P.O.V. celebrates
20 years on PBS
Present your MetroCard® at the following museums and get 2-for-1 admission, May through June 2007. Enjoy special screenings and events at the Brooklyn Museum, The Bronx Museum of the Arts and the Museum of the Moving Image
With the purchase of one regular admission, admission of equal or lesser value is complimentary.

   

Listen to the POV 20th Anniversary podcast

BROOKLYN MUSEUM
www.brooklynmuseum.org

Saturday, June 2
6:30 p.m.CHISHOLM '72 - Unbought & Unbossed by Shola Lynch. Award-winning documentary chronicles Brooklyn-born Shirley Chisholm and her groundbreaking run for president.

8:30 p.m. Maquilapolis [city of factories] by Vicky Funari and Sergio de la Torre. Set in Tijuana, this eye-opening film looks at globalization through the eyes of female factory workers.

Sunday, June 10
2 p.m. - 3 p.m. No More Tears Sister by Helene Klodawsky. This moving film recounts the courageous life of Sri Lankan human-rights activist Dr. Rajani Thiranagama.

3 p.m. - 5 p.m. Every Mother's Son by Tami Gold and Kelly Anderson. Followed by Q & A with the directors. Three mothers join forces to demand justice for their sons who were slain by police in the late 1990s.

Sunday, June 17
2 p.m. - 3 p.m. Georgie Girl by Annie Goldson and Peter Wells. The amazing life of a transgendered former sex worker who became a member of the New Zealand Parliament. A Women Make Movies selection.

3 p.m. - 5 p.m. The Education of Shelby Knox by Marion Lipschutz and Rose Rosenblatt. Followed by Q & A with the directors. A young Christian woman pledges abstinence and becomes an unlikely advocate for comprehensive sex education in high schools.

Sunday, June 24
2 p.m. - 3 p.m. Made in L.A. by Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar. A striking portrait of three Latina garment workers who courageously take on a major retailer for better working conditions.

3 p.m. - 5 p.m. What I Want My Words To Do To You by Madeleine Gavin, Judith Katz, and Gary Sunshine. Followed by Q & A with the director. Eve Ensler goes inside New York's Bedford Hills Correctional Facility to give a women's writing workshop.

200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn
718-638-5000; TTY: 718-399-8440
or to Eastern Parkway-Brooklyn Museum

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THE BRONX MUSEUM OF THE ARTS
www.bronxmuseum.org

Friday, June 1
6:30 p.m. Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars by Zach Niles and Banker White. Hosted by WNYC Radio Rookie Veralyn Williams. A band, born in the camps of war-torn West Africa, counts Keith Richards and Ice Cube among its fans. An astonishing story of survival and hope.

Friday, June 8
6:30 p.m. Palante Siempre Palante! The Young Lords by Iris Morales. Followed by a panel discussion with the director. The story of the Puerto Rican civil-rights organization in the early 1970s.

1040 Grand Concourse @ 165 St, Bronx
718-681-6000
or (weekdays) to 167 St/Grand Concourse
to 161 St-Yankee Stadium
Bus: Bx1, Bx2, BxM4 Express to 165 St and
Grand Concourse

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MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE
www.movingimage.us

Saturday, June 23
6:30 p.m. Revolution '67 by Marylou Bongiorno. Followed by Q & A with the director. Forty years after the riots in Newark, Revolution '67 tells the story of what really happened.

35 Ave at 36 St, Astoria
718-784-4520
Weekdays: or to Steinway St
Weekends: or to Steinway St
Bus (from Manhattan): Q101 (departs from 58 St and Second Av 24/7 every 15 to 30 minutes) to 35 Avenue in Astoria. Walk west on 35 Avenue.

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Screening schedule subject to change.
To find out more about P.O.V.'s local events and film screenings at these museums and other locations visit www.pbs.org/pov

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