P.O.V. - Critical Condition . Health Care in the U.S. and Abroad . Podcast | PBS
WNYC`s Political Director Andrea Bernstein interviews Princeton economist Uwe Reinhardt and filmmaker Roger Weisberg about the candidates` health care plans and the economics of health care in the U.S. and abroad. (23 minutes)
P.O.V. - In the Family . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
When Chicago filmmaker Joanna Rudnick tested positive for the "breast cancer gene" at age 27, she knew the information could save her life. The question was what to do about it. Joanna talks about her film, "In the Family," which documents her journey. ...
P.O.V. - Critical Condition . Health Care Debate . Podcast | PBS
How would John McCain and Barack Obama reform America`s health care system? KCBS reporter Doug Sovern moderated a debate held at California`s Commonwealth Club on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, to learn how each candidate would approach this looming issue. ...
"Critical Condition" asks what happens if you fall sick and are one of 47 million people in American without health insurance, and follows four critically ill Americans who are uninsured. Filmmaker Roger Weisberg talks about the process of making the...
Renee Tajima-Pena and Evangeline Griego talk about their film "Calavera Highway," which follows brothers Armando and Carlos Pena, who carry their mother`s ashes to Texas in a roadtrip that turns into a quest for answers about their family history. (20...
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. (17 minutes)
P.O.V. - The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
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. (19 minutes)
"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)
P.O.V. - Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
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)
P.O.V. - Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
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)
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....
P.O.V. - Lumo . A Conversation with Eve Ensler . Podcast | PBS
Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues, talks to journalist Michele Kort of Ms. Magazine about the horrors of sexual violence and its aftermath in the Congo. A special podcast released in conjunction with the P.O.V. broadcast of the film Lumo. (16...
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. Lumo`s rape left her with a fistula, which is a chronic condition that leaves women...
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)
P.O.V. - Made in L.A. . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
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...
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....
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...
P.O.V. - A Family Undertaking . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
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)
Filmmaker Mel Stuart has been directing feature films 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...
P.O.V. - Following Sean . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
Filmmaker Ralph Arlyck talks about his film, "Following Sean." Arlyck first met 4 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...
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...
P.O.V. - The Chances of the World Changing . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
"The Chances of the World Changing" chronicles Richard Ogust, who kept 1,200 turtles in his Manhattan apartment in an effort to save endangered turtles. Filmmaker Eric Daniel Metzgar talks about the film, airing on P.O.V. on July 17, 2007. (8 minutes)
P.O.V. - Revolution `67 . New Jersey Historical Society Panel Discussion . Podcast | PBS
Listen to a special panel of historians and activists discuss the 1967 Newark riots and their aftermath. Recorded at the New Jersey Historical Society`s special screening of "Revolution `67." (21 minutes)
Filmmaker Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno talks about the making of her film, "Revolution `67," which chornicles the six-day Newark, New Jersey urban rebellion that occurred forty years ago. (8 minutes)
Filmmakers Suree Towfighnia and Courtney Hermann talk about their film "Standing Silent Nation," about a Lakota family that planted hemp, a relative of marijuana that is illegal to grow in the U.S. (8 minutes)
P.O.V. - Sierra Leone`s Refugee All Stars . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
This week, filmmakers Zach Niles and Banker White talk about how they came to make "Sierra Leone`s Refugee All Stars," an extraordinary story of a group of refugees who fight back with music. The film premieres on P.O.V. on Tuesday, June 26, 2007. (12...
P.O.V. - Rain in a Dry Land . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS
In this week`s podcast, filmmaker Anne Makepeace talks about her inspiration for "Rain in a Dry Land," the plight of refugees in America and the ethical challenges of making a verite film. The film premieres on June 19, 2007 on P.O.V. (14 minutes)
P.O.V. - 2007 Season Preview . Presented by Simon Kilmurry . Podcast | PBS
P.O.V.`s executive producer Simon Kilmurry talks about upcoming 2007 films, including "Rain in a Dry Land" which opens P.O.V.`s 20th anniversary season on June 19, and "Sierra Leone`s Refugee All Stars" which follows a group of refugees from Sierra Leone...
P.O.V. - My Country, My Country . A Conversation with George Packer . Podcast | PBS
George Packer, author of "The Assassins` Gate," joins filmmaker Laura Poitras and Maria Hinojosa from PBS`s NOW for a special conversation about the war in Iraq and "My Country, My Country," a film about the January 2005 elections in Iraq.
