El Velador by Natalia Almada official posterJust announced! You can now watch Natalia Almada’s striking El Velador (The Night Watchman) before the U.S. broadcast premiere on September 27, 2012 on the PBS app for iPhone and iPad!

Award-winning director Natalia Almada (Al Otro Lado, POV 2006; El General, POV 2010) returns with a beautiful and mesmerizing new film. From dusk to dawn, El Velador (The Night Watchman) accompanies Martin, a guard who watches over the extravagant mausoleums of some of Mexico’s most notorious drug lords. In the labyrinth of the cemetery, this film about violence without violence reminds us that, amid the turmoil of a drug war that has claimed more than 50,000 lives, ordinary existence persists in Mexico and quietly defies the dead.

Download the PBS app and watch ‘El Velador’ starting September 26, 2012, before the U.S. broadcast premiere on September 27, 2012 »

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POV (a cinema term for "point of view") is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. POV premieres 14-16 of the best, boldest and most innovative programs every year on PBS. Since 1988, POV has presented over 400 films to public television audiences across the country. POV films are known for their intimacy, their unforgettable storytelling and their timeliness, putting a human face on contemporary social issues.