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THE WAY WE GET BY Premiering Tonight on P.O.V.
November 11, 2009"If you watch/record one thing this evening, I strongly recommend THE WAY WE GET BY, Aron Gaudet's moving documentary..." - USA Today On call 24/7 for the past six years, three senior citizens have made history by greeting nearly one million U.S. troops at a tiny airport in Maine. Filled with unexpected turns, THE WAY WE GET BY tells their uplifting and…
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Watch THE ENGLISH SURGEON Tonight on P.O.V.
September 8, 2009"[T]his is one extraordinary documentary, approaching hugely emotive subject matter with nimble delicacy and...steely reserve...A life-affirming, unforgettable portrait of a true humanitarian..." Time Out London What is it like to have power over life and death, and yet to struggle with your own humanity? THE ENGLISH SURGEON, an ITVS International…
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Free Screening of BRONX PRINCESS This Saturday in Little Ghana Neighborhood
August 25, 2009BRONX PRINCESS tells the true story of Rocky Otoo, the Bronx-born teenage daughter of royal Ghanaian parents. With freedom in sight, this sassy, college-bound overachiever rebels against working at her mother’s beauty shop moves to Ghana, West Africa, with her royal father and reconciles her African heritage with her dream of independence. Funded by…
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Film Update: P.O.V. Interviews MADE IN L.A. Filmmakers
August 13, 2009This week, select PBS stations are re-airing the ITVS program MADE IN L.A (check local listings). The 2007 Emmy Award winning film, which premiered on P.O.V., looks at the lives, struggles and personal transformation of three Latina immigrants working in garment factories and the impact of globalization. P.O.V. recently interviewed filmmakers…
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Upcoming Screening of THE ENGLISH SURGEON
August 10, 2009"Enthralling, astonishing... agonizingly human." - The New York Times What is it like to have power over life and death, and yet to struggle with your own humanity? THE ENGLISH SURGEON, an ITVS International film airing September 8 at 10:00 PM on P.O.V. on PBS (check local listings), tells the story of acclaimed British neurosurgeon Henry Marsh who…