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  • Remembering Grace Lee Boggs: Watch American Revolutionary on POV
    In honor of Grace Lee Boggs' life, POV is streaming American Revolutionary through November 3, 2015.
    POV Staff 1 min read October 5, 2015 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Girl Model Available for Streaming Until 2/1
    Mark your calendars! Girl Model will be streaming free online until February 1, 2014.
    POV Staff 1 min read January 9, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Girl Model #sheparty Covers Labor and Ethics in Modeling
    POV joined Girl Model, the Model Alliance, the Women's Media Center and many others for a #sheparty Twitter discussion of labor regulations and ethics in the modeling industry. You can follow the discussion on Storify.
    POV Staff 0 min read March 21, 2013 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Live Chat with PBS NewsHour's Hari Sreenivasan and 'China Blue' Filmmaker About Working Conditions in Chinese Factories
    Chat live with PBS NewsHour's Hari Sreenivasan about the documentary China Blue, which examines the brutal work conditions at blue jean factory in China. Chat starts at 11AM PT / 2PM ET on Friday, August 12, 2011.
    theresa 1 min read August 12, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • 'Made in L.A.' Screening on Capitol Hill
    Filmmakers Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar were just in Washington, D.C. for a screening of Made in L.A. on Capitol Hill. This event included comments and conversation with Congresswoman Diane Watson, ?Congressman Luis Gutierrez, chair of the Hispanic Congressional Caucus’ Immigration Taskforce, Frank Sharry, founder and executive director of America’s Voice, Bill Mefford, director of […]
    Catherine Jhee 4 min read April 24, 2009 Documentary News Comments
  • What's Your POV About 'Up the Yangtze'?
    Sixteen-year-old “Cindy” Yu Shui, the daughter of an illiterate farmer, dreams of pursing her education and becoming a scientist, despite her family’s poverty. But as the rising waters of the Yangtze River begin to displace her family’s hut, she leaves home to take a job on a cruise ship on the Yangtze River, washing dishes […]
    Ruiyan Xu 3 min read October 6, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month With POV
    September 15 – October 15 is Hispanic Heritage month! Started in 1968 (as Hispanic Heritage Week), the now month-long observation recognizes the contributions of Hispanic Americans to the United States. September 15th is the anniversary of independence for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Gautemala, Honduras and Nicaragua; Mexico and Chile also celebrate their independence days in […]
    Ruiyan Xu 4 min read September 12, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • 9 Star Hotel's Ido Haar Answers Viewer Questions
    Ido Haar is the director of 9 Star Hotel. After the film aired on POV, viewers wrote in with questions for Ido. Read on for his responses. Allen asks: Thanks for the film. I found similarities between the Palestinian men and Mexican migrant workers in America. Is this something you thought about as you were […]
    Ruiyan Xu 3 min read August 7, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Ask the Filmmaker: 9 Star Hotel's Ido Haar
    Israeli director Ido Haar grew up in a village on the edge of a pine forest halfway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. When he went home to visit his parents, he often saw men running frantically across the highway. He says “the fear in their eyes haunted me, and I wanted to find out where […]
    theresa 2 min read July 22, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • 2008 POV Preview: '9 Star Hotel'
    On July 22nd, POV will broadcast 9 Star Hotel by Ido Haar, which takes a unique look at the lives of Palestinian workers. Here’s a sneak peek. 9 Star Hotel documents the lives of a group of young Palestinian men working illegally as construction laborers in the Israeli city of Modi’in. Caught between Israeli security […]
    Ruiyan Xu 1 min read May 30, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • 'Made in L.A.' Tours Northern California
    Earlier this month, Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar hit the road with Made in L.A. (POV 2007), visiting organizations and schools throughout Northern California. The film was received enthusiastically by standing-room-only crowds from Santa Cruz to San Diego. Almudena wrote in to share the experience with us and to encourage other filmmakers to tap into […]
    POV Guest Blogger 5 min read March 18, 2008 Documentary News Comments