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“The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement” by Gail Dolgin and Robin Fryday
In this 2012 Oscar-nominated short film, Alabama barber and civil rights veteran James Armstrong experiences the fulfillment of an unimaginable dream: the election of the first African-American president. An Official Selection of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Produced in association with American Documentary | POV. A co-presentation with the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC). 21 minutes.

“Sin País (Without Country)” by Theo Rigby
Winner of a 2011 Student Academy Award, this short film explores one family’s complex and emotional journey involving deportation.

“StoryCorps” by the Rauch Brothers
The Peabody Award-winning oral-history project StoryCorps brings intimate conversations among friends and families to life in touching, often humorous animated shorts that tell universal stories.

“Eyes on the Stars” – Carl McNair tells the story of his brother Ronald, an African-American kid in the 1950s who set his sights on the stars. 2 minutes.

“Facundo the Great” – Ramòn “Chunky” Sanchez recounts how the new kid at school became a hero when his teachers could not find a way to anglicize his name. 1 minute.

“A Family Man” – Sam Black talks to his wife about his father, an enduring lesson and the power of a look. 3 minutes.

Watch Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 10pm.

Thomas and Tamara are track stars at their rural New Mexico high school. Like many teenagers, they are torn between the lure of brighter futures elsewhere and the ties that bind them to home. For these teens, however, home is an impoverished town on the Navajo reservation, and leaving means separating from family, tradition and the land that has been theirs for generations. Take a moving look at a new generation of Americans struggling to be both Native and modern. By Erica Scharf.

Watch POV Thursday, July 26, 2012 at 10pm.

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Every four seconds, a romance novel published by Harlequin or its British counterpart, Mills & Boon, is sold somewhere in the world. Take an amusing and touching look at this global phenomenon. Ironies abound in the contrasts between the everyday lives of the books’ readers and the fantasy worlds that offer them escape. “Guilty Pleasures” portrays five romance devotees who must, ultimately, find their dreams in the real world. By Julie Moggan.

Watch Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 10pm.

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