Kansas City PBS presents Victor Antillanca’s We Are Latinos III, a series of three documentary shorts that showcase the cultural and artistic contributions of Kansas City's Latino community. This third installment will feature author and poet José Faus, up-and-coming comic book artist Baldemar Rivas and the first female president of the KC Estilo low-rider club, Monica Peña. The series is released as digital shorts on kansascitypbs.organd then premieres as a 30-minute documentary Thursday, Oct. 3, at 7 p.m. on Kansas City PBS Channel 19.1.
Explore stories of the vibrant - and underappreciated - Kansas City Latino community.
Victor Antillanca is a South American filmmaker from Santiago de Chile currently based in Los Angeles and Kansas City. He has over a decade of experience producing, directing, shooting, and editing documentary films, commercials, and extreme sports videos from concept to completion. At 15 he shot his first documentary, “Vendedores Ambulantes” about the police persecution of the Alameda street vendors in downtown Santiago. In 2020 he created Conception Video Magazine, an online video series that follows the print format of a magazine, featuring six Latin American filmmakers and the skateboarding communities of Chile, Mexico, USA, and Canada. More information at Victor Antillanca Films.
Victor Antillanca shares his curated playlist of diverse current and classic Latinx artists.
Learn more about the artists featured in the films.
As we near Heritage Month, Kansas City PBS, Flatland and 90.9 The Bridge are excited to recognize all the Latinx trailblazers that have long molded Kansas City into the bustling metro it is today with a stellar line-up of content that you do not want to miss.
curiousKC | A Collection of KC's Latinx Stories
Here's a round-up of quintessential Kansas City stories to honor Hispanic Heritage Month.
