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PBS's award-winning documentary film series. P.O.V. brings a collection of documentary filmmakers, writers, historians, and others together for conversations about themes and topics relevant to P.O.V.'s non-fiction films in our weekly podcasts.
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P.O.V. - The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
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Thu, Jul 03, 2008
Filmmaker Kieran Fitzgerald talks about his film, "The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez," which chronicles the shooting of an American citizen at the U.S./Mexico Border by the U.S. Marines. (19 minutes)
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P.O.V. - Election Day . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
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Wed, Jun 25, 2008
"Election Day," shot over the course of November 2, 2004, documents the street-level experience of voters in today's America. Filmmaker Katy Chevigny talks about the process of making the film. (17 minutes)
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P.O.V. - Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
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Fri, Jun 20, 2008
In "Traces of the Trade", filmmaker Katrina Browne discovers that her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. History. Katrina talks about her journey and her film. (19 minutes)
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P.O.V. - Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
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Thu, Dec 06, 2007
Filmmaker Freida Lee Mock talks about how she became interested in the subject of her film, "Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner," how she pursued him and why she thinks he is an inspirational figure. (12 minutes)
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P.O.V. - 49 Up . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
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Wed, Oct 03, 2007
Filmmaker Michael Apted talks about the drama of ordinary life in his film "49 Up," the seventh installment of the Up Series, one of documentary cinema's most remarkable enterprises, and according to Apted, "the most important work" that he's ever done. (34 minutes)
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P.O.V. - Lumo . A Conversation with Eve Ensler . Podcast | PBS
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Tue, Sep 18, 2007
Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues, talks to journalist Michele Kort of Ms. Magazine about the horrors of sexual violence and its aftermath in the Congo. A special podcast released in conjunction with the P.O.V. broadcast of the film Lumo. (16 minutes)
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P.O.V. - Lumo . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
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Tue, Sep 18, 2007
Filmmakers Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt and Nelson Walker III talk about their film "Lumo," which follows Lumo Sinai, a young woman in eastern Congo who fell victim to rape. Lumo's rape left her with a fistula, which is a chronic condition that leaves women incontinent. (14 minutes)
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P.O.V. - The Camden 28 . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
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Tue, Sep 11, 2007
How far would you go to stop a war? For a group of Catholic Left activists during the Vietnam War, the answer involved breaking into a draft board office. Filmmaker Anthony Giacchino talks about making his film, "The Camden 28." (10 minutes)
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P.O.V. - Made in L.A. . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
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Fri, Aug 31, 2007
Filmmakers Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar talk about the making of their film "Made in L.A.," which follows three Latina garment workers as they participate in a boycott campaign against Forever 21, a clothing retailer whose clothes they sew. (13 minutes)
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P.O.V. - Libby, Montana . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
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Fri, Aug 24, 2007
Filmmakers Doug Hawes-Davis and Drury Gunn Carr talk about their film "Libby, Montana," which documents the story of a seemingly ideal American town that was also the site of the worst case of community-wide exposure to a toxic substance in U.S. history. (11 minutes)
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P.O.V. - Arctic Son . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
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Fri, Aug 17, 2007
The clash of tradition and modernity puts a Native father and son at odds in a remote village 80 miles above the Arctic Circle in "Arctic Son." Filmmaker Andrew Walton talks the process of making the film and how he built trust with his characters. (11 minutes)
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P.O.V. - A Family Undertaking . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
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Fri, Aug 10, 2007
Filmmaker Elizabeth Westrate talks about her film "A Family Undertaking," which explores the growing home-funeral movement by following several families in their most intimate moments as they reclaim the end of life. (10 minutes)
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P.O.V. - The Hobart Shakespeareans . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
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Fri, Aug 03, 2007
Filmmaker Mel Stuart has been directing feature films and documentaries for over 40 years. Listen as he reflects on the making of "The Hobart Shakespeareans" and why, along with Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, he counts it among his favorites. (12 minutes)
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P.O.V. - Following Sean . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
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Fri, Jul 27, 2007
Filmmaker Ralph Arlyck talks about his film, "Following Sean." Arlyck first met 4 year old Sean in San Francisco's Haight Ashbury at the height of the 1960s. Thirty years and a lifetime later, Arlyck returns in search of the adult Sean might have become. (11 minutes)
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P.O.V. - Prison Town, USA . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
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Fri, Jul 20, 2007
Hear from filmmakers Po Kutchins and Katie Galloway, who talk about their film "Prison Town, USA," which tells the story of Susanville, California, one small town that tries to resucitate its economy by building a prison - with unanticipated consequences. (11 minutes)
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P.O.V. - The Chances of the World Changing . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
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Fri, Jul 13, 2007
"The Chances of the World Changing" chronicles Richard Ogust, who kept 1,200 turtles in his Manhattan apartment in an effort to save endangered turtles. Filmmaker Eric Daniel Metzgar talks about the film, airing on P.O.V. on July 17, 2007. (8 minutes)
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P.O.V. - Revolution '67 . New Jersey Historical Society Panel Discussion . Podcast | PBS
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Wed, Jul 11, 2007
Listen to a special panel of historians and activists discuss the 1967 Newark riots and their aftermath. Recorded at the New Jersey Historical Society's special screening of "Revolution '67." (21 minutes)
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P.O.V. - Revolution '67 . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
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Fri, Jul 06, 2007
Filmmaker Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno talks about the making of her film, "Revolution '67," which chornicles the six-day Newark, New Jersey urban rebellion that occurred forty years ago. (8 minutes)
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P.O.V. - Standing Silent Nation . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
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Fri, Jun 29, 2007
Filmmakers Suree Towfighnia and Courtney Hermann talk about their film "Standing Silent Nation," about a Lakota family that planted hemp, a relative of marijuana that is illegal to grow in the U.S. (8 minutes)
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P.O.V. - Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
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Fri, Jun 22, 2007
This week, filmmakers Zach Niles and Banker White talk about how they came to make "Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars," an extraordinary story of a group of refugees who fight back with music. The film premieres on P.O.V. on Tuesday, June 26, 2007. (12 minutes)
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P.O.V. - Rain in a Dry Land . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
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Fri, Jun 15, 2007
In this week's podcast, filmmaker Anne Makepeace talks about her inspiration for "Rain in a Dry Land," the plight of refugees in America and the ethical challenges of making a verite film. The film premieres on June 19, 2007 on P.O.V. (14 minutes)
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P.O.V. - 2007 Season Preview . Presented by Simon Kilmurry . Podcast | PBS
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Wed, Jun 13, 2007
P.O.V.'s executive producer Simon Kilmurry talks about upcoming 2007 films, including "Rain in a Dry Land" which opens P.O.V.'s 20th anniversary season on June 19, and "Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars" which follows a group of refugees from Sierra Leone as they make music to heal trauma and wounds from civil war. (5 minutes)
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P.O.V. - My Country, My Country . A Conversation with George Packer . Podcast | PBS
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Fri, Oct 13, 2006
George Packer, author of "The Assassins' Gate," joins filmmaker Laura Poitras and Maria Hinojosa from PBS's NOW for a special conversation about the war in Iraq and "My Country, My Country," a film about the January 2005 elections in Iraq.
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P.O.V. - Maquilapolis . Filmmaker Interview Podcast | PBS
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Sat, Oct 07, 2006
Filmmakers Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre talk about the making of their film, "Maquilapolis: City of Factories."
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P.O.V. - No Bigger Than a Minute . Filmmaker Interview Podcast | PBS
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Fri, Sep 29, 2006
Filmmaker Steven Delano, a little person, talks about making "No Bigger Than a Minute," starring...himself! With irreverent humor, the film shows what it's like to be a dwarf in front of and behind the camera.
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P.O.V. - Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela . Filmmaker Interview Podcast | PBS
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Fri, Sep 15, 2006
Filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris talks about his motivation for making "Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela," a journey of reconciliation with his late stepfather, B. Pule Leinaeng, a South African exile and early supporter of Nelson Mandela.
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P.O.V. - The Boys of Baraka . Filmmaker Interview and Update Podcast | PBS
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Wed, Sep 13, 2006
Hear from filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, who talk about their motivations for making "The Boys of Baraka," and the boys themselves, who talk about what they've been up to since filming ended, and who ask Heidi and Rachel a few questions.
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P.O.V. - September Preview . Podcast | PBS
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Wed, Sep 06, 2006
P.O.V.'s executive producer Cara Mertes talks about two upcoming P.O.V. films in September, 2006. "The Boys of Baraka" is about African-American boys, and "Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela" is about a South African supporter of Nelson Mandela.
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P.O.V. - Waging a Living . Barbara Ehrenreich . Podcast | PBS
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Tue, Aug 29, 2006
In conjunction with the P.O.V. broadcast of "Waging a Living" on August 29th, journalist David Brancaccio hosts a special podcast conversation with Barbara Ehrenreich on the state of American workers and wages today.
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P.O.V. - Waging a Living . Beyond the Living Wage . Podcast | PBS
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Tue, Aug 29, 2006
In conjunction with the P.O.V. broadcast of "Waging a Living" on August 29th, this podcast features Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman talking to experts about the nation-wide struggle for a living wage, and the future of the living wage movement.
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P.O.V. - Waging a Living . Howard Zinn and Amy Goodman . Podcast | PBS
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Fri, Aug 25, 2006
In conjunction with the P.O.V. broadcast of "Waging a Living" on August 29th, this podcast features historian Howard Zinn talking with Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman about the history of workers' movements in the United States.
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P.O.V. - Waging a Living . New York City Poverty . Podcast | PBS
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Fri, Aug 25, 2006
In conjunction with the P.O.V. broadcast of "Waging a Living" on August 29th, this podcast features Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman talking with experts about poverty in New York City and the struggle toward a living wage.
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P.O.V. - Waging a Living . Chicago's Big Box Ordinance . Podcast | PBS
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Fri, Aug 18, 2006
In conjunction with the broadcast of "Waging a Living", Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman talks with experts about the passage of the Big Box Ordinance in Chicago, which requirs large retailers to pay their workers $10 an hour with $3 in benefits by 2010.
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P.O.V. - Waging a Living . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
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Fri, Aug 11, 2006
Filmmaker Roger Weisberg talks about how he found the people featured in "Waging a Living," why there is a lack of media coverage of this issue and his use of cinema verite style in the film.
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P.O.V. - Al Otro Lado . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
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Fri, Jul 28, 2006
Filmmaker Natalia Almada talks about the making of "Al Otro Lado," a documentary about the proud Mexican tradition of corrido music, and an examination of songs, drugs and dreams along the U.S./Mexico border.
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P.O.V. - August Preview . Podcast | PBS
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Wed, Jul 26, 2006
Executive Director Cara Mertes talks about two upcoming P.O.V. films. "Al Otro Lado" and "Lomax the Songhunter" are are documentaries about the storytelling potential of music, in this case, Mexican corrido and European folk music.
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P.O.V. - The Tailenders . Filmmaker Interview | PBS
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Thu, Jul 20, 2006
Filmmaker Adele Horne talks about what drew her to make a film about a group of evangelical missionaries who use ultra-low-tech hand-crank recordings of Bible stories to reach people in the most isolated areas of the world.
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P.O.V. - The Fall of Fujimori . Filmmaker Interview | PBS
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Fri, Jul 14, 2006
Filmmaker Ellen Perry talks about the making of "The Fall of Fujimori" and the lessons that Americans might learn from Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori's aggressive and violent war on terrorism during the 1990s.
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