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P.O.V. brings a collection of documentary filmmakers, writers, experts, and viewers together for conversations about topics relevant to P.O.V.'s non-fiction films. Upcoming podcasts will feature filmmaker interviews from the 2007 season.
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Campaign
Filmmaker Kazuhiro Soda talks about his film Campaign, which provides a startling insider's view of Japanese democracy through its portrait of a man plucked from obscurity by the ruling party to run for a critical city council seat.
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The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández
Filmmaker Kieran Fitzgerald talks about his film, "The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez," which chronicles the shooting of an American citizen at the U.S./Mexico Border by the U.S. Marines.
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Election Day
"Election Day," shot over the course of November 2, 2004, documents the street-level experience of voters in today's America. Filmmaker Katy Chevigny talks about the process of making the film. (17 minutes)
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Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North
In Traces of the Trade, filmmaker Katrina Browne discovers that her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. History. Katrina talks about her journey and her film. (19 minutes)
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Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Filmmaker Freida Lee Mock talks about how she became interested in the subject of her film, "Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner," how she pursued him and why she thinks he is an inspirational figure. (12 minutes)
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49 Up
Filmmaker Michael Apted talks about the drama of ordinary life in his film "49 Up," the seventh installment of the Up Series, one of documentary cinema's most remarkable enterprises, and according to Apted, "the most important work" that he's ever done. (34 minutes)
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Lumo: A Conversation with Eve Ensler
Playwright and activist Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues and founder of V-Day, and activist Christine Schuler Deschryver talk to journalist Michele Kort of Ms. Magazine about the horrors of sexual violence and its aftermath in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Find out how you can help. (16 minutes)
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Lumo
Filmmakers Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt and Nelson Walker III talk about their film "Lumo," which follows Lumo Sinai, a young woman in eastern Congo who fell victim to rape, which resulted in a fistula, a chronic condition that leaves women incontinent. (14 minutes)
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The Camden 28
How far would you go to stop a war? For a group of Catholic Left activists during the Vietnam War, the answer involved breaking into a draft board office. Filmmaker Anthony Giacchino talks about making his film, "The Camden 28." (10 minutes)
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Made in L.A.
Filmmakers Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar talk about the making of their film "Made in L.A.," which follows three Latina garment workers as they participate in a boycott campaign against Forever 21, a clothing retailer whose clothes they sew. (13 minutes)
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Libby, Montana
Filmmakers Doug Hawes-Davis and Drury Gunn Carr talk about their film "Libby, Montana," which documents the story of a seemingly ideal American town that was also the site of the worst case of community-wide exposure to a toxic substance in U.S. history. (11 minutes)
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Arctic Son
The clash of tradition and modernity puts a Native father and son at odds in a remote village 80 miles above the Arctic Circle in "Arctic Son." Filmmaker Andrew Walton talks the process of making the film and how he built trust with his characters. (11 minutes)
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A Family Undertaking
"A Family Undertaking," originally broadcast on P.O.V. during the 2004 season, will be rebroadcast on August 14th, 2007 (Check local listings). Filmmaker Elizabeth Westrate talks about her film "A Family Undertaking," which explores the growing home-funeral movement by following several families in their most intimate moments as they reclaim the end of life. (10 minutes)
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The Hobart Shakespeareans
"The Hobart Shakespeareans," originally broadcast on P.O.V. during the 2005 season, will be rebroadcast on August 7th, 2007 (Check local listings). Filmmaker Mel Stuart has been directing feature films, television shows and documentaries for over 40 years. Listen as he reflects on the making of "The Hobart Shakespeareans" and why, along with Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, he counts it among his favorites. (12 minutes)
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Following Sean: Ralph Arlyck
Filmmaker Ralph Arlyck talks about his film, "Following Sean." Arlyck first met four-year-old Sean in San Francisco's Haight Ashbury at the height of the 1960s. Thirty years and a lifetime later, Arlyck returns in search of the adult Sean might have become.
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Prison Town, USA: Katie Galloway and Po Kutchins
Hear from filmmakers Po Kutchins and Katie Galloway, who talk about their film "Prison Town, USA," which tells the story of Susanville, California, one small town that tries to resucitate its economy by building a prison - with unanticipated consequences. (11 minutes)
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Rain in a Dry Land: Anne Makepeace
P.O.V.'s director of programming and production Chris White interviews filmmaker Anne Makepeace about her film, "Rain in a Dry Land," which opens P.O.V.'s 20th anniversary season on Tuesday, June 19. The film follows two Somali Bantu families from a refugee camp in Kenya through their first year and a half in America. Makepeace talks about her inspiration for "Rain in a Dry Land," the plight of refugees in America and the ethical challenges of making a verité film. (14 minutes)
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