- POV Viewers Get Last Word on 'Last Train Home' and the Impact of Rapid Economic Development in China
Each Friday, we share a selection of comments relating to the week's documentary broadcast. This week, viewers watched Last Train Home, a heart-stopping journey with the Zhangs, a couple who left infant children behind for factory jobs 16 years ago, hoping their wages would lift their children to a better life.
- Critical Acclaim for 'Last Train Home' – Airs 9/27 on PBS
Read what critics have to say about the POV documentary Last Train Home, a heart-stopping journey with the Zhangs, a couple who left infant children behind for factory jobs 16 years ago, hoping their wages would lift their children to a better life.
- Doc Soup: 'Last Train Home' and Finding Ways to Empathize with the Zhang Family
Doc Soup Man Tom Roston asks whether its possible for most Americans to get inside the heads of the Zhangs, the Chinese migrant worker family at the center of the documentary Last Train Home.
- Next on POV: 'Last Train Home'
POV's 24th season on PBS continues Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011, with the U.S. broadcast premiere of Last Train Home, a rich, human portrait of China's rush to economic development.
- Critical Acclaim for 'The Learning' – Airs 9/20 on PBS
Read what critics have to say about The Learning, the POV documentary about four Filipina women who reluctantly leave their families and schools to teach in Baltimore.
- 'The Learning' Inspires a Fight for Filipino Teachers' Rights
The POV documentary The Learning inspired Katrina Abarcar to stand up for the rights of the Filipino teachers working in America.
- Next on POV: 'The Learning'
POV's 24th season on PBS continues Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011, with the U.S. broadcast premiere of The Learning, the story of four Filipino women who reluctantly leave their families and schools to teach in Baltimore.
- Upcoming POV Community Screenings
POV is bringing documentaries including 'Steam of Life,' 'Armadillo,' 'Sweetgrass' and 'Calavera Highway' to communities across the country this weekend, with post-screening Q&As and discussions about critical social issues.
- Critical Acclaim for 'If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front' – Airs 9/13 on PBS
Read what critics have to say about If a Tree Falls, the POV documentary that explores two of America's most pressing issues — environmentalism and terrorism.
- 'Where Soldiers Come From' Premieres in Theaters
Where Soldiers Come From (POV, 2011) opens Friday, September 9 at Village East Cinemas in New York before opening in select theaters across the country.
- Upcoming POV Community Screenings
Filmmaker Ramona Diaz is joining POV community partners for special screening events of The Learning (POV, 2011) in September and October.
- Next on POV: 'If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front'
POV's 24th season on PBS continues Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011, with the U.S. broadcast premiere of If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, a film lifts the veil on a radical environmental group that the FBI calls America's "number one domestic terrorism threat."
- Critics Call 'Better This World' a Riveting Thriller – Watch It Tonight on PBS!
Critics are raving about Better This World, a dramatic tale of idealism, loyalty, crime and betrayal that follows the radicalization of boyhood friends under the tutelage of a revolutionary activist.
- Broadcast of 'Armadillo' Prompts Reactions to War in Afghanistan
Each Friday, we share a selection of comments relating to the week's documentary broadcast. This week, viewers watched Armadillo, the Danish war documentary that sparked controversy about the Afghanistan war in its home country.
- Next on POV: 'Better This World'
POV's 24th season on PBS continues Tuesday, September 6, 2011, with the U.S. broadcast premiere of Better This World, a dramatic tale of idealism, loyalty, crime and betrayal that follows the radicalization of boyhood friends under the tutelage of a revolutionary activist.
- Journalist Matthieu Aikins Responds to 'Armadillo'
Matthieu Aikins is a journalist whose writing on Afghanistan has appeared in Harper's, the Guardian, the Walrus, and other publications. He splits his time between Kabul and New York.
- What Critics Are Saying About 'Armadillo' – Watch It Tonight!
The critics are buzzing about Armadillo, the Danish war documentary that sparked controversy about the war in Afghanistan in its home country.
- Next on POV: 'Armadillo'
POV's 24th season on PBS continues Tuesday, August 30, 2011, with the U.S. broadcast premiere of the Cannes Critics' Week Grand Prix winner Armadillo, one of the most dramatic and candid accounts of combat to come out of Afghanistan.