America By the Numbers with Maria Hinojosa: Clarkston Georgia

America by The Numbers with Maria Hinojosa: Clarkston Georgia is a half-hour television program, airing as a Need to Know Election 2012 special on PBS.[1] It premiered on September 21, 2012.[1]

America by The Numbers with Maria Hinojosa: Clarkston Georgia
America By the Numbers logo
Written byMartha Spanninger
Directed byMartha Spanninger
StarringMaria Hinojosa
ComposerWendy Blackstone
Production
ProducersMaria Hinojosa
Martha Spanninger
Xochitl Dorsey
CinematographyPaul de Lumen
EditorChris Fiore
Release
Original release2012 (2012)
External links
Website

Production

America by The Numbers with Maria Hinojosa: Clarkston Georgia is produced by The Futuro Media Group and hosted by Maria Hinojosa. It is the first full-length television program to be produced by The Futuro Media Group and the first public affairs program on PBS to be both executive produced and anchored by a Latina woman.

Produced with the support of:

  • The National Minority Consortia
  • Ford Foundation
  • Marguerite Casey Foundation

Content

America By The Numbers with Maria Hinojosa: Clarkston Georgia is the story of a small town of 7,500 people that has gone from being 90% white in the 1980s to less than 14% white today. Located in the shadow of Stone Mountain, once a gathering place for Ku Klux Klan cross burnings, today Clarkston, Georgia is home to thousands of refugees from Vietnam, Somalia, Iraq and Bhutan – along with some 40 other countries. The program is a look at one of the most diverse communities in America and how changing demographics are reshaping the political landscape in America.[2]

Critical reception

Early critical reception has been positive. Esther Cepeda of The Holland Sentinel states that the program is "simply an example of how diversity truly plays a leading role in helping the melting pot make new Americans out of recent arrivals. It's also a celebration of an America where a Hispanic journalist can skillfully illuminate the experiences of a unique group of recent immigrants and their nervous neighbors without ever having to utter a word of Spanish."[3]

References
  1. Moreno, Carolina (October 9, 2014). "Why Maria Hinojosa Is 'Less Afraid' Of How The U.S. Will Deal With Demographic Change". The Huffington Post.
  2. America By The Numbers homepage
  3. Cepeda, Esther (September 17, 2012). "Opening some eyes on immigration". The Holland Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
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