 | ¿Más Bebés?by Renee Tajima-Peña and Virginia Espino At a large Los Angeles maternity ward in the 1960s and 1970s, Mexican-American mothers were frequently prodded into tubal ligations in the late stages of labor — often based on little more than the question “More babies?” |
 | California and the American DreamBy Paul Espinosa, Lyn Goldfarb, Jed Riffe, and Emiko Omori Exploring the dynamics of culture, community, and identity in one of the world’s most diverse regions, the four-part series California and the American Dream reveals how the last 35 years of divergent social trends have changed the state’s Hollywood dreamscape image of the past. |
 | The Carmelita Tropicana Storyby Ela Troyano The Carmelita Tropicana Story is an experimental narrative that explores the bicultural and bilingual experiences of Latinos and Latinas living in New York. |
 | Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Storyby Jordan Mechner, Don Normark, Andrew Anderson, and Mark Moran Don Normark's haunting photographs evoke a lost Mexican-American village in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, razed in the 1950s to build Dodger Stadium. Independent Lens |
 | Companerasby Elizabeth Massie and Matthew Buzzell Compañeras profiles America’s first all-female mariachi band, Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles, founded in 1994. Independent Lens, Global Voices |
 | The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers' Struggleby Rick Tejada-Flores and Ray Telles This is the story of the United Farmworkers Union (UFW) and its leader Cesar Chavez, who inspired Latino activism of the ’60s and ’70s, and involved millions in a nonviolent struggle for social justice. |
 | The Last Conquistadorby John J. Valadez and Cristina Ibarra The city of El Paso is divided over a new public statue of a conquistador that evokes pride in Hispanics, and outrage among Native Americans who consider him a terrorist. POV |
 | Letters from the Other Sideby Heather Courtney Through the personal stories of several Mexican women and the cross-border video letters between them, their loved ones, and strangers, Letters from the Other Side reveals the other side of the immigration story. |
 | Los Angeles Nowby Phillip Rodriguez Los Angeles Now looks beyond Baywatch and Blade Runner to create a fresh, candid portrait of the future of America’s second largest and most multicultural city. Independent Lens, True Stories |
 | Made in L.A.by Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar Follow the remarkable story of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles sweatshops as they embark on a three-year odyssey to win basic labor protections from a trendy clothing retailer. POV, Global Voices |
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