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Marthas is a PBS documentary about an extraordinary rite of passage in Laredo, Texas where teenage Mexican-American girls debut in a grand Colonial Ball dressed as American revolutionaries - a tradition that goes back 114 years.
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00:00They dress as Martha Washington for an annual ball.
00:03The average gown costs around $15,000.
00:06But in this border town, these debutantes are all Latinas.
00:10Smile!
00:10And the pressure's on.
00:12No, you don't do that.
00:12It was a shock to see somebody break down like that.
00:15Thank God she fit into the dress.
00:17A glorious melting of Latino and American traditions
00:21in a lavish celebration.
00:23Las Martas.
00:30What you too.
00:30Then at the top.
00:30It's just it?
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