HITN Media, the leading Spanish-language public media network in the United States, has announced the broadcast premiere of El Sueño Americano, a Spanish-language special edition of the award-winning documentary Amerigo: The Search for the American Dream. The program will air on Sunday, September 20, at 8:00 p.m. EDT/PDT on HITN TV and will be available on demand via the HITNGo digital streaming platform beginning that day. This release matters because it brings a crucial conversation about opportunity, identity, and economic participation to Hispanic audiences in their own language, at a time when Latino entrepreneurship is reshaping the U.S. economy.
El Sueño Americano builds on the summer launch of Amerigo, part of programming marking the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence. Hosted by Emmy Award-winning producer, entrepreneur, and bestselling author David McCourt, the documentary explores what the American Dream looks 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. The unscripted conversations reveal a nation still working out what opportunity means in the 21st century.
Amid that search, new data points to nearly one in four new U.S. entrepreneurs being Hispanic or Latino, up from roughly one in ten twenty-five years ago. This statistic underscores that while opportunity remains unevenly distributed, it is being created and claimed by Hispanic Americans at an unprecedented rate. The special invites Hispanic audiences to engage in a broad, nonpartisan dialogue about opportunity, family, work, belonging, and the future of the country. The implications are significant: as the Latino population grows and its economic footprint expands, stories that reflect this reality become essential to understanding the nation’s trajectory.
As part of HITN’s Hispanic Heritage Month programming, the network will also feature a series of short, never-before-aired capsules filmed by the Amerigo crew. These exclusive capsules are drawn from Amerigo’s ongoing companion campaign, AD250.com, where over 5,000 Americans—more than a third Hispanic and Latino—have shared their video reflections of the American Dream. Airing throughout the month on HITN TV and available on the program’s dedicated digital hub, the capsules offer additional Hispanic stories and perspectives connected to the themes of El Sueño Americano.
“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. 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 when I set out to make this film,” said McCourt.
“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,” said Michael Nieves, president and CEO of HITN Media.
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 (APT), 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.
