HITN Media, the leading Spanish-language public media network in the United States, will premiere El Sueño Americano, a Spanish-language special edition of the award-winning documentary Amerigo: The Search for the American Dream, on Sunday, September 20, at 8:00 p.m. EDT/PDT. The program will air on HITN TV and be available on demand via the HITNGo digital streaming platform beginning that day.
The documentary, hosted by Emmy Award-winning producer and bestselling author David McCourt, explores the question: What does the American Dream look like today? McCourt spent two years traveling the country and speaking with more than 1,000 Americans from all walks of life, capturing stories of struggle, resilience, and optimism. Among the findings highlighted in the special is that nearly one in four new U.S. entrepreneurs is Hispanic or Latino, up from roughly one in ten twenty-five years ago.
That statistic underscores a significant shift in the nation’s economic landscape. While opportunity remains unevenly distributed, the data suggests that Hispanic and Latino Americans are increasingly creating and claiming their own paths to success. The special aims to invite Hispanic audiences into a broad, nonpartisan dialogue about opportunity, family, work, belonging, and the future of the country.
As part of HITN’s Hispanic Heritage Month programming, the network will also air a series of short, never-before-aired capsules filmed by the Amerigo crew. These capsules are drawn from the documentary’s companion campaign, AD250.com, where over 5,000 Americans—more than a third of them Hispanic and Latino—have shared video reflections on the American Dream. The capsules will air throughout the month on HITN TV and be available on the program’s dedicated digital hub.
“When I set out to make Amerigo, I wanted to understand what the American Dream looks like today through the voices of people actually living it,” McCourt said. “What we found again and again is that Hispanic and Latino Americans are driving it. The idea that one in four new businesses in this country are being started by Hispanic and Latino entrepreneurs, up from one in ten a generation ago, is exactly what I hoped to capture.”
Michael Nieves, president and CEO of HITN Media, added, “The stories of Hispanic and Latino Americans are an important part of the American story. Amerigo highlights their contributions and aspirations, making it a natural fit for HITN and our commitment to telling stories that reflect our community.”
Directed by Adam Mason and co-produced by David and Julie McCourt of McCourt Entertainment, El Sueño Americano is adapted from Amerigo: The Search for the American Dream, which examines the evolving reality of the American Dream. The original film, presented by South Florida PBS and distributed nationally by American Public Television, brings together unscripted interviews with everyday people and insights from notable voices to present a panoramic portrait of a country considering its future.
For more information, to access the special on HITNGo, and to watch the exclusive El Sueño Americano capsules throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, visit hitn.tv/american-dream.
