Kauthar Umar (New Muslim Cool) tells POV about her Washington, D.C., experience and reaction to a screening of Fordson, another documentary that breaks down stereotypes about being Muslim in America.
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‘The Learning’ Inspires a Fight for Filipino Teachers’ Rights
The POV documentary The Learning inspired Katrina Abarcar to stand up for the rights of the Filipino teachers working in America.
Continue reading this entry »Journalist Matthieu Aikins Responds to ‘Armadillo’
Matthieu Aikins is a journalist whose writing on Afghanistan has appeared in Harper’s, the Guardian, the Walrus, and other publications. He splits his time between Kabul and New York.
Continue reading this entry »Project VoiceScape: Grant-Winning Teens Tackle Tough Topics
Project VoiceScape, a collaboration between Adobe Youth Voices, PBS and POV, recently awarded 15 $2,000 filmmaking grants to 22 emerging young talents from around the country. Project VoiceScape editorial committee member Jessica Lee tells us about some of the challenges she faced in awarding the grants and what we can expect next from the filmmaker-finalists.
Continue reading this entry »‘The Edge of Dreaming’ Community Screenings at Schools of Metaphysics Next Week
Dr. Barbara Condron oversees international education for the School of Metaphysics (SOM). On January 22 at 7 PM, 17 SOM branches around the country will host screenings and discussions of Amy Hardie’s The Edge of Dreaming (POV 2010). I always look forward to Tuesdays. They’re my days in town with Hezekiah, our 15-year-old son who
Continue reading this entry »‘O’ Say Can You See’ Exhibit at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
Documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras‘ two most recent feature-length films, My Country, My Country and The Oath (both aired on POV), are part of a planned trilogy that explore the ambiguities, injustices and bureaucracy of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the treatment of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay. While a third film has yet to
Continue reading this entry »Cage Match: Filmmaking or Activism? at Independent Film Week
Sarah Tabet is currently interning in the community engagement department at POV. She is also working at Chicken & Egg Pictures as an assistant to the fund. Earlier this week, she attended various panels at Independent Film Week. Here’s her report from one of the most talked about panels. “Have filmmakers taken off their story-telling
Continue reading this entry »‘New Muslim Cool’ Producers Speak at U.S. State Department
New Muslim Cool co-producers Kauthar Umar and Hana Siddiqi wrote in to tell us about “Generation Change,” a U.S. State Department event held last week in Washington, D.C. toasting some of the best and most innovative American Muslim leaders under the age of 30. With much excitement and anticipation we arrived in Washington, D.C. last
Continue reading this entry »Ella Es el Matador, One Year Later
Ella Es el Matador (She Is the Matador) aired on POV a year ago. Filmmakers Gemma Cubero and Celeste Carrasco wrote in recently to update us on the film and its subjects. Gemma Cubero and Celeste Carrasco Here’s an update with highlights from screenings of Ella Es el Matador (She Is the Matador), and from
Continue reading this entry »Up the Yangtze – An Update from China
In 2008, POV aired Up the Yangtze, which told the story of the Yu family as the Three Gorges Dam project in China changed their lives. Filmmaker Yung Chang revisited the Yu family in the summer of 2010. He shares some pictures and updates from the family. Dear Friends, I took some time off from
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The Betrayal
May 31, 2013
7:00 pm
San Jose, California
Join the San Jose Peace and Justice Center for a screening of The Betrayal as part of their film series for Asian Pacific Heritage Month. For more information, call (408) 297-2299.
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