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Ella Es El Matador (She Is The Matador) on POV Tonight (9/1/09)

Michael Tully — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:04:29 +0000

Thanks to the consistently illuminating POV series, PBS-ready households are in store for another small treat this week with the airing of Gemma Cubero and Celeste Carrasco’s Ella Es El Matador (She Is The Matador)—though a more appropriate title might […]

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HOLD ME TIGHT, LET ME GO

Michael Tully — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:10:29 +0000

(For those of you who haven’t seen Kim Longinotto’s Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go, you’re in for a real treat, as it makes its American television debut on Tuesday, July 28th, as part of PBS’ POV series. Visit the […]

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A Conversation With Kim Longinotto (ROUGH AUNTIES)

Michael Tully — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:49:44 +0000

Over the course of the past thirty years, English documentarian Kim Longinotto has amassed a body of work that ranks up there with the best of them. Longinotto makes films about marginal characters in overlooked communities, finding true heroism in […]

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