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	9 Star Hotel What's Your P.O.V.? What did you learn from the film about the human cost of Israel’s security barrier or other security measures? Join other 9 Star Hotel viewers on P.O.V.'s Blog.

	9 Star Hotel Film Update Find out what has happened to Muhammad and Ahmed since the cameras stopped rolling and what the Israeli and Palestinian audience responses have been to 9 Star Hotel.
	Book Excerpt What does the word "border" mean in the 21st century? Architect Fernando Romero examines the concept of the border in his book Hyperborder: The Contemporary U.S./Mexico Border and Its Future by looking at a series of borders — contested, militarized and porous — around the world.

	Filmmaker Interview Ido Haar "In the beginning, when I started trying to shoot the film, there was a lot of suspicion; the workers were sure that I was involved with the Israeli army or the Israeli police." Ido Haar talks about his motivations and experiences making 9 Star Hotel.

	Lesson Plan Borders Around the World Classrooms can use this lesson to examine and compare borders around the world and their related issues. Bonus material: Streaming video clips from 9 Star Hotel.

THIS WEEK		CONFLICT . WORK . BORDERS

9 STAR HOTEL PREMIERES JULY 22 AT 10 PM ON PBS

Ido Haar's film documents the lives of a group of young Palestinian men working illegally as construction laborers in the Israeli city of Modi'in.. \| MORE »

COMING UP ON P.O.V.

	Week 6 - July 29, 2008 Campaign — This is democracy - Japanese style. Kazuhiro Soda's film provides an insider's view of Japanese politics in this story of a man plucked from obscurity by the ruling political party to run for a critical city council seat. \| MORE »
	Week 5 - August 5, 2008 Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music — In this classic 1969 documentary, the Man in Black is captured at his peak, the first of many in a looming roller-coaster career.. \| MORE »
	Week 5 - August 12, 2008 Belarusian Waltz — In Belarus, the totalitarian regime cracks down on all opposition. Performance artist Alexander Pushkin struggles to expose a dictatorship for what it is. \| MORE »
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