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Olmos' next role was as star of a PBS special, The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, a true story about a Mexican cowhand who became the object of one of the biggest manhunts in Texas history, all because of an incorrectly translated word. He threw himself into the part with characteristic fervor, studying old newspaper clippings and photographs for clues to Cortez's inner state. The most audacious touch, perhaps, was the decision to have Cortez speak Spanish throughout the movie -- no subtitles. "I wanted to put non- Spanish speaking viewers in the same predicament as the law-abiding citizens...
...P.O.V. (PBS, debuting July 5, 9 p.m. on most stations). A ten-week series of documentaries, each reflecting its maker's individual point of view, premieres with a pair of short works: Acting Our Age, a profile of six elderly women, and American Tongues, a look at regional dialects...
DEAF AND BLIND (PBS, June 17, 18, 24, 25, 9 p.m. on most stations). Frederick Wiseman, America's leading fly-on-the-wall filmmaker, observes an Alabama school for handicapped children in four separate documentaries...
...TRIAL OF BERNHARD GOETZ (PBS, May 11, 9 p.m. EDT on most stations). New York City's subway vigilante at the bar of justice again, in a drama based on trial transcripts...
...next fall are Group One Medical, in which real patients and doctors will discuss medical problems in front of an eavesdropping camera, and On Trial, featuring excerpts from actual court proceedings. TV docudramas are exhibiting more fidelity to the facts. The Trial of Bernhard Goetz, airing this week on PBS's American Playhouse series, dramatizes the trial of New York City's subway gunman, with all the dialogue taken directly from court transcripts. But the literal approach is oddly unsettling; without any artistic leeway, the actors (including Peter Crombie as Goetz) seem merely pale imitations of their real-life counterparts...