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Filmmaker Talks About Documentary Featuring Latino Students

A new documentary airing next week on KERA-TV takes an in-depth look at the challenges facing Latino students, their families and educators. Bernardo Ruiz, executive producer of The Graduates/Los Graduados will be speaking with “Think” host Krys Boyd during the 1 p.m. hour of the show today. You can tune in on 90.1 FM orlisten online.

The two-part, two-hour film is part of national public media’s American Graduate initiative, in which KERA is involved. The show will air Monday at 9 p.m. on KERA-TV, Channel 13. You can watch the trailer here.

Stella M. Chávez is KERA’s immigration/demographics reporter/blogger. Her journalism roots run deep: She spent a decade and a half in newspapers – including seven years at The Dallas Morning News, where she covered education and won the Livingston Award for National Reporting, which is given annually to the best journalists across the country under age 35.