POV

by Shari Robertson, Michael Camerini

Premiere: June 5, 2000

Political asylum — who deserves it? Who gets it? With unprecedented access, filmmakers Michael Camerini and Shari Robertson enter the closed corridors of the INS to reveal the dramatic real-life stage where human rights and American ideals collide with the nearly impossible task of trying to know the truth.

by Barbara Sonneborn, Janet Cole

Premiere: January 4, 2000

Exploring the meaning of war and loss with Vietnamese and American widows into a vivid testament to the chilling legacy of war.

by Catherine Ryan, Gary Weimberg

Premiere: July 27, 1999

A son of Puerto Rican revolutionaries learns of his parents' past. A chronicle of his turbulent journey of self-discovery, offering a striking account of the costs of fiercely held convictions and the binding force of a son's love.

by Slawomir Grünberg, Ben Crane

Premiere: July 20, 1999

The battle cry on both sides is "religious freedom" when a Mississippi mother takes a stand on prayer in her children's public school. While most of Pontotoc County rally together to preserve a cornerstone of their faith, Lisa Herdahl is a lone voice calling for separation of church and state.

by Lourdes Portillo

Premiere: July 13, 1999

Tejana singer Selena was on the brink of blockbuster crossover fame when her murder at age 23 catapulted her into mainstream celebrity. Filmmaker Lourdes Portillo gazes beyond the tabloids and points a sensitive lens on the cultural sensation that emerged around Selena's life and death.

by Emiko Omori

Premiere: July 6, 1999

Fifty years after World War II, Japanese Americans recall their years in the internment camps of WWII. From the exuberant recollections of a typical teenager, to the simmering rage of citizens forced to sign loyalty oaths, filmmaker Emiko Omori renders a poetic and illuminating picture of a deeply troubling chapter in American history.

by David Finn, David Hess, A.C. Weary

Premiere: June 29, 1999

Art Arfons is an American original. Without a high school diploma, engineers, or even blueprints, this small town Midwestern prodigy of practical mechanics designed, built, drove and broke land speed records in a series of supercharged automobiles he dubbed The Green Monster. In this coming-of-age story for the senior set, director David Finn offers an unvarnished portrait of a flinty, single-minded, slyly charming, obsessive man literally driven to continue his race against time long after he has established himself as a living legend.

by Ricki Stern

Premiere: June 22, 1999

Two teenagers seek refuge and respect in a boxing gym in the South Bronx.

by Lucy Winer, Karen Eaton

Premiere: June 8, 1999

If ever someone has embodied the maxim, age is a state of mind, it's 90-year-old Christine Burton. After decades of personal struggle, she reinvented her own life at age 80 by founding Golden Threads, an international network for older gay women.