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Well-Founded Fear

Season 12 Episode 10 | 2hr 00m 06s

Well-Founded Fear focuses on both the pleas of immigrants to stay in the United States, and the consideration of their cases by INS officers. At issue in every case are the requirements of asylum. The law says you can offer asylum if you find that someone has a well-founded fear of persecution. Political asylum — who deserves it? Who gets it?

Aired: 06/04/00 | Expires: 05/26/19
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 National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding comes from Nancy Blachman and David desJardins, Bertha Foundation, The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Charitable Trust, Park Foundation, Sage Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Chris and Nancy Plaut, Abby Pucker, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee and public television viewers. POV is presented by a consortium of public television stations, including KQED San Francisco, WGBH Boston and THIRTEEN in association with WNET.ORG.
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Interview with The Age of Water directors Isabel Alcántara Atalaya and Alfredo Alcántara.
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Trailer for The Age of Water by directors Isabel Alcántara Atalaya and Alfredo Alcántara.
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Residents from Oaxacan town Niltepec alchemize blue indigo pigment from the jiquilite plant.
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Behind the Lens interview with DRIVER director Nesa Azimi.
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Behind the Lens interview with A New Kind of Wilderness director Silje Evensmo Jacobsen.
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Trailer for A New Kind of Wilderness by director Silje Evensmo Jacobsen.
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Trailer for Emergent City by directors Kelly Anderson and Jay Arthur Sterrenberg.
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Behind the Lens interview with Emergent City directors Kelly Anderson and Jay Arthur Sterrenberg.
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In 1930s Brooklyn, Van Harris grew up a block away from his wife-to-be Shirley.
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Behind the Lens interview with Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision director Freida Lee Mock.