As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, Vme TV is using generative artificial intelligence to resurrect a forgotten chapter of the American Revolution: the Hispanic and Spanish figures who played critical roles in securing independence. The Spanish-language network premiered Aliados por la Libertad on September 15 for Hispanic Heritage Month, with episodes airing on Vme TV and across its digital platforms, including YouTube and social media.
While names like Washington, Jefferson and Lafayette are familiar to most Americans, the contributions of Bernardo de Gálvez, Juan de Miralles and Diego de Gardoqui remain largely unknown. The series aims to change that. Each episode transports viewers from the battlefields of the Gulf Coast and colonial New Orleans to Havana, Bilbao and across the Atlantic, revealing a side of the fight for independence rarely seen on screen.
Among the featured stories: Bernardo de Gálvez, the Spanish governor of Louisiana whose military campaigns at Baton Rouge, Mobile and Pensacola denied Britain a southern front against the colonies; Juan de Miralles, the Cuban-born merchant who served as Spain's informal envoy to the Continental Congress and died in George Washington's headquarters at Morristown, N.J., in 1780; Diego de Gardoqui, the Basque merchant who covertly shipped arms and supplies to the Continental Army while Spain was officially neutral; Francisco de Miranda, the Venezuelan-born officer who fought at the Siege of Pensacola in 1781 before championing Latin American independence; and Jorge Farragut, the Spanish-born sailor who fought at the Siege of Charleston and the Battle of Cowpens and became the father of the first admiral in U.S. Navy history.
The series is already expanding. A new episode in production features Felicitas de Saint-Maxent, the New Orleans-born Creole whose marriage to Gálvez connected the Spanish governor to the influential local society on which his Gulf Coast campaigns depended.
"Aliados por la Libertad is really about looking at a story we think we know and discovering who has been missing from it," said Michael Fernández, Vice President of Marketing and People at Vme Media. "Hispanic history isn't separate from American history. These stories show just how deeply the two have been connected from the beginning."
With much of this history surviving primarily through portraits, paintings, maps and documents, Vme turned to generative AI to visualize a world largely preserved through static historical records. The technology allowed the creative team to build an 18th-century visual world spanning colonial New Orleans, Havana, Bilbao, the Atlantic and the battlefields of the Gulf Coast — all grounded in documented historical research and constructed shot by shot under human creative direction.
For Vme, the technology serves the story — not the other way around. "The technology had to disappear into the story," Fernández said. "We don't want someone watching an episode and thinking about AI. We want them wondering why they never heard this story before."
The implications extend beyond entertainment. By leveraging AI to recreate historical figures and settings, Vme TV demonstrates how emerging technology can be used to democratize access to overlooked histories, particularly for Latino audiences who rarely see their ancestors portrayed in mainstream narratives of the American Revolution. The series not only educates but also empowers viewers by affirming that Hispanic contributions are foundational to U.S. history.
New episodes will continue to join the series throughout the remainder of 2026 and into 2027. For more information, visit www.vmetv.com.
