POV Shorts: Our Motherland Fantasy Nightmare
Season 35 Episode 502 | 25m 1sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
Two families experience homeland violence across generations.
Two families experience homeland violence across generations. Two Ukrainian sisters separated by distance and war and a call that could be their last. A perilous swim from China to Hong Kong parallels a new generation's quest for freedom.
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POV Shorts: Our Motherland Fantasy Nightmare
Season 35 Episode 502 | 25m 1sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
Two families experience homeland violence across generations. Two Ukrainian sisters separated by distance and war and a call that could be their last. A perilous swim from China to Hong Kong parallels a new generation's quest for freedom.
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[ Knocking ] [ Footsteps ] [ Door closes ] [ Projector whirring ] ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Indistinct shouting ] ♪♪ [ Indistinct talking ] [ Switches click ] ♪♪ [ Wind whistling ] ♪♪ -We have some pictures tonight of one of the more unusual migration routes in the world of young Chinese leaving mainland China for Hong Kong.
-...clashes, sparking some of the worst violence between protestors and police.
-...the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the world our firm and reasoned commitment to safeguard our freedom.
-The activist said, "By losing this fight, it will be our last breath of freedom."
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Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the...