POV

Season 12

1999 · 10 episodes · 10h 0m in all · 6.3/10

Episodes

1. 1

   1. The Legacy

   1 Jun 1999 · 60 min

2. 2

   2. Well-Founded Fear

   5 Jun 1999 · 60 min · 6.3/10

   Well-Founded Fear is a 2000 documentary film from directors Shari Robertson and Michael Camerini. The film takes its title from the formal definition of a refugee under the UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, as a person who deserves protection, "owing to a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion.” The film analyzes the US asylum process by following several asylum applicants and asylum officers through actual INS interviews.

3. 3

   3. Golden Threads

   8 Jun 1999 · 60 min

4. 4

   4. In My Corner

   22 Jun 1999 · 60 min

5. 5

   5. The Green Monster

   29 Jun 1999 · 60 min

6. 6

   6. Rabbit In The Moon

   6 Jul 1999 · 60 min

7. 7

   7. Corpus: A Home Movie For Selena

   13 Jul 1999 · 60 min

   Corpus: A Home Movie about Selena is a film by filmmaker, Lourdes Portillo about Mexican American singer-songwriter Selena Quintanilla-Pérez. It places emphasis on the transformation of Selena from a popular entertainer into a modern-day saint and role model. This documentary uses authentic home videos, news stories, footage from concerts and a debate between intellectuals to analyze the effect of Selena and Selena’s murder at the hands of Yolanda Saldivar, the president of her fan club.

8. 8

   8. School Prayer: A Community At War

   20 Jul 1999 · 60 min

9. 9

   9. The Double Life of Ernesto Gomez Gomez

   27 Jul 1999 · 60 min

   The Double Life of Ernesto Gomez Gomez is a TV episode/documentary film directed by Gary Weimberg and Catherine Ryan.

10. 10

    10. Regret to Inform

    24 Jan 2000 · 60 min

    Regret to Inform is a 1998 American documentary film directed by Barbara Sonneborn. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film was made over a span of ten years. The documentary features filmmaker Barbara Sonneborn as she goes to the Vietnamese countryside where her husband was killed. Her translator is a fellow war widow named Xuan Ngoc Nguyen and together try to understand their losses. The film includes interviews with Vietnamese and American widows.