The Feeling of Being Watched (2018, dir. Assia Boundaoui)
This October, we bring you Breaking the Silence, a curated collection of six courageous documentaries committed to hard histories and transformative justice around the world. "The struggle of man against power," as Milan Kundera wrote, "is the struggle of memory against forgetting." Our celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month continues through October 15 featuring three of our best POV Shorts. And finally, don't miss the Season 35 premieres of The Last Out, Accepted, and An Act of Worship.
Breaking the Silence offers discussion guides for each of the feature-length films in the collection and is an invitation to dialogue about very difficult chapters of history. It is based on a belief in the power of human connection and designed for people who want to use these documentaries to engage family, friends, classmates, colleagues and communities in conversations about reconciliation, trauma, and the power of a story to understand the consequences of historical violence and the power of healing.
Additionally, the following films are accessible for public screening by signing up on the Community Network:
The Apology is available to K-12 Schools, Libraries, NGOs, Community Media Centers, and PBS Stations.
Call Her Ganda is available to K-12 Schools, Libraries, NGOs, Community Media Centers, PBS Stations, Government Organizations, Religious Organizations, and Individual Community Organizations.
A collective memory of Mt. Pleasant's Salvadoran community and the May 1991 rebellion.
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, Perspective Fund 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, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, 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.
