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POV 2011
  • 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.
    Emily Thomas 3 min read September 30, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • 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.
    POV Staff 2 min read September 27, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • 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.
    Tom Roston 3 min read September 26, 2011 Doc Soup Comments
  • 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.
    POV Staff 2 min read September 23, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • 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.
    POV Staff 2 min read September 20, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • '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.
    POV Guest Blogger 3 min read September 20, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • 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.
    POV Staff 2 min read September 19, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • 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.
    Jamie Dobie 2 min read September 16, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • 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.
    POV Staff 2 min read September 13, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • '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.
    Jamie Dobie 2 min read September 9, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • 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.
    Jamie Dobie 2 min read September 9, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • 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."
    Sean Holmquest 2 min read September 7, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • 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.
    POV Staff 2 min read September 6, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • 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.
    POV Staff 2 min read September 2, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • 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.
    POV Staff 2 min read September 2, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • 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.
    POV Guest Blogger 3 min read August 30, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • 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.
    Sean Holmquest 2 min read August 30, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • 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.
    POV Staff 2 min read August 26, 2011 Documentary News Comments

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