work-in-progress screening: big picture alliance in center city
(JAN 2026, PHILADELPHIA, PA)
PITCH DAY: BARRIO TELEVISION at DOC NYC, THE LARGEST DOC FILM FESTIVAL IN THE U.S. AT VILLAGE EAST
(Nov 2025, NEW YORK, NY)
WORK-IN-PROGRESS Screening: barrio Television at PEOPLE’s MEDIA CAMP AT CINÉSPEAK
(OCT 2025, PHILADELPHIA, PA)
FEATURE PIECE IN CURRENT MAGAZINE: BARRIO TELEVISION RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
(AUG 2025)
“Why WNET backed away from groundbreaking coverage of the Chile coup”
On Sept. 11, 1973, a military junta seized power in Chile.
A month later, WNET/Channel 13 was promoting what it billed as “American television’s first in-depth profile” of the coup. The one-hour “Chile: A Special Report” aired Monday, Oct. 15, with a rerun scheduled for that Thursday.
But within hours of the initial broadcast, the rerun had been canceled. Viewers who contacted the station learned the startling news from the WNET librarian: The Chile special had been erased.
This was the beginning of an intractable myth. For decades, even those who worked on the Chile special believed that it was gone.
A few years ago, filmmaker Christina DiPasquale was conducting archival research at WNET about Realidades, the first national bilingual television series in the U.S. “Chile: A Special Report” was an episode of this show. When she dug up the old Realidades episodes in the WNET archives, DiPasquale uncovered the lost Chile special.
Thanks to her initiative, the American Archive of Public Broadcasting has made the documentary available for online streaming. But there has yet been no reckoning with what happened.
WORK-IN-PROGRESS SCREENING: barrio Television at Kaleidoscope Live!
(JULY 2024, Charlotte, NC)
Images beautiful captured and generously shared by Gloria Zavaleta // @gloria.c.zavaleta on IG // www.gloriazavaleta.com
COMMUNITY EVENT: BRING BACK REALIDADES
(SEPTEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY, NY)
Blog | Bringing Back “Realidades”
On September 29th, we invited the community to set.
ARchivES, PROFILES, & grantS
YAHOO! NEWS
Firelight Media Announces Inaugural Firelight Fund Recipients: $580,000 Deployed to 18 Black, Brown, and Indigenous Film Projects
cinéspeak interview: LOCAL FILMMAKERS SHINE
Barrio Television director Christina DiPasquale was interviewed by cinéSPEAK about the film in conjunction with a screening and panel hosted by the Independence Public Media Foundation and Asian Arts Alliance in Philadelphia.
Independence Public Media Foundation: GRANT NEWS
The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) awards a generous grant to Barrio Television through its Local Filmmaker Fund.
The Gotham: OVERCOMING Media gatekeepers
In her Q&A with The Gotham, DiPasquale reflects on her journey from politics to filmmaking, how The Gotham community, through fiscal sponsorship, workshops, and connections, has provided an ecosystem supportive of her work, her discovery of the Realidades program after 10 years of research, and her experience developing Barrio Television.
Racial Equity in Journalism Fund SELECTS BARRIO TELEVISION
The Racial Equity in Journalism Fund (REJ Fund) at Borealis Philanthropy awards a major grant to Barrio Television as part of its commitment to resourcing the BIPOC journalism ecosystem.
Film Independent: CLAIMING SPACE IN THE world & History
Barrio Television feature in “Fiscal Spotlight: Three Docs About Claiming Space in the World and in History“
Friends of puerto rico Initiative: Virtual talk
Members of the original Realidades 1972 crew and documentary director, Christina DiPasquale, sit for a roundtable discussion on the show and Barrio Television, the film working to tell the story of these activists-turned-television-producers for the first time.
Center for puerto rican studies: virtual talk
Documentary filmmaker, Christina DiPasquale, and Centro Library Manager, Aníbal Arocho, discuss the groundbreaking PBS series executive produced and hosted by Humberto Cintrón, Realidades.
CINÉSPEAK FEATURE: CHRISTINA DIPASQUALE IS TELLING A STORY OF LATINO COMMUNITY MEDIA
cinéSPEAK Philly Cultural Critics Fellow Barrios interviewed director Christina DiPasquale for this in-depth profiles of Philadelphia moving-image artists and cultural workers, including their body of work, inspirations, and upcoming projects.
Interview with JMPRO Community Media
Barrio Television interviews with JMPRO Community Media, a grassroots non-profit serving immigrant communities in Western North Carolina.
NALIP: Media Market news
The National Association of Latino Independent Producers names Barrio Television’s Christina DiPasquale as a 2022 Latino Media Market Fellows. The film was one of five docus chosen.
UnionDocs: lab news
Barrio Television announces that it is now one of two projects—chosen from a global pool of applicants—to earn a full scholarship for UnionDocs’ Early Production Lab.
Free Press: virtual talk
Free Press is joined by Christina DiPasquale, Heads Up!, Ivanhoe Sol, La DePaulia, Lyons Recorder and more for a conversation about the ways community members are coming together to address gaps in local news.
the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Adds "Realidades" Special Notation
One of the world’s most largest archives of African and African American history, included Barrio Television's research in a special notation in Piri Thomas’ papers.
UNH’s Carsey School of Public Policy: GRANT NEWS
Barrio Television Director Christina DiPasquale earned a senior fellowship and grant from University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School of Public Policy for her research on the film.
American archive of public broadcasting: archive news
The American Archive of Public Broadcasting reviewed filmmaker Christina DiPasquale’s request to make more episodes of Realidades public and added dozens more of the series programs free and streaming online.
Library of congress: Archive news
The Library of Congress used filmmaker Christina DiPasquale’s research for Barrio Television in their their virtual exhibit “Latino Empowerment in Public Broadcasting” to reveal more details about the Realidades series.