Trenton, NJ – The award-winning series Images/Imagenes on NJN Public Television examines the issues, trends, and concerns important to the Latino community and celebrates Latino culture with features on music, dance, and art. This month, Images/Imagenes features Holy Week and the history of the carved wooden saints of Puerto Rico; looks back at the urban dance wars of the “Breakers;” examines the impact of unwanted teenage pregnancies on the young Latina community; and addresses concerns about lead poisoning in private homes and neighborhoods. Tune in to NJN each week for Images/Imagenes, Thursdays at 6:30 pm and Sundays at 8:00 am.
Images/Imagenes: Santos De Palo
Thursday, April 5 at 6:30 pm and Sunday, April 8 at 8:00 am
Hosted by the late, great screen actor Raul Davila, this program takes you on a journey through Puerto Rican history with a look the rise of the Catholic belief system, the celebration of Good Friday, the wooden saints of Puerto Rico, and the cultural richness of island traditions that have survived for over 500 years. A must-see show for the entire family.
Images/Imagenes: Urban Battles in Dance
Thursday, April 12 at 6:30 pm and Sunday, April 15 at 8:00 am
In the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, a young generation of dancers took to the streets, masters of an art form that survives today and has established roots in Japan, Germany, France, Korea and Hungry. They are “Breakers” – better known as B-boys, and recently, B-girls – the innovators of break dancing. Dancers like Michael Jackson and music of James Brown brought the beat to a wide audience, while movies like Flashdance, Wild Style, Beat Street and Breakin’ drew the nation’s attention to the urban streets of New York, Chicago and California where young men and women tried to out perform each other in dance wars. Join Images/Imagenes for a look at the stars of the urban battles in dance.
Images/Imagenes: Abandoned Babies: An Epidemic on the Rise?
Thursday, April 19 at 6:30 pm and Sunday, April 22 at 8:00 am
Across the country headlines of newborns being left on door steps, inside strangers’ cars, in school bathrooms or in trash cans are becoming too frequent. Often these are the babies of young teenage mothers, who risk death in child birth – the number one killer of women under the age of 20. Their stories are similar – unwanted pregnancies resulting from rape and/or unprotected sex with a boyfriend, relative or older man. Under great emotional stress and unable to support the child, these young mothers abandon their babies in hopes of gaining their freedom and returning to a life they once knew. Others may seek a good home for their babies, but too often, abandoned babies die leaving the mothers open to criminal prosecution. This program takes a look at the epidemic in America and its impact on young Latinas. It offers advice to young mothers and provides legal information that may help save an infant’s life.
Images/Imagenes: Poison in My Home
Thursday, April 26 at 6:30 pm and Sunday, April 29 at 8:00 am
If you are worried about the dangers of lead poison in your home and neighborhood, this is the program to watch, to help ensure the safety of your children and family.
Images/Imagenes airs on NJN Thursdays at 6:30 pm and Sundays at 8:00 am. The half-hour program is web cast at njn.net and can be seen on NJN’s JerseyVision and on Time Warner Cable on channel 750 in New York. Closed captioning is provided.
NJN is available on all New Jersey cable systems, satellite systems, and Time Warner Cable channel 750 in NYC.
Images/Imagenes is also available via video streaming at njn.net after the original broadcast.
Additionally, the program is repeated on NJN’s JerseyVision available on Comcast Digital Cable in New Jersey.
(Check http://www.njn.net/digital/schedule.html for detailed listings.)
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