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POV brings a collection of documentary filmmakers, writers, historians, and others together for conversations about themes and topics relevant to POV's non-fiction films. Find out more about PBS's award-winning documentary film series at pbs.org/pov.
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| 1 | VideoPOV - If a Tree Falls . Filmmaker Interview | PBS | Filmmaker Marshall Curry investigated the Earth Liberation Front arsons for his documentary If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front. In this exclusive interview, Curry discusses gaining the trust of his subjects, his filmmaking process, and | 11/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoPOV - Last Train Home . Filmmaker Interview | PBS | Filmmaker Lixin Fan describes the inspiration behind making Last Train Home. He describes the family that is at the center of the film, and the challenges he faced while filming them. (20 minutes) | 11/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoPOV - The Learning . Filmmaker Interview | PBS | Filmmaker Ramona Diaz sits down with POV to discuss her new film The Learning. Following the live of four Filipina women as they immigrate to teach in the Baltimore public school system, Diaz hopes her film raises questions about the social costs and cult | 11/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoPOV - Armadillo . Filmmaker Interview | PBS | Janus Metz, the filmmaker behind the Danish war documentary 'Armadillo,' talks about filming his documentary on the front lines of the war in Afghanistan. He describes the psychological effects of war on the people who experience it firsthand, and address | 11/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoPOV - Where Soldiers Come From . Filmmaker Interview | PBS | Filmmaker Heather Courtney discusses the logistics of filming in Afghanistan and describes Hancock, Michigan, the community the soldiers in her film call home. (20 minutes)) | 11/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoPOV - Better This World . Filmmaker Interview | PBS | The directors of Better This World sit down with POV to discuss the subjects of their film. They describe FBI informant use in post-9/11 America, the media's role in court cases relating to national security, and the two men who are the focal point of the | 11/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoPOV - Mugabe and the White African . Filmmaker Interview | PBS | Filmmaker Lucy Bailey talks with Geoffrey Smith about her powerful film Mugabe and the White African. Bailey addresses the risks and dangers of filming in Zimbabwe, as well as ethical concerns for documentary filmmakers. (18 minutes) | 7/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoPOV - Enemies of the People . Filmmaker Interview | PBS | Geoffrey Smith, director of The English Surgeon (POV 2009) and producer of Presumed Guilty (POV 2010) interviews Rob Lemkin about his film Enemies of the People. (19 minutes) | 7/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoPOV - Sweetgrass . Filmmaker Interview | PBS | Filmmakers Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor talk about why they decided to make Sweetgrass, the danger of grizzly bears and what they hope audiences will get out of their observational style of filmmaking. (15 minutes) | 7/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoPOV - My Perestroika . Filmmaker Interview | PBS | Filmmaker Robin Hessman talks about what it was like to live in Russia for the majority of the 1990s and why she decided to make My Perestroika. (18 minutes) | 6/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoPOV - Kings of Pastry . Filmmaker Interview | PBS | Acclaimed filmmakers Chris Hegedus and D A Pennebaker talk about what it was like to film the best French pastry chefs at work, whether they got to eat any of the pastries and the amount of work it takes to create pastry at the MOF level. (16 minutes) | 6/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoPOV - The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers . Filmmaker Interview | PBS | Filmmakers Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith talk about the making of "The Most Dangerous Man in America," parallels between the Vietnam War and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the importance of the press and more. (14 minutes) | 9/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoPOV - The Oath . Filmmaker Interview | PBS | Filmmaker Laura Poitras talks about the making of "The Oath," how she met Abu Jandal, how she handled filming such a complex and slippery character, her views on the American response to 9/11 and much more. (24 minutes) | 9/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoPOV - In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee . Filmmaker Interview | PBS | Filmmaker Deann Borshay Liem talks about the making of "In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee," being haunted by an identity that was never hers, walking in someone else's shoes and whether the Cha Jung Hee that she finds is the "real" Cha Jung Hee. (8 minutes) | 9/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoPOV - Off and Running . Filmmaker Interview | PBS | Filmmaker Nicole Opper and producer Sharese Bullock talk about the making of "Off and Running," how they met Avery, how they gained the trust of her family and what advice they would give to potential adoptive parents. (11 minutes) | 9/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoPOV - Wo Ai Ni (I Love You) Mommy . Filmmaker Interview | PBS | Filmmaker Stephanie Wang-Breal talks about making "Wo Ai Ni (I Love You) Mommy," explains what wo ai ni means, talks about what inspired her to make the film and takes a look back at the difficult moments in Faith's transition. (12 minutes) | 9/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoPOV - The Edge of Dreaming . Filmmaker Interview | PBS | Filmmaker Amy Hardie talks about the making of "The Edge of Dreaming" and reveals more about her family's reaction to her dream, her shamanic journey and the link between science and art. (9 minutes) | 9/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoPOV - Presumed Guilty . Filmmaker Interview | PBS | Roberto Hernandez and Layda Negrete, the filmmakers of "Presumed Guilty," explain how they met their subject Tono, what turned them into "lawyers with cameras" and what their hopes are for the Mexican justice system. (12 minutes) | 7/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoPOV - El General . Filmmaker Interview | PBS | Filmmaker Natalia Almada talks about "El General," her poetic meditation on history, memory and family. The film combines audio recordings of her great grandfather, former Mexican President Plutarco Elias Calles with images of present-day Mexico. (10 minu | 7/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoPOV - Good Fortune . Filmmaker Interview | PBS | Filmmakers Landon Van Soest and Jeremy Landon talks about their film "Good Fortune," a provocative exploration of how massive international efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa may be undermining the very communities they aim to benefit. (9 minutes) | 7/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoPOV - Promised Land . Filmmaker Interview | PBS | Filmmaker Yoruba Richen talks about "Promised Land," which looks at two black communities trying to reclaim land in South Africa. (10 minutes) | 7/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | VideoPOV - The Beaches of Agnes . Filmmaker Interview | PBS | Filmmaker Agnes Varda talks about making "The Beaches of Agnes" and what it was like to act in her own film. (9 minutes) | 6/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoPOV - William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe . Filmmaker Interview | PBS | Filmmakers Emily and Sarah Kunstler talk about making a film about their father, radical attorney William Kunstler. "William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe" airs on POV June 22, 2010. (28 minutes) | 6/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoPOV 2010 Season Preview | PBS | Preview the 2010 POV season, broadcasting on PBS on Tuesday nights starting 6/22. (5 minutes) | 6/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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POV - Patti Smith: Dream of Life . Steven Sebring and Patti Smith Interview . Podcast | PBS | Filmmaker Steven Sebring and Patti Smith talk to music writer Anthony DeCurtis about how they met, their friendship and the 12-year process of making "Patti Smith: Dream of Life." (61 minutes) | 1/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 26 | VideoPOV - The Way We Get By . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS | Filmmaker Aron Gaudet and producer Gita Pullapilly talk about their film, "The Way We Get By," which takes an intimate look at three elderly troop greeters in Maine, one of whom is Gaudet's mother Joan. (8 minutes) | 11/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 27 | VideoPOV - Bronx Princess . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS | Filmmakers Yoni Brook and Musa Syeed talk about "Bronx Princess," which follows Rocky Otoo, the sassy teenage daughter of Ghanaian parents. After Rocky rebels against her mother's rule in the Bronx, she fleds to her father in Ghana. (5 minutes) | 9/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 28 | VideoPOV - So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS | Filmmaker Annie P. Waldman talks about her short film, "So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away," which tells the story of a determined group of teenagers living alone in New Orleans two years after Hurricane Katrina. (4 minutes) | 9/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 29 | VideoPOV - The Principal Story . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS | Filmmakers Tod Lending and David Mrazek talk about their film, "The Principal Story," which follows two public school principals over the course of a year as they make a difference in the lives of their students. (7 minutes) | 9/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 30 | VideoPOV - The English Surgeon . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS | Filmmaker Geoffrey Smith talks about his film, "The English Surgeon," which follows Dr. Henry Marsh, a neurosurgeon who is committed to relieving suffering and bringing hope to a desperate people in the Ukraine. (8 minutes) | 9/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 31 | VideoPOV - Ella Es El Matador (She is the Matador) . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS | Filmmakers Gemma Cubero and Celeste Carrasco talk about their film, "Ella Es El Matador (She is the Matador)," which follows two female matadors who are gender pioneers due to their passion for bullfighting. (6 minutes) | 9/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 32 | VideoPOV - This Way Up . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS | Filmmaker Georgi Lazarevski talks about his film, "This Way Up," which features the fesity, fascinating residents of a nursing home in the West Bank that has been isolated by the security barrier being constructed by Israel. (8 minutes) | 8/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 33 | VideoPOV - Nutkin's Last Stand . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS | Filmmaker Nicholas Berger talks about his short documentary, "Nutkin's Last Stand," about the battle between the English red squirrel and the North American grey squirrel. Watch the entire film . (5 minutes) | 8/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 34 | VideoPOV - 34x25x36 . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS | Filmmaker Jesse Epstein talks about her short documentary, "34x35x36," which examines issues of body image by heading to a mannequin factory. Watch the entire film online. (4 minutes) | 8/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 35 | VideoPOV - Utopia Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS | Filmmaker Sam Green talks about his short documentary, "Utopia Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall," which takes a look at an empty mall in China. Watch the entire film online. (4 minutes) | 8/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 36 | VideoPOV - City of Cranes . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS | Filmmaker Eva Weber talks about her short documentary, "City of Cranes," which takes the viewer into the poetic, mesmerizing world of cranes. Watch the entire film online. (4 minutes) | 8/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 37 | VideoPOV - Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS | Filmmaker Kim Longinotto talks about the making of "Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go," an unblinking look at Oxford's Mulberry Bush School for emotionally disturbed children. (5 minutes) | 7/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 38 | VideoPOV - The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS | Filmmakers Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath talk about "The Betrayal," their Academy Award-nominated documentary about the Phrasavath family's escape from Laos after the Vietnam War. In America, they find a different kind of war. (5 minutes) | 7/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 39 | VideoPOV - The Reckoning . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS | Filmmakers Pamela Yates, Paco de Onis and Peter Kinoy talk about their film, "The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court." The film follows the court as it tries to prosecute the perpetrators of genocide. (8 minutes) | 7/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 40 | VideoPOV - Life. Support. Music. . Filmmaker Eric Daniel Metzgar . Podcast | PBS | Filmmaker Eric Daniel Metzgar talks about the making of "Life. Support. Music.," which follows guitarist Jason Crigler, who suffers a brain hemorrhage on stage, and his astonishing journey to recovery. (5 minutes) | 7/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 41 | VideoPOV - Beyond Hatred . Filmmaker Olivier Meyrou . Podcast | PBS | Filmmaker Olivier Meyrou talks about "Beyond Hatred," the story of a family's struggle to seek justice for their murdered son while trying to transcend hatred and the desire for revenge. (5 minutes) | 6/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 42 | VideoPOV - New Muslim Cool . Filmmaker Jennifer Maytorena Taylor . Podcast | PBS | Filmmaker Jennifer Maytorena Taylor talks about her film, "New Muslim Cool," which follows Puerto Rican-American rapper Hamza Perez, who pulled himself out of street life 12 years ago and became a Muslim. (10 minutes) | 6/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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POV - Critical Condition . Health Care Reform: Clinton's Defeat, Obama's Hope . Podcast | PBS | NPR reporter Joanne Silberner talked to Obama adviser Ezekiel Emanuel and Families USA executive director Ron Pollack about why there's hope on the horizon for those who want to improve American health care. (38 minutes) | 3/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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POV - Soldiers of Conscience . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS | Filmmakers Catherine Ryan and Gary Weimberg talk about "Soldiers of Conscience," which profiles 8 American soldiers, including four who decide not to kill, and four who believe in their duty to kill if necessary. (18 minutes) | 10/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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POV - Up the Yangtze . Filmmaker Rounndtable . Podcast | PBS | Filmmakers Yung Chang ("Up the Yangtze"), Ellen Perry ("Great Wall Across the Yangtze") and David Redmon ("Mardi Gras: Made in China") talk about the challenges and rewards of making documentaries in contemporary China. (44 minutes) | 10/6/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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POV - Critical Condition . Health Care in the U.S. and Abroad . Podcast | PBS | WNYC's Political Director Andrea Bernstein interviews Princeton economist Uwe Reinhardt and filmmaker Roger Weisberg about the candidates' health care plans and the economics of health care in the U.S. and abroad. (23 minutes) | 9/30/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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POV - In the Family . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS | When Chicago filmmaker Joanna Rudnick tested positive for the "breast cancer gene" at age 27, she knew the information could save her life. Joanna talks about her film, "In the Family," which documents her journey. (23 minutes) | 9/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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POV - Critical Condition . Health Care Debate . Podcast | PBS | How would John McCain and Barack Obama reform America's health care system? KCBS reporter Doug Sovern moderated a debate held in Sept 2008 to learn how each candidate would approach this looming issue. (65 minutes) | 9/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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POV - Critical Condition . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS | "Critical Condition" asks what happens if you fall sick and are one of 47 million people in American without health insurance, and follows four critically ill, uninsured Americans. Filmmaker Roger Weisberg talks to POV. (17 minutes) | 9/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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POV - Calavera Highway . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS | Renee Tajima-Pena and Evangeline Griego talk about "Calavera Highway," which follows Armando and Carlos Pena, who carry their mother's ashes to Texas in a roadtrip that turns into a quest for answers about their family history. (20 minutes) | 9/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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POV - Johnny Cash . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS | Filmmaker Robert Elfstrom talks about capturing the Man in Black in his 1969 film, "Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music." (16 minutes) | 8/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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POV - Campaign . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS | Filmmaker Kazuhiro Soda talks about his film "Campaign," which provides a startling insider's view of Japanese democracy through its portrait of a man plucked from obscurity by the ruling party to run for a critical city council seat. (17 minutes) | 7/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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POV - The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS | Filmmaker Kieran Fitzgerald talks about his film, "The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez," which chronicles the shooting of an American citizen at the U.S./Mexico Border by the U.S. Marines. (19 minutes) | 7/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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POV - Election Day . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS | "Election Day," shot over the course of November 2, 2004, documents the street-level experience of voters in today's America. Filmmaker Katy Chevigny talks about the process of making the film. (17 minutes) | 6/25/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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POV - Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS | In "Traces of the Trade", filmmaker Katrina Browne discovers that her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. History. Katrina talks about her journey and her film. (19 minutes) | 6/20/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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POV - Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS | Filmmaker Freida Lee Mock talks about how she became interested in the subject of her film, "Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner," how she pursued him and why she thinks he is an inspirational figure. (12 minutes) | 12/6/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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POV - 49 Up . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS | Filmmaker Michael Apted talks about the drama of ordinary life in his film "49 Up," the seventh installment of the Up Series, one of documentary cinema's most remarkable enterprises, and according to Apted, "the most important work" that he's ever done. ( | 10/3/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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POV - Lumo . A Conversation with Eve Ensler . Podcast | PBS | Eve Ensler, author of "The V****a Monologues" talks to journalist Michele Kort of Ms. Magazine about the horrors of sexual violence and its aftermath in the Congo. Podcast released in conjunction with the POV broadcast of the film "Lumo." (16 minutes) | 9/18/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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POV - Revolution '67 . New Jersey Historical Society Panel Discussion . Podcast | PBS | Listen to a special panel of historians and activists discuss the 1967 Newark riots and their aftermath. Recorded at the New Jersey Historical Society's special screening of "Revolution '67." (21 minutes) | 7/11/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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POV - My Country, My Country . A Conversation with George Packer . Podcast | PBS | George Packer, author of "The Assassins' Gate," joins filmmaker Laura Poitras and Maria Hinojosa from PBS's NOW for a special conversation about the war in Iraq and "My Country, My Country," a film about the January 2005 elections in Iraq. | 10/13/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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POV - Waging a Living . Barbara Ehrenreich . Podcast | PBS | In conjunction with the POV broadcast of "Waging a Living" on August 29th, journalist David Brancaccio hosts a special podcast conversation with Barbara Ehrenreich on the state of American workers and wages today. | 8/29/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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POV - Waging a Living . Beyond the Living Wage . Podcast | PBS | In conjunction with the POV broadcast of "Waging a Living" on August 29th, this podcast features Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman talking to experts about the nation-wide struggle for a living wage, and the future of the living wage movement. | 8/29/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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POV - Waging a Living . Howard Zinn and Amy Goodman . Podcast | PBS | In conjunction with the POV broadcast of "Waging a Living" on August 29th, this podcast features historian Howard Zinn talking with Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman about the history of workers' movements in the United States. | 8/25/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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POV - Waging a Living . New York City Poverty . Podcast | PBS | In conjunction with the POV broadcast of "Waging a Living" on August 29th, this podcast features Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman talking with experts about poverty in New York City and the struggle toward a living wage. | 8/25/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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POV - Waging a Living . Chicago's Big Box Ordinance . Podcast | PBS | In conjunction with the broadcast of "Waging a Living", Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman talks with experts about the passage of the Big Box Ordinance in Chicago, which requirs large retailers to pay their workers $10 an hour with $3 in benefits by 2010. | 8/18/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 65 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Nothing else like it
These are especially interesting when they delve into the filmmaker's craft
Titin
The topics are very interesting. But, it's hard for me to get past the interviewer--such an annoying style and delivery.
