P.O.V. - Podcasts | PBS

P.O.V. - Johnny Cash . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:36:26 -0700

Filmmaker Robert Elfstrom talks about capturing the Man in Black in his 1969 film, "Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music." (16 minutes)

P.O.V. - Campaign . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:36:26 -0700

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

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:36:26 -0700

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)

P.O.V. - Election Day . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:36:26 -0700

"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

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:36:26 -0700

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

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:36:26 -0700

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)

P.O.V. - 49 Up . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:36:26 -0700

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)

P.O.V. - Lumo . A Conversation with Eve Ensler . Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:36:26 -0700

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 minutes)

P.O.V. - Lumo . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:36:26 -0700

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 incontinent. (14 minutes)

P.O.V. - The Camden 28 . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:36:26 -0700

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

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:36:26 -0700

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)

P.O.V. - Libby, Montana . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:36:26 -0700

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)

P.O.V. - Arctic Son . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:36:26 -0700

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)

P.O.V. - A Family Undertaking . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:36:26 -0700

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)

P.O.V. - The Hobart Shakespeareans . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:36:26 -0700

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 minutes)

P.O.V. - Following Sean . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:36:26 -0700

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 become. (11 minutes)

P.O.V. - Prison Town, USA . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:36:26 -0700

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)

P.O.V. - The Chances of the World Changing . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:36:26 -0700

"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

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:36:26 -0700

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)

P.O.V. - Revolution '67 . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:36:26 -0700

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)

P.O.V. - Standing Silent Nation . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:36:26 -0700

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

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:36:26 -0700

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 minutes)

P.O.V. - Rain in a Dry Land . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:36:26 -0700

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. / American Documentary, Inc. — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:11:26 -0700

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 as they make music to heal trauma and wounds from civil war. (5 minutes)

P.O.V. - My Country, My Country . A Conversation with George Packer . Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 17:00:26 -0700

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.

P.O.V. - Maquilapolis . Filmmaker Interview Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 12:35:26 -0700

Filmmakers Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre talk about the making of their film, "Maquilapolis: City of Factories."

P.O.V. - No Bigger Than a Minute . Filmmaker Interview Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:00:26 -0700

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.

P.O.V. - Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela . Filmmaker Interview Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 18:00:26 -0700

Filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris talks about his motivation for making "Twelve 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.

P.O.V. - The Boys of Baraka . Filmmaker Interview and Update Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:00:26 -0700

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.

P.O.V. - September Preview . Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 16:00:26 -0700

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.

P.O.V. - Waging a Living . Barbara Ehrenreich . Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:00:26 -0700

In conjunction with the P.O.V. broadcast of "Waging a Living" on August 29th, journalist David Brancaccio hosts a special podcast conversation with Barbara Ehrenreich on the state of American workers and wages today.

P.O.V. - Waging a Living . Beyond the Living Wage . Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:00:26 -0700

In conjunction with the P.O.V. broadcast of "Waging a Living" on August 29th, this podcast features Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman talking to experts about the nation-wide struggle for a living wage, and the future of the living wage movement.

P.O.V. - Waging a Living . Howard Zinn and Amy Goodman . Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:00:26 -0700

In conjunction with the P.O.V. broadcast of "Waging a Living" on August 29th, this podcast features historian Howard Zinn talking with Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman about the history of workers' movements in the United States.

P.O.V. - Waging a Living . New York City Poverty . Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:00:26 -0700

In conjunction with the P.O.V. broadcast of "Waging a Living" on August 29th, this podcast features Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman talking with experts about poverty in New York City and the struggle toward a living wage.

P.O.V. - Waging a Living . Chicago's Big Box Ordinance . Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 16:00:26 -0700

In conjunction with the broadcast of "Waging a Living", Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman talks with experts about the passage of the Big Box Ordinance in Chicago, which requirs large retailers to pay their workers $10 an hour with $3 in benefits by 2010.

P.O.V. - Waging a Living . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:00:26 -0700

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 verite style in the film.

P.O.V. - Al Otro Lado . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:00:00 -0700

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.

P.O.V. - August Preview . Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:00:26 -0700

Executive Director Cara Mertes talks about two upcoming P.O.V. films. "Al Otro Lado" and "Lomax the Songhunter" are are documentaries about the storytelling potential of music, in this case, Mexican corrido and European folk music.

P.O.V. - The Tailenders . Filmmaker Interview | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 15:57:26 -0700

Filmmaker Adele Horne talks about what drew her to make 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.

P.O.V. - The Fall of Fujimori . Filmmaker Interview | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:50:26 -0700

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.

P.O.V. - Tintin and I . Filmmaker Interview | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Fri, 7 Jul 2006 12:31:20 -0700

In this week's podcast, 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.

"P.O.V. - Kokoyakyu . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Sat, 1 Jul 2006 12:37:13 -0700

Filmmaker Kenneth Eng and producer Alex Shear talk about the making of "Kokoyakyu," a documentary that chronicles two Japanese high school baseball teams as they compete in the national tournament known as "Koshien," and former NY Mets manager Bobby Valentine talks about the differences between American and Japanese baseball culture.

"P.O.V. - No More Tears Sister . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:38:23 -0700

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.

P.O.V. 2006 Season Preview

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:38:51 -0700

P.O.V.'s Executive Director, Cara Mertes, talks about the 2006 season with audio previews of some of the films in the summer schedule. P.O.V. begins on Tuesday, June 27th at 10 PM on your PBS station. Video trailers are available for all films at pbs.org/pov.

P.O.V. - Borders: American ID . Keith Reinhard Podcast 2 | PBS

P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc. — Thu, 1 Jun 2006 12:15:00 EST

Keith Reinhard, chairman of Business for Diplomatic Action, talks to P.O.V.'s Borders about how the world sees America. This is the second installment in a series of podcasts.

P.O.V. - Borders: American ID . Keith Reinhard Podcast 1 | PBS

webdept@pov.org (P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc.) — Thu, 25 May 2006 12:15:00 -0700

P.O.V.'s Borders: American ID Border Talk guest Keith Reinhard, chairman of Business for Diplomatic Action, talks about how the world sees America. This is the first installment in a series of podcasts.

P.O.V. - Borders: American ID . Advertising Democracy Podcast | PBS

webdept@pov.org (P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc.) — Wed, 17 May 2006 15:14:00 -0700

"Advertising Democracy" producer Gregory Warner talks to a U.S. Information Agency librarian, a Fulbright Scholar in Turkey, a Jordanian teen talk show host, and a nation branding expert about America's attempts to advertise itself.