P.O.V.

Season 19 Episode 6: Lomax the Songhunter

32 SeasonsAug 01, 2006NR1h8

The proud Mexican tradition of corrido music—captured in the performances of Mexican band Los Tigres del Norte and the late Chalino Sanchez—provides both heartbeat and backbone to this rich examination of songs, drugs and dreams along the U.S./Mexico border. Al Otro Lado follows Magdiel, an aspiring corrido composer from the drug capital of Mexico, as he faces two difficult choices to better his life: to traffic drugs or to cross the border illegally into the United States. An Official Select...

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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...


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Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Genres:Documentary