Thursday, October 15 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Get an inside look at the high-stakes effort to get out the Latino vote in this year's election. Political candidates are focused on maximizing turnout and support from Latinos, poised to be the largest non-white voting bloc.
Thursday, October 15 at 8 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. There are few places where immigrants are shaping the economy in more significant ways than in Florida, where Miami leads the nation in entrepreneurial activity and the startup of new companies. Making It in America highlights the important contributions being made by immigrant entrepreneurs to the economy of Florida and the United States, across multiple fields – from construction to medicine to tech. The hour-long documentary profiles a range of individuals with different ages, backgrounds, and careers. These interviewees all own thriving companies in Florida and are part of a group of immigrant business owners playing an indispensable role in the state's economy and beyond, as well as generating hundreds of thousands of jobs across every industry.
Wednesday, October 14 at 8 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. In April 2019, 52-year-old Mitsuhiro Iwamoto succeeded in crossing the Pacific Ocean in an uninterrupted voyage by sailboat. Sea of Light: A Blind Yachtsman’s Voyage Across the Pacific documents Iwamoto's spectacular achievement as the first blind person to make the brutal transpacific voyage, and the life experiences that led him there. With four cameras onboard their sailboat, Iwamoto and Japan-based businessman Douglas Smith, a novice yachtsman, documented their successful 55-day journey from San Diego, CA to Onahama Port in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
Monday, October 12 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Through their music and work in communities and schools, First Nation indigenous hip-hop artists in Canada lead an effort to right long standing social injustices, heal personal traumas, and preserve their cultures.
Wednesday, October 7 at 9 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. In the 17th century, when stone walls were a prominent feature of castles across Japan, the town of Sakamoto in Japan's Shiga Prefecture became famous for its stonemasons' expert technique. But when feudalism ended 150 years ago, many castles were destroyed – though many stonemasons continued to pass down their craft. Samurai Wall follows a 15th generation Japanese master stonemason, Suminori Awata, as he revives his family's ancient techniques to complete a modern-day commission: a castle-style wall in a new, modern office tower in downtown Dallas, TX.