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Scenes From a Parish Premiering Tonight on Independent Lens
“[Scenes From a Parish] unfolds in a series of incredibly diverse personal stories as both O’Brien and his fractious flock struggle to hold fast to their faith in the face of dire circumstances.”
- Chicago Tribune
When a young, irreverent priest arrives at Saint Patrick Parish in Lawrence, Massachusetts, he discovers the unexpected––boiling ethnic tensions in a changing working-class community. Filmed over four years, the film follows the diverse personal stories of Father Paul O’Brien and his unruly flock as they struggle to hold onto faith in the face of desperate circumstances.
Scenes From a Parish premieres tonight, December 29, at 10:00 PM on Independent Lens on PBS (check local listings).
CASH & MARRY Premiering Tonight on The Documentary Channel
One of the easiest ways for immigrants to obtain Austrian citizenship is to marry someone from that country. CASH & MARRY documents the struggles and destinies of young men on student visas from the Balkans who travel to Vienna in order to obtain a wife and permanent residence.
Check out this companion piece to CASH & MARRY, which airs at 9:00 PM tonight, November 30, on The Documentary Channel. In this clip, hear from the film’s director Atanas Georgiev and the film subjects about the struggles immigrants face when seeking permanent residence.
CASH & MARRY premieres tonight at 9:00 PM on The Documentary Channel (check local broadcast schedule)
Watch THE NEW AMERICANS on Global Voices on PBS WORLD
Tune in this Sunday, August 16 at 10:00 PM (check local listings) for the final episode of THE NEW AMERICANS on Global Voices on PBS WORLD.
This seven-part series, airing on Sundays through August 16, looks at the search for the “American dream” through the eyes of recent immigrants and refugees during their first tumultuous years in America. From Nigeria, India, the Dominican Republic, Mexico and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, each family has come with different hopes: to achieve athletic glory or high-tech riches, to escape poverty and persecution or to simply provide for their families.
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Film Update: P.O.V. Interviews MADE IN L.A. Filmmakers
This week, select PBS stations are re-airing the ITVS program MADE IN L.A (check local listings). The 2007 Emmy Award winning film, which premiered on P.O.V., looks at the lives, struggles and personal transformation of three Latina immigrants working in garment factories and the impact of globalization.
P.O.V. recently interviewed filmmakers lmudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar to find out what happened to the film’s subjects—Lupe, Maura and Maria. MADE IN L.A. has gone on to screen around the world including festivals in Spain, Israel, Brazil and Korea. The film was also screened on Capitol Hill for a select group of Members of Congress involved in immigration reform and policy.
Watch THE NEW AMERICANS on Global Voices on PBS WORLD
Tune in this Sunday, August 2 at 10:00 PM (check local listings) for the fifth episode of THE NEW AMERICANS on Global Voices on PBS WORLD.
This seven-part series, airing on Sundays through August 16, looks at the search for the “American dream” through the eyes of recent immigrants and refugees during their first tumultuous years in America. From Nigeria, India, the Dominican Republic, Mexico and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, each family has come with different hopes: to achieve athletic glory or high-tech riches, to escape poverty and persecution or to simply provide for their families.
Watch a preview:
Like what you saw? Download all the episodes on iTunes >>
Watch THE NEW AMERICANS on Global Voices on PBS WORLD
Tune in this Sunday, July 26 at 10:00 PM (check local listings) for the fourth episode of THE NEW AMERICANS on Global Voices on PBS WORLD.
This seven-part series, airing on Sundays through August 16, looks at the search for the “American dream” through the eyes of recent immigrants and refugees during their first tumultuous years in America. From Nigeria, India, the Dominican Republic, Mexico and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, each family has come with different hopes: to achieve athletic glory or high-tech riches, to escape poverty and persecution or to simply provide for their families.
Watch a preview:
Like what you saw? Download all the episodes on iTunes >>
Watch THE NEW AMERICANS on Global Voices on PBS WORLD
Tune in this Sunday, July 19 at 10:00 PM (check local listings) for the third episode of THE NEW AMERICANS on Global Voices on PBS WORLD.
This seven-part series, airing on Sundays through August 16, looks at the search for the “American dream” through the eyes of recent immigrants and refugees during their first tumultuous years in America. From Nigeria, India, the Dominican Republic, Mexico and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, each family has come with different hopes: to achieve athletic glory or high-tech riches, to escape poverty and persecution or to simply provide for their families.
Watch a preview:
Like what you saw? Download all the episodes on iTunes >>
Download THE NEW AMERICANS Viewing Party Guide
How much do you know about immigration, citizenship and identity? Are you a news junkie or in a community-based organization that enjoys discussing current events?
THE NEW AMERICANS, airing Sundays through August 16 at 10:00 PM on Global Voices on PBS WORLD (check local listings), explores what the “American dream” looks like through the eyes of today’s immigrants and refugees.
Get the conversation started and download a companion party guide. Designed for small groups who are interested in watching the series in segments (either as a part of the Global Voices broadcast, DVD or iTunes), the guide provides activities and discussion topics related to issues of immigration, culture, citizenship and identity.
Watch THE NEW AMERICANS on Global Voices on PBS WORLD
It’s summertime, and for TV viewers everywhere that means the dreaded season of reruns and reality TV. But wait, don’t give up on your television just yet because ITVS is bringing you something actually worth watching.
The acclaimed miniseries THE NEW AMERICANS airs July 5-August 16 in one-hour weekly installments at 10:00 PM on Global Voices on PBS WORLD (check local listings).
This seven-part series looks at the search for the “American dream” through the eyes of recent immigrants and refugees during their first tumultuous years in America. From Nigeria, India, the Dominican Republic, Mexico and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, each family has come with different hopes: to achieve athletic glory or high-tech riches, to escape poverty and persecution or to simply provide for their families.
Watch a preview:
Like watching films online? Get THE NEW AMERICANS on iTunes >>
Filmmaker Profile: Gordon Quinn, THE NEW AMERICANS
This summer, Global Voices on PBS WORLD presents an encore of 
Kartemquin Films’ THE NEW AMERICANS. The seven-hour, critically acclaimed documentary miniseries follows four years in the lives of a diverse group of immigrants and refugees as they journey from around the globe to start new lives in America. From heart-wrenching farewells to initial impressions of the United States, from debunked myths to realized dreams, the series captures the modern immigrant experience.
Presented in one-hour weekly installments from July 5 to August 16, the broadcast will feature updates on what the individuals profiled have been doing since the series first aired. Optional Spanish audio narration will be available. THE NEW AMERICANS can also be found on iTunes.
Gordon Quinn, executive producer of THE NEW AMERICANS and creative director and founding member of Kartemquin Films, has been making documentaries for more than 40 years. His first film, Home For Life (1966), was called “an extraordinarily moving documentary” by film critic Roger Ebert and set the direction for Quinn’s filmmaking career—creating cinéma vérité works that investigate and critique society by documenting the unfolding lives of real people.
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