POV - Season 12

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The Legacy

1 - The Legacy

Air Date: June 1, 1999

Well-Founded Fear

2 - Well-Founded Fear

Air Date: June 5, 1999

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.

Golden Threads

3 - Golden Threads

Air Date: June 8, 1999

In My Corner

4 - In My Corner

Air Date: June 22, 1999

The Green Monster

5 - The Green Monster

Air Date: June 29, 1999

Rabbit In The Moon

6 - Rabbit In The Moon

Air Date: July 6, 1999

Corpus: A Home Movie For Selena

7 - Corpus: A Home Movie For Selena

Air Date: July 13, 1999

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.

School Prayer: A Community At War

8 - School Prayer: A Community At War

Air Date: July 20, 1999

The Double Life of Ernesto Gomez Gomez

9 - The Double Life of Ernesto Gomez Gomez

Air Date: July 27, 1999

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

Regret to Inform

10 - Regret to Inform

Air Date: January 24, 2000

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.