Latino Vote 2024’ focus on key voting block
November 1, 2024
The new PBS documentary “Voces: Latino Vote 2024” has been four years in the making. What director Bernardo Ruiz and his team have compiled is a collection of 10 digital shorts examining the priorities of the politically diverse Latino electorate in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election.
Ruiz explains, “This project builds on reporting we started in 2020. We started a film about the Latino vote then. We saw the kind of enthusiasm for this topic, and we really wanted to build and develop this story as well.
“Part of what we’re trying to do is showcase the political, ethnic and racial and cultural diversity of what falls under the Latino vote. And part of it is reflected in the team.”…