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Using key PBS and KUED productions as a springboard for open dialogue and meaningful action, KUED's DIVERSE VOICES campaign is a multi-faceted project that encompasses:
- programming
- public screenings
- discussions
- and workshops
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P.O.V. Life. Support. Music.
iIn 2004, Jason Crigler's life was taking off. He was one of New York's hottest young guitarists, his new CD was due for release and his wife, Monica, was pregnant with their first child. Then, at a gig in Manhattan, Jason suffered a near-fatal brain... »
Wide Angle Heart of Jenin
When a 12-year-old Palestinian boy was killed in the West Bank city of Jenin by Israeli soldiers who mistook his toy gun for the real thing, something extraordinary happened that turned Ahmed Khatib's tragic 2005 death into a gift of hope for six Isr... »
P.O.V. The Reckoning: The Battle for the Intern...
More than 120 countries have united to form the International Criminal Court (ICC) - the first permanent court created to prosecute the perpetrators, no matter how powerful, of crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide. "The Reckoning" follows... »
Wide Angle The Market Maker
Eleni Gabre-Madhin is a woman with a dream. The charismatic Ethiopian economist wants to end hunger in her famine-plagued country. But rather than relying on foreign aid or new agricultural technology, hers is a truly radical plan: she designed the n... »
P.O.V. The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Filmed over 23 years, The Betrayal is the Academy Award®-nominated directorial debut of renowned cinematographer Ellen Kuras in a unique collaboration with the film's subject and co-director, Thavisouk ("Thavi") Phrasavath. After the U.S. government... »
P.O.V. The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Filmed over 23 years, The Betrayal is the Academy Award®-nominated directorial debut of renowned cinematographer Ellen Kuras in a unique collaboration with the film's subject and co-director, Thavisouk ("Thavi") Phrasavath. After the U.S. government... »
Trail of Hope: The Story of the Mormon T...
Over a period of twenty years, more than 70,000 Mormon men, women and children made up the largest migration in American history. Led by Brigham Young in the winter of 1846, most walked the arduous 1,300 mile trail from Nauvoo, Illinois to the Great... »
P.O.V. Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go
Variety describes it as a film "mixing ferocity with tenderness, delicacy with tenacity" -- exactly like the unusual school it explores. In this program, one of Britain's leading documentary filmmakers takes a verite look at Oxford's Mulberry Bush Sc... »
P.O.V. Made In L.A.
Los Angeles is now the country's center for apparel manufacturing, but many of its factories bear an eerie resemblance to New York's early 20th-century sweatshops. "Made in L.A." follows the remarkable journey of three Latina immigrants working in L.... »
P.O.V. P.O.V. Shorts Program
This collection of acclaimed documentary shorts by established and emerging filmmakers includes:"Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall" - If you thought Minnesota's Mall of America was the world's biggest shopping center, think again. It'... »
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Wide Angle Crossing Heaven's Border
In the past decade, up to 100,000 refugees have crossed the waters of the Tumen River into northeast China to escape the repressive regime of North Korea, the world's last closed Communist state. In Crossing Heaven's Border, WIDE ANGLE tells the movi... »
P.O.V. Beyond Hatred
In September 2002, three skinheads were roaming a park in Rheims, France, looking to "do an Arab" when they settled for a gay man instead. Twenty-nine-year-old Francois Chenu fought back fiercely, but he was beaten unconscious and dumped in a river,... »
P.O.V. Beyond Hatred
In September 2002, three skinheads were roaming a park in Rheims, France, looking to "do an Arab," when they settled for a gay man instead. Twenty-nine-year-old Francois Chenu fought back fiercely, but he was beaten unconscious and thrown into a rive... »
P.O.V. New Muslim Cool
Puerto Rican-American rapper Hamza Perez pulled himself out of drug dealing and street life 12 years ago and became a Muslim. Now he's moved to Pittsburgh's tough North Side to start a new religious community, rebuild his shattered family and take hi... »
Guns, Germs, and Steel: A National Geogr... The Haves and Have-Nots
Diamond travels to Africa, where he traces the migration of Dutch settlers into southern and central Africa. Spoiled by a happy circumstance of geographic commonality between cultures, the Europeans were dumbfounded when they found themselves flounde... »
Independent Lens Ask Not
As wars rage in the Middle East, the U.S. military is eager for more recruits -- unless you happen to be openly gay. This documentary explores the tangled political battles that led to the infamous "don't ask, don't tell" policy and reveals the perso... »
Independent Lens Ask Not
This program is an exploration of the U.S. military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. The film exposes the tangled political battles that led to the discriminatory law and profiles charismatic activists determined to abolish it. As the war rages on,... »
Frontline Breaking The Bank
The bets were huge and risky -- billions of dollars on the housing market. The upside was undeniable -- superbanks reaped billions of dollars, dominated the landscape and gobbled up competitors. Then the bottom dropped out -- the massive losses on Wa... »
Guns, Germs, and Steel: A National Geogr... The Clash of Civilizations
The second episode travels to South America and the site of the Spanish conquistadors' near extermination of the Inca culture in the early 1500s. Brought to life through vivid re-enactments, the episode dramatically depicts conquistador Francisco Piz... »
America at a Crossroads The Mosque In Morgantown
Working in Pakistan after September 11, 2001, former Wall Street Journal reporter Asra Nomani faced a double shock: a surprise pregnancy and abandonment by the Pakistani man she thought would be her husband, then the murder of her dear friend Daniel... »
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