WVPT to air illegal immigration documentary

HARRISONBURG —WVPT will broadcast "Virginia Reports: The Latino Underground" at 9 p.m. Monday. The broadcast will feature interviews with several undocumented immigrants; Dr. Laura Zarrugh, a cultural anthropologist and adjunct professor at James Madison University; Charles Bowden, an author and investigative journalist who has spent more than 20 years writing about illegal immigration; George Taplin of the Virginia chapter of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps; Hobey Bauhan, president of the Virginia Poultry Federation; Micah Bump, a Georgetown University research associate; and others, including an immigration lawyer, Del. Todd Gilbert and Donald Ford, superintendent of Harrisonburg City schools.

The show will repeat at 10 p.m. Oct. 26, at 3 p.m. Oct. 28 and at 9 p.m. Nov. 1.


A free public preview of the 60-minute documentary will be shown at 7 p.m. Thursday at Court Square Theater. The public is invited. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and seating is limited. Reservations are requested. Call 437-2458 or visit wvpt.net.

http://www.newsleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll ... 80320/1002