P.O.V.

Season 19 Episode 3: The Fall of Fujimori

32 SeasonsJul 11, 2006NR1h8

Why do the comic-strip Adventures of Tintin, about an intrepid boy reporter, continue to fascinate us decades after their publication? "Tintin and I" highlights the potent social and political underpinnings that give Tintin's world such depth, and delve into the mind of Hergé, Tintin's work-obsessed Belgian creator, to reveal the creation and development of Tintin over time. Rare and surprisingly candid 1970s interviews reveal the profound insecurities and anxieties that d...

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Season 19 Episodes:

Episode 2 Tintin and I

2. Tintin and I

Aired: Jul 4, 2006

In Japan, baseball is not a pastime — it's a national obsession. And for many...

Episode 3 The Fall of Fujimori

3. The Fall of Fujimori

Aired: Jul 11, 2006

Why do the comic-strip Adventures of Tintin, about an intrepid boy reporter, ...

Episode 4 The Tailenders

4. The Tailenders

Aired: Jul 18, 2006

Global Recordings Network, a Christian organization, has recorded Bible stori...

Episode 6 Lomax the Songhunter

6. Lomax the Songhunter

Aired: Aug 1, 2006

The proud Mexican tradition of corrido music—captured in the performances of ...

Episode 7 Waging a Living

7. Waging a Living

Aired: Aug 22, 2006

Alan Lomax was "the song hunter." He devoted his life to recording the world'...

Episode 8 The Boys of Baraka

8. The Boys of Baraka

Aired: Aug 29, 2006

The term "working poor" should be an oxymoron. If you work full time, you sho...

Episode 13 Taylor

13. Taylor

Aired: Oct 24, 2006

My Country, My Country is a 2006 documentary film about Iraq under U.S. occup...


Info about P.O.V.

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Genres:Documentary