POV S03E11 · Going Up

Overview

The creation of a skyscraper is transformed into a breathtaking visual experience as time-lapse photography, hard hat banter and construction worker choreography are set to a score by 15 new music composers in an urban ballet forty stories above New York harbor.

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1. 1 1. Through the Wire1990-06-26 · 1h 0mAn underground, high-security isolation unit at the Federal prison in Lexington, Kentucky, was built to house three female inmates convicted of politically motivated crimes. An int
2. 2 2. Metamorphosis: Man Into Woman1990-07-03 · 1h 0mGary, a 39 year-old successful animation artist and devout Christian, is pursuing a lifelong dream — to become a woman. A candid, non-sensational and sometimes humorous journey of
3. 3 3. Larry Wright1990-07-10 · 1h 0mWith a subway platform as his stage and a plastic can as his instrument, 14-year-old Larry Wright is a self-taught drummer with astonishing talent. A rousing tribute to the Harlem
4. 4 4. On Ice1990-07-10 · 1h 0mCryonics — the freezing of human beings after death for future revival — is the focus of this off-beat film by two science buffs-turned-film-majors. Alternately deadpan and dead se
5. 5 5. Salesman1990-07-24 · 1h 0mIn its national broadcast premiere, this bittersweet classic from pioneering filmmakers follows four door-to-door Bible salesmen as they walk the line between hype and despair. The
6. 6 6. Police Chiefs1990-07-31 · 1h 0mThree big-city police chiefs reveal sharply differing philosophies of law enforcement. Daryl Gates introduced SWAT to Los Angeles. Anthony Bouza ruffled feathers in Minneapolis. Le
7. 7 7. Kamala and Raji1990-08-07 · 1h 0mTwo poor women in India attempt to improve their lives. Kamala and Raji's resourcefulness, aspirations, and capacity for joy shatter stereotypes of Indian women as voiceless figure
8. 8 8. Days of Waiting1990-08-15 · 30mArtist Estelle Peck Ishigo went with her Japanese American husband into an internment camp during World War II, one of the few Caucasians to do so. An "outsider's" perspective on t
9. 9 9. Golub1990-08-14 · 1h 20mThe role of art in America has been debated everywhere from the Halls of Congress to the local shopping mall. More than a portrait of the socially committed painter Leon Golub, who
10. 10 10. Green Streets1990-08-21If a tree can grow in Brooklyn, can an eggplant flourish in the Bronx? Community gardens in New York City have helped to nourish neighborhood pride, racial tolerance, and a budding
11. 11 11. Going Up1990-08-21 · 30mThe creation of a skyscraper is transformed into a breathtaking visual experience as time-lapse photography, hard hat banter and construction worker choreography are set to a score
12. 12 12. Motel1990-08-28 · 1h 24mBehind the faded signs of three motels in the American Southwest lay entire worlds of passion, loyalty, adventure and fate. Veteran filmmaker Christian Blackwood winds his way into
13. 13 13. Ossian: American Boy, Tibetan Monk1990-09-04 · 1h 0mOssian Maclise is not an average American teenager. Born in Massachusetts, he has been living in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery since the age of four. At seven, his monastic order re
14. 14 14. ¡Teatro!1990-09-04 · 1h 0mFounded by a Jesuit priest from St. Louis, a grassroots theatre company takes its shows on the unpaved roads of Honduras to enlighten and inspire villagers in the impoverished coun
15. 15 15. People Power1990-09-11 · 1h 0mAfter years of witnessing firsthand the horrors of guerrilla wars, Israeli-born producer Ilan Ziv traveled to Chile, the Philippines and the West Bank to explore the development of
16. 16 16. Letter to the Next Generation1990-07-17 · 1h 0mAre college students today apathetic and self-centered? Twenty years after National Guardsmen opened fire on student antiwar demonstrators, Jim Klein, a '60s radical-turned-filmmak