GBH Openvault

La Plaza; Paquito D'Rivera

09/28/1990

(1991 repackaged version)

License Clip

More material may be available from this program at the GBH Archives. If you are a researcher interested in accessing the collection at GBH, please email archive_requests@wgbh.org.

This program has not been digitized yet or cannot be made available on Open Vault.

Series

La Plaza

Program

Paquito D'Rivera

Program Number

1308

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 La Plaza musical profile premiere, featuring saxophonst Paquito D’Rivera, his life, times and expansive talents.

Duration

00:34:00

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Creators

Ortiz, Raquel (Series Producer)

Citation

Chicago: “La Plaza; Paquito D'Rivera,” 09/28/1990, GBH Archives, accessed February 25, 2021, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_6F5FE02AAB65471CB41DFA3961BACE61.

MLA: “La Plaza; Paquito D'Rivera.” 09/28/1990. GBH Archives. Web. February 25, 2021. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_6F5FE02AAB65471CB41DFA3961BACE61>.

APA: La Plaza; Paquito D'Rivera. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_6F5FE02AAB65471CB41DFA3961BACE61