Coming Soon: On the Divide on POV

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Coming Soon:
On The Divide

McAllen, TX is home to the last reproductive health clinic on the Texas/Mexico border. It is the center of the tension between religious protesters who try to stop patients coming inside and the security staff of the clinic who fight to protect it. On The Divide follows three different Latinx members of this community and the unforeseen choices they face for their daily survival.

POV's final film of Season 34 premieres on Monday, April 18th, 2022 at 10:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS, pbs.org, and the PBS Video app.

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In The News

Select press coverage, interviews and related stories

"Crítica de 'On the Divide', una poderosa observación de resistencia" - review in La Estatuilla
"ON THE DIVIDE by Maya Cueva and Leah Galant Premieres April 18 on PBS' POV Series" - feature in Cinema Tropical
"POV: On the Divide" - feature in KPBS
"The Rio Grande Valley's Abortion Desert" - dispatch in The New Yorker

“We wanted to make sure protagonists’ stories led the film as opposed to talking heads or politicians. We hope that the film shows that there is space within the abortion debate to be both a person of faith and pro-abortion, and it’s valid to decide to have an abortion or to not as long as you are not interfering with other people’s decisions and support that the choice should legally exist. Ultimately, it comes down to bodily autonomy and how choice is necessary for survival.”

-Maya Cueva, Co-Director

Broadcast Events

Virtual and in-person opportunities to watch and engage

Directors Maya Cueva and Leah Galant in conversation with moderator Caryn Coleman of The Future of Film is Female and Justin Dowden of BKForge at Nitehawk Cinema, 4/13. Image by Colleen Sturtevant via Lightroom.

South Texans for Reproductive Justice and Peace is Loud Screening and Panel Discussion at McAllen Creative Incubator, 4/16
On the Divide Virtual Sneak Peak and Watch Party, 4/18
Austin Film Society Screening and Panel Discussion at AFS Cinema, 4/19

“We follow people who challenge preconceptions of what it means to have a stake in reproductive justice. We center those most impacted by anti-abortion legislation which are often low income communities of color. We want to leave audiences with this question: what does choice really mean when you aren’t afforded many options?”

-Leah Galant, Co-Director

Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, Open Society Foundations and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding comes from Nancy Blachman and David desJardins, Bertha Foundation, The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Charitable Trust, Park Foundation, Sage Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Chris and Nancy Plaut, Abby Pucker, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee and public television viewers. POV is presented by a consortium of public television stations, including KQED San Francisco, WGBH Boston and THIRTEEN in association with WNET.ORG.

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