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Immigration

The many faces of the immigrant experience are revealed on POV, from American Aloha: Hula Beyond Hawaii to Made in L.A., the Emmy Award-winning documentary about Hispanic women who work in modern-day sweatshops, to Rain in a Dry Land, about Somali Bantu families coming to the United States. This season, POV is proud to present the Academy-Award nominated The Betrayal (Nerakhoon), a film about a Laotian family and their courageous journey to America during the Vietnam War; and Bronx Princess, the story of a plucky daughter of Ghanaian parents who re-defines what it means to be African American.

Image from Made in L.A. (POV 2007)

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The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández

In 1997, U.S. Marines patrolling the Texas-Mexico border as part of the War on Drugs shot and killed Esequiel Hernández Jr.

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(Available now through October 30, 2009)

Al Otro Lado

The proud Mexican tradition of corrido music provides both heartbeat and backbone to this rich examination of songs, drugs and dreams along the U.S./Mexico border.

Made in L.A.

Follow the remarkable journey of three Latina immigrants working in L.A.'s garment factories and their long battle to bring a major clothing retailer to the negotiating table.

Farmingville

The shocking hate-based attempted murders of two Mexican day laborers catapult a small Long Island town into national headlines, unmasking a new front line in the border wars: suburbia.

Features & Blog Posts

Photo Gallery: Two Views of the Border

Photo Gallery: Two Views of the Border

The Border Film Project handed out six hundred disposable cameras to two groups on opposite sides of the U.S.-Mexico border — undocumented migrants crossing the desert and American Minutemen volunteers trying to stop them.

Related Film: The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández

Bronx Princess - Exploring Parent-Child Relationships Through Letter Writing

This lesson plan is designed to be used with the film Bronx Princess, which chronicles the complex relationship between a young woman named Rocky and her Ghanaian mother as Rocky progresses from high school to college. Classrooms can use this film and its companion website resources to help students explore their own relationships with their parents through letter writing. (Note: This film sometimes uses English subtitles.)

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Rocky and Her Family

Rocky and Her Family

In this slideshow, follow Rocky Otoo from her high school days through her trip to her father's palace in Ghana to her arrival at Dickinson College, in Carlisle, Penn....

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POV Catches Up with "Made in L.A." Filmmakers and Film Subjects

Select PBS stations are re-airing POV's 2007 Emmy-winning film, Made in L.A., this week. (Check your local listings for day and time.) Since it's been over two years since we've heard about the film's subjects — Lupe, Maura and Maria...

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