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La Plaza; Fiebre de Irse, La

12/11/1984

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Series

La Plaza

Program

Fiebre de Irse, La

Program Number

707

Series Description

Premiered January 10, 1979- Officially La Plaza as a separate series title ended after season 28 (2006). It was replaced by the interview series: Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One which premiered in 2007.

Producer Raquel Ortiz anticipates that the bilingual series will serve as a plaza for the entire local Latino community. Ortiz also served as the host during the first season along with guest hosts. The program format varied from week to week, between musical specials, documentaries, in-studio debates, both locally produced and acquired. Spanish language programs were subtitled in English and English language programs were captioned in Spanish.

See January 1979 Prime Time Program Guide for cover story. Series release date: 1/10/1979

Program Description

A documentary look at a Puerto Rican family in Somerville preoccupied with returning to their homeland.

Duration

00:31:00

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Creators

Ortiz, Raquel (Series Producer)

Citation

Chicago: “La Plaza; Fiebre de Irse, La,” 12/11/1984, WGBH Media Library & Archives, accessed February 17, 2019, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4FCBC7CC3DD143DC94EE956855971058.

MLA: “La Plaza; Fiebre de Irse, La.” 12/11/1984. WGBH Media Library & Archives. Web. February 17, 2019. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4FCBC7CC3DD143DC94EE956855971058>.

APA: La Plaza; Fiebre de Irse, La. Boston, MA: WGBH Media Library & Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4FCBC7CC3DD143DC94EE956855971058