Latino added to PBS project

PBS has hired a Latino documentarian to assist filmmaker Ken Burns with his upcoming World War II series, which had drawn complaints for failing to include the contributions of Latinos.

Hector Galan, a film and television producer from Austin, Texas, will be brought in to assist Burns with the 14-hour series, which has already been produced and is scheduled for release in September. Galan produced the 1996 series “Chicano! History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement” for PBS.

PBS said last week that, in response to complaints about what was left out of Burns’ program, it would produce additional material for the series, focusing on the World War II contributions of Latinos and Native Americans.