Video: Topics: Culture & Society: People & Profiles
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POV | Johnny Cash's Childhood Home | PBS (#2107)
Johnny Cash visits his childhood home. 01:59
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INDEPENDENT LENS | Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story | PBS (#927)
www.pbs.org/independentlens/ab... ABDUCTION: The Megumi Yokota Story is the true story of a 13-year-old Japanese girl kidnapped by North Korean spies in 1977, and her parents' 30-year battle to... 03:20
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Bill Moyers Journal | Nell Painter on Gilded Ages | PBS (#1147)
Full Program: Nell Painter on what history reveals about the current state of inequality in the US. 49:52
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INDEPENDENT LENS | Hard Road Home | PBS (#916)
HARD ROAD HOME follows two former felons in different stages of life "on the outside." Julio is a former drug dealer who has committed his life to the East Harlem program that helps break the cycle... 01:45
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INDEPENDENT LENS | How Is Your Fish Today? | PBS (#913)
While working on his latest screenplay in Beijing, Hui Rao is suffering from serious writer's block and begins to live the life of the character he is trying to create. The character, Lin Hao, is... 01:46
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INDEPENDENT LENS | A SON'S SACRIFICE | PBS (#912)
Imran, a young Muslim American, struggles to take over his father's neighborhood halal slaughterhouse in New York City. The son of an immigrant, Imran must confront his mixed heritage and gain... 01:32
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INDEPENDENT LENS | Today's Man | PBS (#910)
TODAY'S MAN tells the story of Nicky Gottlieb—a former child genius who, at age 21, is diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome—a high functioning form of Autism. The film follows Nicky as he struggles to... 02:28
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INDEPENDENT LENS | Miss Navajo | PBS (#905)
For more than 50 years, the Miss Navajo Nation beauty pageant has given its contestants opportunities to showcase not only their beauty but also their skills in dance, music and sheep slaughtering.... 02:06
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INDEPENDENT LENS | Wordplay | PBS (#901)
The New York Times crossword puzzle is considered one of the most difficult in America. Every day millions of people attempt to solve the mind-boggling game. WORDPLAY presents an entertaining and... 02:43
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BHUTAN: Taking The Middle Path To Happiness | Trailer | PBS
3 minute promo for hour-long video about Bhutan, its people, its culture and its practice of finding happiness on the middle path. 03:38
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INDEPENDENT LENS | Sentenced Home | PBS (#824)
Raised as Americans in inner city projects near Seattle, three young Cambodian refugees each made a rash decision as a teenager that irrevocably shaped their destiny. Years later, facing deportation... 03:44
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P.O.V. | The Chances of the World Changing | Trailer | PBS (#2005)
A decade ago, after an epiphany at a New York restaurant, Richard Ogust began dedicating his time and resources to rescuing endangered turtles — confiscating hundreds bound for Southeast Asian food... 01:53
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P.O.V. | 49 Up | Preview | PBS (#2013)
In one of documentary cinema's more remarkable enterprises, "49 Up" makes its U.S. broadcast premiere on P.O.V. on PBS in October 9, 2007 as the seventh in a series of films that has profiled a... 02:08
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POV | In The Realms of the Unreal | Darger Moves to an Asylum | PBS (#1807)
Describes Darger's move to the Lincoln Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children 03:09
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POV | In The Realms of the Unreal | The Vivian Girls | PBS (#1807)
The innocence of the children is juxtaposed with violence and pain. 02:50

















