"...1492 challenges viewers to look beyond the simple and accepted concept of Christopher Columbus, explorer."

"...challenges people to rethink the story of  Columbus discovering America."

"...surprisingly provocative and challenging vehicle to tear down some of the myths."  Los Angeles Times

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    Featuring art work from an exhibition titled "Counter Colon-ialismo," this program offers an alternative perspective on the quincentenary celebration. Besides presenting provocative art pieces addressing various aspects of the colonial encounter, the program also raises questions about the nature of history and its construction. Included in the program are interviews with: Alurista, a Chicano poet and cultural critic; artists David Avalos and Deborah Small from San Diego and Los Angeles-based Karen Atkinson; Native American writer and activist Jan Elliot, editor of the journal Indigenous Thought; Chicano scholar and critic Victor Zamudio-Taylor; and two of the curators of the exhibition, Patricio Chavez from the Centro Cultural de la Raza in San Diego and Liz Lerma from MARS Artspace in Phoenix, Arizona.