P.O.V.'s Made in L.A. Wins 2008 News and Documentary Emmy Award

Original Broadcast Date: September 04, 2007

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Inheritance
By James Moll

Broadcast Date: December 2008 Special Broadcast

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2008 Season Announce

Tuesdays at 10 p.m., Starting June 24 (Check local listings.)

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Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North
By Katrina Browne

Broadcast Date: June 24, 2008

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  Inheriting the Trade is Tom DeWolf's powerful and disarmingly honest memoir of the journey in which ten family members retraced the steps of their ancestors and uncovered the hidden history of New England. Read along as the family embarks on their powerful journey of discovery and reconciliation.
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Election Day
By Katy Chevigny

Broadcast Date: July 01, 2008

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  Why are voting laws so different from state to state? What's a poll watcher, and how can you become one? Derek Cressman of Common Cause, a voting watchdog organization, answers frequently asked questions about the election system.
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The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández
By Kieran Fitzgerald

Broadcast Date: July 08, 2008

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  The Border Film Project handed out 600 disposable cameras to two groups on opposite sides of the U.S.-Mexican border — undocumented migrants crossing the desert and American Minutemen volunteers trying to stop them. Migrants and Minutemen have very different backgrounds, yet they share one profound belief: Both sides agree that they are documenting a situation that should not be happening.
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The Last Conquistador
By John J. Valadez and Cristina Ibarra

Broadcast Date: July 15, 2008

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  Over the past 40 years, public art in America has evolved from staid monuments to a myriad of styles. America's cities and towns have become galleries in their own right. View examples of public art from around the country and put art from your town on the map.
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9 Star Hotel
By Ido Haar

Broadcast Date: July 22, 2008

• Special Web Feature: The Hyperborder in a Globalized World
  What does the word "border" mean in the 21st century? Architect Fernando Romero examines the concept of the border in his book Hyperborder: The Contemporary U.S./Mexico Border and Its Future by looking at a series of borders — contested, militarized and porous — around the world.
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Campaign
By Kazuhiro Soda

Broadcast Date: July 29, 2008

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  The life of a candidate for city council requires a great deal of energy, as Kazuhiko Yamauchi discovered as he campaigned for a seat on the city council in Kawasaki.
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Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music
By Robert Elfstrom

Broadcast Date: August 05, 2008

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  Viewers share their thoughts about and memories of the Man in Black.
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Belarusian Waltz
By Andrzej Fidyk

Broadcast Date: August 12, 2008

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The Judge and the General
By Elizabeth Farnsworth and Patricio Lanfranco

Broadcast Date: August 19, 2008

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Calavera Highway
By Renee Tajima-Pena and Evangeline Griego

Broadcast Date: September 16, 2008

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Critical Condition
By Roger Weisberg

Broadcast Date: September 30, 2008

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In the Family
By Joanna Rudnick

Broadcast Date: October 01, 2008

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Up the Yangtze
By Yung Chang

Broadcast Date: October 08, 2008

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Soldiers of Conscience
By Catherine Ryan and Gary Weimberg

Broadcast Date: October 16, 2008

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P.O.V. Web Site Nominated for 2008 Webby Award

Winner of a Previous Webby, P.O.V. Site Covers the World of Contemporary Documentaries

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Why Vote? Website Launches

Share Your Election Story as P.O.V. Partners Online with NPR, WGBH, And Film Your Issue to Discover American Voters’ Points of View

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Sundance Film Festival Documentaries to Premiere on P.O.V.

Three films selected for the 2008 Sundance Film Festival will have their national broadcast premieres on the P.O.V. documentary series on PBS, it was announced by Simon Kilmurry, Executive Director, American Documentary | P.O.V. Patti Smith: Dream of Life, NERAKHOON (The Betrayal) and Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North (all in the Sundance Documentary Competition) will air on P.O.V. in 2008/2009. Sundance takes place Jan. 17-27, 2008 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.

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