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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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No Bigger Than a Minute
Filmmaker Steven Delano, a little person, talks about making "No Bigger Than a Minute," starring...himself! With irreverent humor, the film shows what it's like to be a dwarf in front of and behind the camera. (15 minutes)
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Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela
Filmmakers Thomas Allen Harris talks about his motivation for making "Twel Disciples of Nelson Mandela," a journey of reconciliation with his late stepfather, B. Pule Leinaeng, a South African exile and early supporter of Nelson Mandela. (12 minutes)
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The Boys of Baraka: Filmmaker Interview and Update
Hear from filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, who talk about their motivations for making "The Boys of Baraka," and the boys themselves, who talk about what they've been up to since filming ended, and who ask Heidi and Rachel a few questions. (35 minutes)
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September Preview
P.O.V.'s executive producer Cara Mertes talks about two upcoming P.O.V. films in September, 2006. "The Boys of Baraka" is about African-American boys, and "Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela" is about a South African supporter of Nelson Mandela. (6 minutes)
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Waging a Living: Barbara Ehrenreich
Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed, talks with NOW host David Brancaccio in a special conversation on the state of American workers and wages today. (59 minutes)
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Waging a Living: Beyond a Living Wage
Living wage campaigns have succeeded in raising wages in various regions all over the country. Amy Goodman takes a national look at the struggle for a living wage, and talks with experts about the future of the living wage movement. (40 minutes)
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Waging a Living: History of Workers' Movements in the U.S.
Legendary historian Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States, talks to Amy Goodman about working people's movements from colonial times to the current struggle toward a living wage. (35 minutes)
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Waging a Living: Poverty in New York City
One in five New Yorkers live in poverty. Amy Goodman talks to experts about the lives of these low-income New Yorkers to find out about their wages, their access to health care and education and their struggles to improve their lives. What can New York City government do to improve the lives of these citizens? (51 minutes)
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Waging a Living: Chicago's Big Box Ordinance
In conjunction with the P.O.V. broadcast of "Waging a Living", Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman talking with aldermen and activists about the passage of the Big-Box Ordinance in Chicago, which required retailers with gross annual sales of $1 billion to pay their workers $10 an hour with $3 in benefits by 2010. (32 minutes)
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Waging a Living
Filmmaker Roger Weisberg talks about how he found the people featured in "Waging a Living," why there is a lack of media coverage of this issue and his use of cinema verité style in the film.(15 minutes)
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Al Otro Lado
Filmmaker Natalia Almada talks about the making of "Al Otro Lado," a documentary about the proud Mexican tradition of corrido music, and an examination of songs, drugs and dreams along the U.S./Mexico border. (13 minutes)
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August Preview
Executive Director Cara Mertes talks about two upcoming P.O.V. films. "Al Otro Lado" and "Lomax the Songhunter" are documentaries about the storytelling potential of music, in this case, Mexican corrido and European folk music. (9 minutes)
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The Tailenders
Filmmaker Adele Horne talks about what drew her to the subject of "The Tailenders," a film about a group of evangelical missionaries who use ultra-low-tech hand-crank recordings of Bible stories to reach people in the most isolated areas of the world. (9 minutes)
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The Fall of Fujimori
Filmmaker Ellen Perry talks about the making of "The Fall of Fujimori" and the lessons that Americans might learn from Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori's aggressive and violent war on terrorism during the 1990s. (9 minutes)
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Tintin and I
Filmmaker Anders Østergaard talks about Hergé and the audio interview the cartoonist gave to a young
journalist in 1971 which provided the basis for "Tintin and I," Hergé's art and style, and Østergaard's approach to documentary filmmaking.
(10 minutes)
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Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball
In this podcast, filmmaker Kenneth Eng and producer Alex Shear talk about the making of "Kokoyakyu" and former Mets manager Bobby Valentine talks about the differences between American and Japanese baseball culture.
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No More Tears Sister
Filmmaker Helene Klodawsky discusses the making of her film that chronicles the events leading up to the assassination of human rights activist, Rajani Thiranagama, in Sri Lanka in 1989.
(11 minutes)
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2006 Season Preview
Executive Director Cara Mertes offers a preview of P.O.V.'s upcoming films.
(6 minutes)
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P.O.V. Borders | American ID: Business and Diplomacy
P.O.V.'s Borders | American ID Border Talk guest Keith Reinhard talks about how the world sees America in a series of podcasts.
(11 minutes)
Download the MP3 Podcast 1, posted May 22 (11 minutes, 3.7 MB)
Download the MP3 Podcast 2, posted May 31 (14 minutes, 4.8 MB) |
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P.O.V. Borders | Advertising Democracy
Gregory Warner talks to guests about America's attempts to sell itself.
(25 minutes)
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What is podcasting?
Podcasting combines the terms iPod and broadcasting to describe a new kind of radio for your computer and MP3 player. Some have described podcasting as a kind of "TiVo for audio" on the Internet.
A podcast enables you to easily download audio files to your computer. Most podcasts are MP3 files. When you use podcasting software to "subscribe" to P.O.V.'s feed, it checks our site regularly and starts a download whenever it finds something new. Then you can upload the audio from your computer to any MP3 player. That means you can listen to our podcast episodes any time you like, wherever you like!
How do you get started?
Here's what you'll need: a computer, an Internet connection, an MP3 player (if you want to take it with you) and some free podcasting software. That's it!
For starters, download and install a free audio program that supports podcasting. iTunes and Juice are two popular programs available for both Macintosh and Windows computers. Follow the directions to "subscribe" to P.O.V.'s feed — usually just as simple as pasting in this link:
The next time you synch your iPod or other portable MP3 player, P.O.V. will be there.
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