TOP HONORS GO TO VISIONES AS BEST DOCUMENTARY SERIES

Visiones: Latino Art & Culture, a production of Galán Inc. and the National Association of Latino Art & Culture (NALAC), and presented on PBS by ITVS and Latino Public Broadcasting, (LPB), won the 2005 Imagen Award in the documentary category on June 17, 2005. Documentary producer Hector Galán accepted the award at the Gala ceremony presented by the Imagen Foundation held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. Visiones: Latino Art & Culture is the first television series to look at the diverse contributions that U.S. Latinos have made to America’s artistic and cultural landscape. Galán Inc. brought together a talented team of top Latino producers from across the nation to collaborate with Executive Producer and Series Producer Hector Galán on this ground-breaking series.

“From murals on the streets of Chicago and Los Angeles to hip hop dancers in New York City, from the Miami Sound to theater in Texas, the series offers a vibrant cross section of the work of Latino artists today and yesterday…will educate, entertain, and electrify viewers by their sheer creative energy.”
- MaryAnn Karre, Horace Mann Elementary School,
Binghamton, NY, School Library Journal

The Visiones Series presenters are the Independent Television Service (ITVS) and Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB). Funders include the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the National Endowment for the Arts the Ford Foundation, Houston Endowment, and the Texas Commission on the Arts.
Visiones is now available as a two disc DVD set. - check out our on-line catalog for more info. Read Visiones Press/Reviews.

For more on Visiones go to www.visiones.org

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