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Point of View (1988)
Season 27 • Episode 6 • Fallen City
Point of View Season 27, Episode 6: Fallen City
After Beichuan, China was destroyed in an earthquake, buildings are rebuilt more quickly than the community. Official Selection of Sundance 2013. Watch Point of View Season 27, Episode 6 Fallen City in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of Point of View Season 27, Episode 6 and share your thoughts in the comments below!
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13 episodes
When I Walk
The Season 27 premiere features Jason DaSilva's "When I Walk," in which the filmmaker chronicles his life for five years after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at age 25. By happenstance, a family member records the moment when the diagnosis hits home: while vacationing in the Caribbean, his legs give out. Yet, not all is bad: he meets Alice Cook, whose mother also has MS, at a support group. The two fall in love, marry and collaborate on completing the documentary.
60 min
American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs
A profile of 98-year-old Grace Lee Boggs, a Chinese-American social activist in Detroit who has spent much of her adult life fighting for civil rights and female equality.
60 min
My Way to Olympia
Filmmaker Niko von Glasow profiles participants at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, including a one-handed Norwegian table tennis player, the Rwandan sitting volleyball team, an American archer who uses his feet and a Greek paraplegic boccia player. Along the way, von Glasow—who was born with severely shortened arms—sees his preconceptions and stereotypes about the Paralympics and sports in general upended.
60 min
Getting Back to Abnormal
The changed realities of post-Katrina New Orleans, including a population that is less African-American and less poor than before the storm, are examined in this documentary, which focuses on the 2010 re-election campaign of city councilwoman Stacy Head, a polarizing figure, and her aide, Barbara Lacen-Keller.
60 min
Dance for Me
The world of professional ballroom dancing in Denmark, where participants often look beyond the country's borders for the perfect partner, is examined. The documentary follows Egor, a 15 year old from Russia, as he adjusts to life in Denmark and to his 14-year-old Danish partner, Mie.
60 min
Fallen City
After Beichuan, China was destroyed in an earthquake, buildings are rebuilt more quickly than the community. Official Selection of Sundance 2013.
60 min
15 to Life: Kenneth's Story
The story of a 15-year old sentenced to four life sentences. Does society benefit from incarcerating young teens to a lifetime in prison?
60 min
A World Not Ours
A family's experience living in a Lebanese refugee camp for multiple generations. Love and family are tinged with desperation. Official Selection of the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival.
60 min
Big Men
Explorers the world of backroom negotiations and deal making in Ghana's oil business.
60 min
After Tiller
The story of the four abortion doctors that remained in Wichita, Kansas after the assassination of George Tiller in 2009.
60 min
The Genius of Marian
Pam White and her family struggle to retain her memories and life by recording their interactions in the face of an Alzheimer diagnoses.
60 min
Koch
The mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989, Ed Koch fought crime and financial difficulties during a difficult period for the City of New York.
60 min
The Act of Killing
Joshua Oppenheimer visits men accused of playing a key role in the killing of over one-million Indonesians in 1965. Initially, the men explain their actions as patriotic and necessary. But over time, some question their actions. 2013 Oscar nominee. 2014 BAFTA Best Documentary.
60 min