIDE ANGLE pre-Incan cultures and provides a bird’s-eye view of BRAZIL IN BLACK AND WHITE the Nazca lines in Peru. Saturdays 9:30am KQED 9 | DAISY COOKS! Affirmative action quotas launch a new dialogue WITH DAISY MARTINEZ about race and identity in this nation of 190 8:00pm KQED 9 | GLOBE TREKKER Daisy Martinez demonstrates simple steps for mak- million. Repeats: 9/5 8pm (KQED Encore). ECUADOR AND THE GALAPAGOS ing Latin-inspired cuisine, mixing vibrant colors, From thermal baths heated by volcanoes to the remarkable flavors and a keen sense of tradition. 10:00pm KQED HD | INDEPENDENT LENS snowcapped Cotopaxi volcano. Repeats: 9/7 7pm Also: Fridays at 5pm and Monday 9/3 at 3pm LOS ANGELES NOW (KQED Encore); 9/10 noon (KQED World). (KQED HD). Once an empty, bucolic space, Los Angeles is now a disorienting megalopolis and the most multi- 11:00pm KQED Life | PASSPORT TO ADVENTURE cultural city in the world. What is the future of SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 BAJA AND THE SEA OF CORTEZ, MEXICO this rapidly changing city? This adventure starts at the port of La Paz and 5:00pm KQED World | P.O.V. SOLDADOS: continues on the Isle of Espiritu Santo. Our hosts WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 CHICANOS IN VIETNAM/THE SIXTH SECTION discover a magnificent gray whale that migrates to The first film recounts the harrowing experiences of Magdalena Bay to give birth. 9:00am KQED Kids | POSTCARDS FROM a generation of Mexican Americans who fought in Repeats: 9/25 4am (KQED Life). BUSTER BUSTER’S BASEBALL MERENGUE Vietnam. The second film follows a group of (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC) immigrants from Boquerón, Mexico, who work in Buster meets a promising young baseball player upstate New York. and learns about merengue music and eats pasteles. 6:00pm KQED 9 | HISTORY DETECTIVES THE DEPOT THAT MADE DALLAS/MEXICAN PESO/PIRATE SPYGLASS Was this the first railroad station in Dallas and did it turn the city into a bustling metropolis? Does a San Antonio man have a coin linked to Zapata and Pancho Villa? . c n I Repeats: 9/2 5am (KQED Encore); 9/17 8pm , s n o i (KQED HD). t c u d o r P SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 o n U y s e t r 3:00pm KQED Life | TRAVELSCOPE u o c ; MANZANILLO, MEXICO AND THE COSTA ALEGRE s i h c a Travel journalist Joseph Rosendo explores the coast’s i r a rain forests, volcanoes and elegant resorts. M e d e h c o 5:59pm KQED 9 | TANGO: THE SPIRIT OF N : o t ARGENTINA o h P r The best singers, musicians and dancers showcase e v o the true soul of tango. C Repeats: 9/9 6:59pm (KQED Encore). Wide Angle Brazil in Black and White. Photo: courtesy Ademir Rodrigues. 2 | AIRING ON KQED FOR THE FIRST TIME | # LOCAL SUBJECT PROGRAMS 11:00pm KQED 9 | GLOBE TREKKER 2:00pm KQED 9 | MEXICAN AMERICANS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 CUBA AND HAITI This exploration of Mexican culture north of the Explore the bustling street markets in Havana and border looks at the success of Mexican families who 7:30pm KQED 9 | THE JOSH KORNBLUTH SHOW take part in a peasant festival in Port-au-Prince. built upon a legacy of tradition, integrity and MARGA GOMEZ AND BETH LISICK # Repeats: 9/7 10pm (KQED Encore); 9/8 8pm (KQED familial honor. Ricardo Montalbán, Vikki Carr, Performer Marga Gomez shares tales of growing up World). Paul Rodriguez, Bill Richardson and others explain in a showbiz family, her pursuit of fame and a the value of their heritage. wicked Kathleen Turner impression. Author Beth FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 Lisick discusses life on the fringe in San Francisco’s 6:00pm KQED 9 | TRULY CA: OUR STATE, OUR Mission district. 6:00pm KQED HD | DESERT SPEAKS STORIES GRANDMA HAS A VIDEO CAMERA # Repeats: 9/14 2:30pm (KQED 9); 9/14 9:30pm PASSIONS OF THE PITAYA A family’s history of immigration from Brazil to (KQED Life); 9/16 6am (KQED 9). Locals celebrate an annual festival dedicated to the the United States during a 16-year period. Repeats: tasty cactus fruit. 9/13 11pm (KQED 9); 9/14 10pm (KQED Encore). 11:00pm KQED Life | PASSPORT TO ADVENTURE THE JUNGLES AND RIVERS OF 8:30pm KQED Kids | POSTCARDS FROM 7:00pm KQED World | GLOBE TREKKER COSTA RICA BUSTER BUSTER’S ROAD RULES (TUCSON, ARGENTINA Costa Rica features lush jungles and raging rivers. ARIZ.) Visit the incredible Iguazu Falls, the traditional Our hosts tour sustainable development projects Buster joins Carlos and Mora on a road trip Jujuy region, Buenos Aires and the mystic caves in that aim to save the rain forest. through the Sonora Desert, loading up on snacks at El Calafate. Repeats: 9/26 10pm (KQED Encore). Repeats: 9/27 4am (KQED Life). a Latin American grocery store and meeting a local mariachi band. 8:00pm KQED 9 & KQED HD | NATURE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 CUBA: WILD ISLAND OF THE CARIBBEAN 11:30pm KQED 9 | SPARK CROWN POINT This episode explores the astonishing diversity of 6:00pm KQED HD | DESERT SPEAKS PRESS, JOHN SANTOS AND MARGA GOMEZ # wildlife on the island of Cuba, much of it unknown ANCIENT ANDEAN CIVILIZATIONS See KQED 9 Wednesday, September 5, 7:30pm. until recently. The surrounding countryside around La Paz, Repeats: 9/10 7pm (KQED Encore); 9/15 9pm Bolivia, holds the remains of the Tiahuanacos SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 (KQED World); 9/16 11am (KQED 9). whose culture, impressive rockwork and irrigation accomplishments were a source of inspiration to 4:00pm KQED HD | INDEPENDENT LENS 8:00pm KQED Life | HEMINGWAY IN CUBA the Incas. REVOLUCION: FIVE VISIONS Cuba captured Ernest Hemingway’s fertile A look at Cuban photographers with differing imagination and inspired him to create now- WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 perspectives on photography and the Cuban legendary characters. This program reveals how Revolution. Repeats: 9/9 9pm (KQED Encore). Cuba’s culture, religion and volatile politics influ- 9:00am KQED World | MECCA: A LEGACY OF enced the author. CESAR CHAVEZ 6:00pm KQED 9 | VOCES YANK TANKS This is a moving portrait of Mecca, a poor farm- This documentary examines the enduring 10:00pm KQED Life | INDEPENDENT LENS worker town near the Salton Sea in Southern popularity of classic American cars in Cuba. MIRROR DANCE California. The extraordinary sense of community Repeats: 9/9 9am (KQED Encore). Identical twins Margarita and Ramona da Saa that exists here has its roots in the farmworker became acclaimed ballerinas with the National movement led by César Chávez in the 1970s. 9:00pm KQED HD | AUSTIN CITY LIMITS LOS Ballet of Cuba, but their relationship disintegrated Repeats at noon (KQED World). LONELY BOYS/THE GOURDS when one sister left for America while the other A night of diverse Texas roots rock with this San embraced the Cuban Revolution. 9:30am KQED World | MENDEZ VS. Angelo trio and these country/folk/Cajun rockers. WESTMINSTER: FOR ALL THE CHILDREN Repeats: 9/15 7pm (KQED Life). 10:00pm KQED World | VOCES An Orange County couple led the battle to end THE GUESTWORKER school segregation in California in 1947. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 Learn about the H2A Guestworker Program Repeats at12:30pm (KQED World). through the intimate story of a Mexican farmer. 6:30am KQED 9 & KQED HD | SPARK CROWN 3:00pm KQED HD | DESERT SPEAKS POINT PRESS, JOHN SANTOS AND MARGA 11:00pm KQED Life | VOCES FROM MAMBO TO ORIGINS OF A ROYAL ROAD GOMEZ # HIP HOP: A SOUTH BRONX TALE Journey along this historic route of communica- See KQED 9 Wednesday, September 5, 7:30pm.