The Roundtable Perspective: Mexicans in Animated Films

Manuel M. Martín Rodríguez, Ph.D., professor of literature and language at University of California Merced joins host Thomas J. Roach, Ph.D. to discuss the history of Mexicans and depictions of Mexicans in animated films. From the 1940s Disney short films to modern day feature-length animated films such as “Coco” and “The Book of Life.”

Episodes air Friday at 8:30 p.m. and replay Sunday at 10 a.m. each week on Lakeshore PBS.

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