Subject: "49 Up" Premieres on PBS on Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 9 PM (check locallistings)
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P.O.V. INTERACTIVE NEWSLETTER - October 5, 2007
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** "49 Up" Premieres Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 9 PM (check local listings) **
** "20 Years of P.O.V.: The Art of Personal Storytelling" at The Paley
Center for Media - Oct. 29 in New York City **
** Special Event: "Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars" American
University Screening Celebrating P.O.V. - Nov. 1 in Washington, D.C. **
** P.O.V. Conference at the New School - Nov. 8 & 9 in New York City **
** Community Organizers and Educators: Sign Up for the Event Planner Tool **
** Local P.O.V. Events & Screenings Around the Country **
** Join the P.O.V. Group on Facebook **
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* "49 Up" Premieres Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 9 PM (check local listings) *
"There aren't many pieces of work, especially in film, that have the
patience or the longevity or the time to honor the drama of ordinary
life; and after all, the drama of what we all have to go through --
children, jobs, marriage, the things that touch us -- is the big drama
of life, far more so than the drama of movies and television."
--Filmmaker Michael Apted
http://www.pbs.org/pov/49up
In one of documentary cinema's more remarkable enterprises,
"49 Up" makes its U.S. broadcast premiere as the seventh in a
series of films that has profiled a group of English children every
seven years, beginning in 1964. Renowned director Michael
Apted (Coal Miner's Daughter, Gorky Park, Gorillas in the Mist)
has doggedly pursued the series as the children have grown into
adults, navigating the divide between childhood dreams and adult
realities. "49 Up" revisits questions of love, marriage, career, class
and prejudice -- discovering unexpected turns in individual lives
and surprising views of the Up film series itself.
"THE UP SERIES is on my list of the ten greatest films of all time."
- Roger Ebert
"One of the most remarkable experiments in the history of cinema."
- A.O. Scott, The New York Times
"Grade: A. '49 Up' is a precious document, and must viewing..."
- Entertainment Weekly
"One of the supreme creations of documentary filmmaking. Riveting."
- Salon.com
"Moving and ambitious in scale like nothing else in cinema."
- The Village Voice
The "49 Up" companion website offers a video trailer of the film,
an interview with the filmmaker (video, podcast and text); a list of
related websites, organizations and books; a discussion guide and
classroom activity; and the following special features:
INTERVIEW
Watch video excerpts from a conversation between Roger Ebert
and Up series filmmaker Michael Apted.
PHOTO GALLERY
Can't remember who's who? Familiarize yourself with the 12
grown-ups featured in "49 Up." Watch Tony, Neil, Sue, Lynn
and the rest of the gang grow older in this interactive gallery
of photos.
PODCAST
P.O.V.'s Chris White talks with "49 Up" filmmaker, Michael Apted,
about the Up Series, which he describes as "the most important work"
that he's ever done. Apted talks about the drama of ordinary life
in "49 Up," his respect for the participants and the history of the series.
Check your local listings at
http://www.pbs.org/pov/49up
Download the filmmaker interview podcast.
http://www.pbs.org/pov/podcast.html
TIP: Days and times for P.O.V. broadcasts do vary, so be
sure to check local listings for dates and airtimes on your
PBS station on our website.
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* "20 Years of P.O.V.: The Art of Personal Storytelling"
at Paley Center for Media *
Monday, October 29 at 7:00 pm in New York City
For two decades, P.O.V. has been the beacon for the independent
documentary spirit. This event will explore how the series has nurtured
personal storytelling with three filmmakers who embody the independent
vision: Ralph Arlyck, Alan Berliner, and Anne Makepeace. Each
filmmaker will screen clips from their work and will be joined by
executives from P.O.V. to discuss how the series and the independent
documentary have evolved over twenty years.
Q&A Filmmakers Ralph Arlyck ("Following Sean"), Alan Berliner
("The Sweetest Sound," "Intimate Stranger"), and Anne Makepeace
("Rain in a Dry Land"; "Baby, It's You"); Simon Kilmurry, Exec. Dir.,
P.O.V.; Marc Weiss, Founder, P.O.V.
http://www.paleycenter.org/events/ss-07fall/ny-docfest.htm
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* 2007 Human Rights Film Series at American University -
Special Event: Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars - Celebrating P.O.V.! *
Thursday, November 1 at 5:30 pm in Washington, D.C.
The Center for Social Media at American University in Washington,
D.C. will screen "Sierra Leone's All Star Refugees" as part of the
2007 Human Rights Watch Film Series and in celebration of
P.O.V.'s 20th anniversary. The event is open and free to the public,
located at the Wechsler Theater, 3rd Fl. Mary Graydon Center,
American University.
http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/events/2007_human_rights_film_series_the_refugee_all_stars/705
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* P.O.V. Conference at the New School - Nov. 8 & 9 in New York City *
"People. Passion. Perspective. -- P.O.V - Twenty Years of Documentary
Film," is a two-day conference sponsored by The New School
Media Studies and Documentary Certificate Programs in association
with the Vera List Center for Art and Politics to celebrate P.O.V.'s 20th
Anniversary.
The conference will be held on November 8 and 9, 2007, at the New
School's Theresa Lang Center, 55 West 13th Street, and will feature
a mix of screenings and panel discussions on films from the past 20
seasons. Open to New School faculty and students and the general
public.
http://www.newschool.edu/eventDetail.aspx?id=12618
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* Community Organizers and Educators: Sign Up for the
Event Planner Tool *
Last month, we launched our brand new Community Events Planner.
Teachers, community organizers and PBS station outreach managers
are already using this new online planner to apply to hold P.O.V.
screenings and events.
We are currently accepting applications for events around our recent films.
View a list of the films in the P.O.V. Community Engagement Library
(http://www.pbs.org/pov/utils/pdf/POV2007CEELibrary.pdf) and choose the
films you would like to plan events around.
Even if you are not planning on holding an event in the next few months,
please stop by the site and sign up for program reminders and updates
on new discussion guides, lesson plans, facilitator guides, and more!
http://www.amdoc.org/outreach/events/index.php
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* Local P.O.V. Events & Screenings Around the Country *
Local PBS stations, film festivals and community groups will
present a number of P.O.V. films, including 2007 films "Made in
L.A.," "Prison Town, USA," "Lumo" and "Following Sean,"
and earlier P.O.V. films such as "Hiding and Seeking,"
"The Brooklyn Connection," and "Lost Boys of Sudan" in
communities around the country.
Check the Amdoc/P.O.V. Outreach page for details, and for more
upcoming events near you.
http://www.amdoc.org/outreach_news.php
Next week's highlighted event:
"Arctic Son"
Unity, Maine
Wednesday, Oct. 10 at 7:30 pm
Unity College and Unity Center for the Performing Arts will
host a screening of Arctic Son. The screening is part of the
College's free Fall Film Series. The screening will be followed
by a facilitated discussion. The event will take place at the
Unity Center for the Performing Arts located at 42 Depot Street.
For more information please call 207 948-SHOW or
email show(at)unitymaine.org.
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* Join the P.O.V. Documentary Film Fan Group on Facebook *
Show your support for P.O.V. and find out about special community
screening events, share your thoughts about your favorite documentary
films (P.O.V. and non-P.O.V.) and much, much more!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4308079787
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