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POV - Podcasts | PBS

POV - Podcasts | PBS

POV - Podcasts | PBS

PBS's award-winning documentary film series. 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 in our weekly podcasts. Find out more about PBS's award-winning documentary film ...

POV - 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 )
2 weeks ago

POV - 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 )
2 months ago

POV - Bronx Princess . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS

Filmmakers Yoni Brook and Musa Syeed talk about their film, "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, a chief in Ghana. ...
2 months ago

POV - 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 )
3 months ago

POV - 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 )
3 months ago

POV - 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 )
3 months ago

POV - 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 )
3 months ago

POV - 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 )
3 months ago

POV - 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 )
3 months ago

POV - 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 )
3 months ago

POV - 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 )
3 months ago

POV - 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 )
07/29/09

POV - 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 )
07/23/09

POV - 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 )
07/15/09

POV - Life. Support. Music. . Filmmaker Eric Daniel Metzgar . 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 )
07/07/09

POV - 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 )
06/29/09

POV - 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 )
06/23/09

P.O.V. - 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 )
03/19/09

P.O.V. - 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 )
03/19/09