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P.O.V. kicks off its 20th anniversary season on PBS on World Refugee Day, June 19, 2007, with "Rain in A Dry Land" by Anne Makepeace. How do More

P.O.V. kicks off its 20th anniversary season on PBS on World Refugee Day, June 19, 2007, with "Rain in A Dry Land" by Anne Makepeace. How do you measure the distance from an African village to an American city? What does it mean to be a refugee in today's "global village?" "Rain in a Dry Land" provides eye-opening answers as it chronicles the fortunes of two Somali Bantu families, transported by relief agencies from years of civil war and refugee life to Atlanta and Springfield, Massachusetts. As the newcomers confront racism, poverty and 21st-century culture shock, the filmmaker Anne Makepeace (P.O.V.'s "Baby, It's You") captures their efforts to survive in America and create a safe haven for their war-torn families. Their poetry, humor and amazing resilience show us our own world through new eyes. A co-production with the Independent Television Service (ITVS). Learn more about the current refugee situation in Africa in a series of interviews and find out about upcoming rebroadcasts of "Rain in a Dry Land" on PBS: http://www.pbs.org/pov/raininadryland Official Home Page Check your local PBS listings here: http://www.pbs.org/pov "Behind the Lens" Filmmaker Interview Podcasts: http://www.pbs.org/pov/podcast.html If you get podcasts on iTunes: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=78338363 Online Short Film Festival: http://www.pbs.org/pov/shorts Find out about local P.O.V. screening events around the country: http://www.amdoc.org/outreach_news.php Stay in touch and never miss another broadcast! Sign up for P.O.V.'s email newsletter: http://www.pbs.org/pov/utils/newsletter/newsletter.html "The documentary series P.O.V. begins its 20th season on PBS with a story that unfolds like a movie, and involves you so quickly that before you know it you care deeply about the people whose ordeals are being told... By truly letting us experience the immigrant journey from their 'P.O.V.,' this series begins its 20th-anniversary season impressively." — David Bianculli, New York Daily News
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