Indigenous Harvard grad pioneers Spanish-and Mixtec-language radio programming in the U.S.

2015 Festival | Migrant Heroes PBS Short Film Festival

Premiered June 14, 2015
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2015 Festival | Migrant Heroes

Migrant Heroes depicts Hugo Morales, a Mixtec Indian from Oaxaca, Mexico, who as a child immigrates with his family to the U.S. A California farmworker at first, he eventually graduates from Harvard Law before creating Radio Bilingüe - a trilingual radio station that caters to the needs of indigenous immigrants. Presented by Latino Public Broadcasting.

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