PRX - Pieces for Format: Documentary

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In this personal exploration with radio-drama elements, a group of students tries to understand how such an enormous city, with such a large popula...

  • Added: May 21, 2017
  • Length: 17:13
Caption: Master mason Victor Ayala, Credit: CharlesMcGuigan
When he was just a boy, Victor Ayala whose family was struggling in Guadalajara crossed the Rio Bravo on his own, only to be taken back to Mexico. ...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2015
  • Length: 28:06
Caption: Pastor Monsalve preaches from her storefront church in Torrance, California., Credit: Phoenix Tso
Margarita Monsalve operates a sewing circle in Torrance, California, where unaccompanied migrant girls from Central America find a strong community...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Luis & Luisa Quintero of Luis' Tacqueria in Woodburn, OR, Credit:  Photo by Richard Jensen
Throughout the West, historic discriminatory laws have excluded people of color from settling and owning property. Because of that, many Western st...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 2
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Choro is a music of the people that can be found in Brazil’s bars and at barbecues. Band members of Regional de NY, a choro band from Brazil, the...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 04:05

  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 15:09
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Gabriela Cubillos prepares tamales in her home. , Credit: Eroyn Franklin
In our final segment, producer Jessica Partnow follows the story of one family living in immigration limbo in Auburn, Washington.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, XRAY.fm, KISU, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Agent Michael Bermudez, Supervisory Border Patrol Agent and Public Affairs Officer, US Customs and Border Patrol., Credit: Eroyn Franklin
This story takes us to Washington state's border with Canada, where the Border Patrol arrests hundreds of people each year. Producer Jessica Partno...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: 08:40
Caption: poster in Havana, Cuba, Credit: (c) 2008 Julia Adame
Most people think the Buena Vista musicians were impoverished and forgotten prior to the release of their CD. In this 54:00 documentary, Reese Erli...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., Radio New Zealand, and KGLT


  • Added: Apr 28, 2009
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
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Communities divided by the border discover new ways to stay connected.

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 09:04
  • Purchases: 1
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A portrait of a farmer, his wife--the tortilla maker, and their life in Teposcolula, Oaxaca.

Bought by KDNA Radio


  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 11:24
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dioniso Arriola
A migration story told and sung by Dionisio Arriola; recorded in Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca

Bought by KDNA Radio


  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 14:08
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Irineo Sánchez Hernández
A migration Story told by Irineo Sánchez Hernández; recorded in Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca

  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 08:33
Caption: San Andrés Chicahuaxtla
A farmer's story; a mix of poetry, sound and interviews.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 09:30
Caption: "Carlos"
A Migration story: From San Juan Mixtepec, Oaxaca to Portland, Oregon

  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 06:57
Caption: Epifami Jiménez Santiago
A portrait of a chicken vendor in San Andrés Chicahuaxtla, Oaxaca.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 17:59
Caption: Anderson and Tereso Bautista
A portrait of two musicians in the Bautista Family and the town they live in--San Juan Mixtepec, Oaxaca

  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 10:45
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Afro-Peruvian musical group Peru Negro brings the country's African heritage to life.

Bought by PRX Remix, WBEZ, and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 16, 2006
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 3