KTEH TV Productions and Presentations
Vietnamese American Journey
Airs Wednesdays in April at 9pm
Tune in for a month of special films highlighting the Vietnamese American experience, from the
fall of Saigon, to the search for the American Dream, to preserving their history for the new
generations.
Learn more about this series
The State of the Silicon Valley
Friday, February 29 at 6:30pm
A 60 minute special with coverage and interviews of established and
emerging leaders from the 2008 State of the Valley Conference in San
Jose, plus analysis on issues affecting our region's economy and quality
of life.
Watch the entire program online
video i
Mondays at 11pm
Showcasing diverse documentaries, dramas and experimental films, video i features offerings from the exciting world of independent filmmakers. Hosted by Blanche Araj-Shaheen.
Visit the website to learn more about the series and to find out how to submit your film.
The War: Soldados
Premiered Friday, September 21, 2007
This documentary tells the story of the Latino veterans of the South Bay and Central Coast. Many of these brave young men, mostly farm workers, felt compelled to prove their patriotism. Changed by their experiences overseas, they came home to a new fight around social justice and community issues, to prove they deserved the civil rights and liberties of all Americans. Navy veteran Cesar Chavez, the celebrated labor leader, became a champion of farm workers and helped found the United Farm Workers union. Produced by KTEH.
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The War: Nisei Soldiers
Premiered Friday, September 21, 2007
This program tells the story of Japanese American veterans in the South Bay and Central Coast who fought valiantly for their country despite the internment of their families by the US Government. It illuminates their bravery and struggles and asks the question, who can be called an American? Produced by KTEH.
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MoneyTrack
A KTEH Presentation
Join Pam and Jack each week on MoneyTrack, the Public Television series that shows you how to make your money work for you and keep your investments on track so you can retire in style and enjoy the good life.
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Saving the Bay
Shot in HDTV for national broadcast, Saving the Bay consists of four one-hour episodes focusing on the geological, cultural, and developmental history of San Francisco Bay and the larger northern California watershed from the Sierra Nevada mountains to the Farallon Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The first airings are planned for April 2008 on KQED, KTEH and KQET.
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Return to the Valley
At the conclusion of World War II, 120,000 men, women and children of Japanese ancestry were released after three years of imprisonment in internment camps. Each was given $25 and a train ticket home. For many, home was the Santa Clara or Salinas Valley, and the Central Coast region. They returned home not to resume their lives, but to start all over again.
This poignant documentary tells the stories of the Issei pioneers (the first generation immigrants) and their Nisei (second generation, American born) children and the struggles and hardships they faced.
Return to the Valley, the Japanese American experience after World War II is a KTEH production. It is the first episode of KTEH’s cultural and historical anthology series, Voices of the Valley.
Visit the website to learn more about the show or to access the on-line teacher resource guide.
Production funding for Return to the Valley, was provided by The California Civil Liberties Program and the Community Foundation of Silicon Valley.
And the Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation.
Return to the Valley is distributed nationally by American Public Television.
Dave Tatsuno: Movies and Memories
Dave Tatsuno, his wife Alice, and young children spent three years of their lives incarcerated behind barbed wire, placed in an imprisonment camp for the duration of World War II, because they were Japanese American. The Tatsunos went to Topaz Utah, and it was there that Dave documented their experiences in a series home movies. He did not realize at the time that these simple films would one day become Topaz Memories, the only full color film about the Internment shot from the perspective of a camp resident. Those years at Topaz would haunt Dave for the rest of his long life -- compelling him over the years, to speak about the Internment Camps at schools, college classes, and community gatherings -- showing his films to the younger generations.
In 1996, Dave gifted the American people, Topaz Memories, through the Library of Congress, where it is now part of the National Film Registry. Meet this inspiring individual and in his own words, hear his amazing life's journey on, Dave Tatsuno: Movies and Memories.
Production funding was provided by The Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation and the members of KTEH.
Premiered Tuesday, November 14, 2006, please check back for rebroadcast dates in 2007.