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Filmmakers Pamela Yates, Paco de Onis and Peter Kinoy talk about their film, "The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court." The film follows the court as it tries to prosecute the perpetrators of genocide. (8 minutes)

Filmmaker Eric Daniel Metzgar talks about the making of "Life. Support. Music.," which follows guitarist Jason Crigler, who suffers a brain hemorrhage on stage, and his astonishing journey to recovery. (5 minutes)

Filmmaker Olivier Meyrou talks about "Beyond Hatred," the story of a family's struggle to seek justice for their murdered son while trying to transcend hatred and the desire for revenge. (5 minutes)

Filmmaker Jennifer Maytorena Taylor talks about her film, "New Muslim Cool," which follows Puerto Rican-American rapper Hamza Perez, who pulled himself out of street life 12 years ago and became a Muslim. (10 minutes)

NPR reporter Joanne Silberner talked to Obama adviser Ezekiel Emanuel and Families USA executive director Ron Pollack about why there's hope on the horizon for those who want to improve American health care. (38 minutes)

Filmmakers Catherine Ryan and Gary Weimberg talk about "Soldiers of Conscience," which profiles 8 American soldiers, including four who decide not to kill, and four who believe in their duty to kill if necessary. (18 minutes)

Filmmakers Yung Chang ("Up the Yangtze"), Ellen Perry ("Great Wall Across the Yangtze") and David Redmon ("Mardi Gras: Made in China") talk about the challenges and rewards of making documentaries in contemporary China. (44 minutes)

WNYC's Political Director Andrea Bernstein interviews Princeton economist Uwe Reinhardt and filmmaker Roger Weisberg about the candidates' health care plans and the economics of health care in the U.S. and abroad. (23 minutes)

When Chicago filmmaker Joanna Rudnick tested positive for the "breast cancer gene" at age 27, she knew the information could save her life. Joanna talks about her film, "In the Family," which documents her journey. (23 minutes)

How would John McCain and Barack Obama reform America's health care system? KCBS reporter Doug Sovern moderated a debate held in Sept 2008 to learn how each candidate would approach this looming issue. (65 minutes)

"Critical Condition" asks what happens if you fall sick and are one of 47 million people in American without health insurance, and follows four critically ill, uninsured Americans. Filmmaker Roger Weisberg talks to POV. (17 minutes)

Renee Tajima-Pena and Evangeline Griego talk about "Calavera Highway," which follows Armando and Carlos Pena, who carry their mother's ashes to Texas in a roadtrip that turns into a quest for answers about their family history. (20 minutes)

Filmmaker Robert Elfstrom talks about capturing the Man in Black in his 1969 film, "Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music." (16 minutes)

Filmmaker Kazuhiro Soda talks about his film "Campaign," which provides a startling insider's view of Japanese democracy through its portrait of a man plucked from obscurity by the ruling party to run for a critical city council seat. (17 minutes)

Filmmaker Kieran Fitzgerald talks about his film, "The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez," which chronicles the shooting of an American citizen at the U.S./Mexico Border by the U.S. Marines. (19 minutes)