POV

[DanaK]

For discussion of the PBS POV series of documentaries

POV has had a couple of interesting docs so far this month. The first one, "The Neutral Ground", broadcast on July 5, takes a look at the controversy of Confederate monuments by comic CJ Hunt. I have not finished that yet, but it's pretty interesting. The second, "Landfall", broadcast on July 12, looks at Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria hit and the capitalism vultures that descend and the residents have to take care of themselves when the government doesn't seem to be able to act. Some pretty eye-opening stuff and your heart go out to the people who suffer

Some interesting docs upcoming this month: "Stateless" (July 19) looks at the tensions between Haiti and the Dominican Republic; "Mayor" (Jul 26) profiles the mayor of Ramallah in the West Bank of Palestine

August: "Pier Kids"  (Aug 2) profiles Black homeless queer and trans youth hanging out at Christopher Street, NYC for safety

Edited July 16, 2021 by DanaK

[DanaK]

What's coming up in the next few months on POV https://pressroom.pbs.org/Programs/p/POV

[EtheltoTillie]

Not much action in this topic.  I am watching last night's doc "Things We Dare Not Do," about the transgender teen in Mexico.  I am so distracted by wanting to know more about the situation.  How did the filmmaker come upon this subject?  What does the family think they are being filmed for? 

[EtheltoTillie]

Answering my own question.  The filmmaker seems to have discovered the subject accidentally.  Very moving film.  I loved seeing the young children so free.

https://thequeerreview.com/2020/06/14/exclusive-interview-mexican-lgbtq-documentary-things-we-dare-not-do-cosas-que-no-hacemos-filmmaker-bruno-santamaria/#more-12918

 

[DanaK]

Nov: "Midwives" (makeshift medical clinic in Myanmar), Nov 21

[DanaK]

For January 2023:

"I Didn't See You There" (history of invisibility of disabled), Jan 9

[janeta]

On 12/21/2022 at 11:51 AM, DanaK said:

For January 2023:

"I Didn't See You There" (history of invisibility of disabled), Jan 9

I gotta admit, I only made it about halfway through. The camera was pointed at the ground most of the time and I was actually getting  motion sick.

[DanaK]

1 minute ago, janeta said:

I gotta admit, I only made it about halfway through. The camera was pointed at the ground most of the time and I was actually getting  motion sick.

I haven't seen it yet, but the filmmaker wanted to show things from his perspective but that doesn't take into account people with motion sickness

[janeta]

Yeah, it would have been one thing if he'd held the camera on his lap pointed forward more.  That actually gave an interesting perspective for those of us who see the world from higher up.  Oh well, I may take a crack at the second half sometime.

[DanaK]

For September:

"While We Watched" (about a newsroom in crisis), September 4

"Bulls and Saints" (story about reverse migration), Sep 18

"Uyra: The Rising Forest" (about activists in Brazil), Sep 25

[DanaK]

For October:

"Murders That Matter" (how a victim of violence transforms into a fierce advocate), October 2;

"Aurora's Sunrise" (reviving Armenian Genocide survivor's lost Hollywood story), Oct 23;

"Fire Through the Dry Grass" (disabled artists of color document lives during Covid lockdown), Oct 30