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‘Wo Ai Ni Mommy’ follows immigrant girl

By ShelteringTree | Published August 31, 2010

In its second presentation this month about the identity struggles faced by a girl who is internationally adopted at 8 years old, PBS’ POV premieres Wo Ai Ni (I Love You) Mommy, tonight at 10 p.m. ET. Directed by Stephanie Wang-Breal, the documentary follows Chinese orphan Fang Sui Yong, later known as Faith, and the […]

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Sierra Leone youth have a voice on WeOwnTV

By ShelteringTree | Published August 20, 2010

With Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars performing tonight at Rockland’s Strand Theatre, we shine a light on WeOwnTV. The organization was co-founded in 2009 by Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars musician Alhaji “Black Nature” Kamara and filmmakers Banker White and Zach Niles. The roots began when the three met in 2002 during the making of […]

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Checking in on Lewiston’s Somali community

By ShelteringTree | Published August 8, 2010

Today at 5 p.m. ET, MPBN’s Maine Watch with Jennifer Rooks is re-airing its Feb. 11 telecast of “Lewiston’s Somali Community Turns 10,” about the state of this Maine small city and its immigrant community, now a decade after thousands of Somali refugees first began to arrive. The program features a panel with: Fatuma Hussein, Somali […]

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POV gives light to ‘Presumed Guilty’ of Mexico

By ShelteringTree | Published July 27, 2010

Award-winning documentary “Presumed Guilty,” about two young, married lawyers who turn their cameras on the Mexican justice system, makes its PBS POV debut tonight, 10 p.m. ET. The film is also available online through Aug. 3. Toño Zúñiga was picked up off a Mexico City street and sentenced to 20 years for a murder that occurred while he […]

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Kenyans oppose aid-gone-awry in ‘Good Fortune’

By ShelteringTree | Published July 13, 2010

Two Kenyans fight to save their homes after being caught in the collateral damage of well-meaning, large-scale aid projects in “Good Fortune.” The documentary debuts on PBS’ POV tonight at 10 p.m. ET and is available online through Oct. 12. In the Kibera section of Nairobi, home to as many as 1 million people, Silva Adhiambo […]

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