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- POV, a cinema term for "point of view," is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. Since 1988, POV has presented more than 300 of the best, boldest, and most innovative documentaries to PBS audiences across the country.
- In 1999 when Amadou Diallo, an unarmed man, was shot at 41 times by police officers in New York, we felt we had to get out there with a camera and talk to people for our own sanity, to understand what was happening. It was like the topic of this film chose us. We were concerned about the high level of visibility of this topic, and the challenge was to find a unique angle on something that had had a lot of media coverage already. Then we found the mothers as a way in that was different and decided to focus on their enormous transition from this terrible experience to speaking out for changes in policing, and we decided to look at what was in them that pushed them to do that. We felt that it was not enough to make a documentary about police brutality alone. We wanted it to deal with this issue but also to have a human component and an aspect of hope. The three mothers in Every Mother's Son-Iris Baez, Kadiatou Diallo and Doris Busch Boskey-have found a resilience within themselves that is remarkable and can provide inspiration to others. We have always been attracted to stories that explore large social and political questions through the intimate personal experiences of people affected by them. Policing was such a dense topic that we decided that focusing on New York City during the Giuliani years (1994-2000) and on the stories of three mothers (though they are part of a larger movement) would allow us to get at the big issues through a very personal lens. Ultimately, we would like you to understand that police brutality is a problem that extends far beyond individual "bad cops." Many of the problems facing us are systemic in that they have to do with policies that put police officers in situations where abuses are likely to take place. We would like Americans who don't live in poor urban areas to have a sense of what people in these communities experience from the police on a daily basis. We know it will be shocking for many people to see how unequal policing is in terms of its effect on citizens. Finally, we hope that this film will motivate you to take action to promote community policing, and to push for the creation of independent citizen review boards with enforcement capability and for the creation of independent prosecutor positions where they do not exist. We hope you join and work to build organizations that are fighting to reform policing in America.
- "Sticks & Stones" directly addresses the psychological repercussions of racial and class disparity in the American public educational system. Based on the filmmaker's own experiences this short film exposes the influence a teacher can bear on her student's abilities and the role parents can play in their child's education.
- After Tisha, a streetwise teenager from the Bronx, discovers she's pregnant and receives no support from her community, she has nowhere to turn and is faced with the most difficult decision she will ever make.
- Public School Teacher Nix Dunn turns to an extreme form of teaching to get his message across.
- Mia, an introverted beauty, gathers her college friends together on a night that she is sure will change her life. As cosmos flow, secrets are revealed and the true nature of friendship is tested. Surrounded by the slick "beautiful people", Mia ultimately learns that she must be careful what she wishes for as the Birthday Girl. The Birthday Girl is about a group of friends at the beginning of their adult lives, trying to find love.
- Two sisters, both artists, embark on a quest to discover whether writer, Lorraine Hansberry was a political activist.
- The director follows a Sunni doctor as he prepares to run for the early 2005 elections in Iraq.
- Global Recordings Network, a Christian organization, has recorded Bible stories in over 5,500 of the world's 8,000-plus languages. GRN's use of inventive, ultra-low technology makes it possible for these people - many of whom live in the most remote corners of the world - to hear The Good News for the first time in their lives.
- An exploration of the celebration and impact of "independence day" - the 4th of July - on a native American reservation, told through the eyes primarily of native-Americans who earn a substantial portion of their livelihood through the sale of fireworks.
- The agonies of war torn Africa are deeply etched in the bodies of women. In eastern Congo, vying militias, armies and bandits use rape as a weapon of terror. Recently engaged to a young man from her village, 20 year-old Lumo Sinai can't wait to have children and start a family. But when she crosses paths with marauding soldiers who brutally attack her, she is left with a fistula- a condition that renders her incontinent and threatens her ability to give birth. Rejected by her fiancé and cast aside by her family, Lumo finds her way to the one place that may save her, a hospital for rape survivors. Buoyed by the love of the hospital staff, including a formidable team of wise women known to all as "the Mamas," Lumo and her friends keep alive the hope of one day resuming their former lives, thanks to an operation that can restore them fully to health. A feisty young woman with a red comb perpetually jutting from her hair, Lumo faces the challenge of recovery with remarkable courage and sass. As she and her friends recover from surgery, they pass the days by gossiping and sharing their dreams of one day finding love. But when it looks like her operation may have failed, Lumo's faith is thrown entirely into question. On this uncertain road to recovery, LUMO proves that the solidarity of women can bind even the most irreparable of wounds.
- Prior to the 20th century, most Americans prepared their dead for burial with the help of family and friends, but today most funerals are part of a multimillion-dollar industry run by professionals. This increased reliance on mortuaries has alienated Americans from life's only inevitability - death. "A Family Undertaking" explores the growing home-funeral movement by following several families in their most intimate moments as they reclaim the end of life, forgoing a typical mortuary funeral to care for their loved ones at home.
- 1988– 1h 26m7.0 (61)TV EpisodeHistory finally gets rewritten as descendants of the largest slave-trading family in early America face their past, and present, as they explore their violent heritage across oceans and continents.
- Two children recover from enslavement to fishermen in a rehabilitation shelter in Ghana.
- A story of a defiant movement of women of color, transforming politics from the ground up (Part 1).
- A story of a defiant movement of women of color, transforming politics from the ground up (Part 2).
- The human fallout of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is explored through the work of Jewish-Israeli lawyer Lea Tsemel, who has represented Palestinian political prisoners for decades.
- Co-founders of an Oakland, Calif.-based alternative to the Girl Scouts for girls of color aged 8-13, which encourages girls to earn badges for social justice and for being an LGBTQ ally, face challenges growing their organization.