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2009 POV Season

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Patti Smith: Dream of Life

by Steven Sebring

Premiere: December 30, 2009

Shot over 11 years by renowned fashion photographer Steven Sebring, this is an intimate portrait of the legendary rocker, poet and artist Patti Smith.

The Way We Get By

by Aron Gaudet

Premiere: November 11, 2009

Over the past five years, a group of senior citizens has made history by greeting over 900,000 American troops at a tiny airport in Bangor, Maine.

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Bronx Princess

by Yoni Brook , Musa Syeed

Premiere: September 22, 2009

Rocky Otoo is the sassy teenage daughter of Ghanaian parents. After she rebels against her mother's rule in the Bronx, she flees to her father, a chief in Ghana.

So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away

by Annie P. Waldman

Premiere: September 22, 2009

Three high school students return to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina to graduate with their friends. (Short film shown with Bronx Princess.)

Jennifer

by Stewart Copeland

Premiere: September 22, 2009

Filmmaker Stewart Copeland explores his relationship with his late mother and the distance spaces between memory and history. (Short film shown with Bronx Princess.)

The Principal Story

by Tod Lending , David Mrazek

Premiere: September 15, 2009

Over the course of a school year, two public school principals with unique styles and similar passions make a difference in the lives of their students.

The English Surgeon

by Geoffrey Smith

Premiere: September 8, 2009

A remarkable depiction of one doctor's commitment to relieving suffering and of the emotional turmoil he undergoes in bringing hope to a desperate people.

Ella Es el Matador (She Is the Matador)

by Gemma Cubero, Celeste Carrasco

Premiere: September 1, 2009

Two women matadors in Spain have a passion for bullfighting and are determined to pursue their dreams. What is it like for women to enter into this male-dominated arena?

This Way Up

by Georgi Lazarevski

Premiere: August 25, 2009

The security wall being built by Israel on the West Bank has isolated a nursing home, leaving its residents to face old age in the throes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.