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La Plaza; Citizen Art
12/14/1994
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- Series
- La Plaza
- Program
- Citizen Art
- Program Number
1702
- 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
Documentary filmmaker Pedro Carvajal introduces us to Jorge Luis Rodríguez de Gerada a "culture jammer" and artist from New Jersey. This unconventional sculptor and painter turns everyday objects, from billboards to traffic signs, into popular art in the streets.
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Creators
- Ortiz, Raquel (Series Producer)
- Citation
- Chicago: “La Plaza; Citizen Art,” 12/14/1994, GBH Archives, accessed December 10, 2023, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_250F897F8EC9432F9F6E175975DAC62D.
- MLA: “La Plaza; Citizen Art.” 12/14/1994. GBH Archives. Web. December 10, 2023. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_250F897F8EC9432F9F6E175975DAC62D>.
- APA: La Plaza; Citizen Art. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_250F897F8EC9432F9F6E175975DAC62D