Week # 22-99, Air Date 5/30/1999 - 6/5/1999
Scope and Contents
Segment #1: "FARMWORKER ORGANIZING" (5:06)Leda Hartman reports on the efforts of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee to organize migrant farmworkers and a boycott against the largest pickle producer in the South.
Subject Types: Other - Labor
Locations: U.S. Regions - Southeast
Segment #2: "FISHING IN HONDURAS" (6:09) Latino USA's Ingrid Lobet reports on how the wreck Hurricane Mitch left behind on the Central American coast has adversely affected the fishing industry in Honduras.
Subject Types: Economics
Locations: Non-U.S. Regions - Central America; Central American Countries - Honduras
Segment #3: "LATINOS IN FILM" (4:43) Jon Beaupre reports on the findings of a new study by the Screen Actors Guild that asserts the lack of Latino faces on the big screen.
Subject Types: Arts - visual
Segment #4: "ANITA Y LA VACA" (2:50) Writer and artist Luis Guerra shares a story about his grandmother.
Subject Types: Arts - Literature
Dates
- Creation: Air Date 5/30/1999 - 6/5/1999
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
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