After a screening at the Brooklyn Museum, producer Daniel Wolff talked about 'I'm Carolyn Parker' and took questions from the audience.

Jonthan Demme talks with POV about the subject of his portrait documentary 'I'm Carolyn Parker: The Good, the Mad, and the Beautiful.' The film follows Carolyn as she tries to rebuild and stand her ground for the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Demme discusses the filmmaking techniques he used to make the story both personal and universal.

Carolyn remembers her grandmother's home cooking in Louisiana.

Carolyn explains how thankful she was for still having her house after Katrina.

Carolyn, who was fair as a child, remembers her first encounter with segregation on a bus with her grandmother.

Carolyn remembers how she used to make dresses for her mother when she was young.

Carolyn explains why she never used recipes as a cook, and then as a licensed chef.

Carolyn remembers addressing a committee concerning the rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Katrina.

See how a sauna provides a place for Finnish men to sweat out far more than the grime of contemporary life. 8/16/2012

Winner of a Student Academy Award®, 'Sin País (Without Country)' explores one family’s complex and emotional journey involving deportation.

Theo Rigby discusses the impact of immigrant policy in the United States, and how his photography background influences his filmmaking aesthetic.

James Armstrong and his son remember the historic moment when their local school became integrated and the Armstrong boys became some of the first black students to attend.

James Armstrong, whose Alabama barbershop has been a hub for haircuts and civil rights for 50 years, celebrates the election of the first black president.

Robin Fryday discusses what inspired her to make her first film The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement and the difficulties she faced along the way.

Alabama barber and civil rights veteran James Armstrong remembers how he always thought that the worst thing a man could do was "nothing."

Savor brief documentaries, including an Oscar nominee, a Student Academy Award® winner and “StoryCorps.” 8/9/2012

Tamara, a bright and hard-working student at Navajo Pine High School in Navajo, NM, dreams of going to college and furthering her education.

As Thomas gets ready to embark on his life after high school, which may include leaving the Navajo reservation, his family holds a traditional meeting for him.

Erica Scharf discusses the filmmaking process behind 'Up Heartbreak Hill,' and her subjects' reactions to seeing the film.

Thomas introduces us to Navajo, New Mexico, the reservation he lives on. He describes the challenges that accompany living on a reservation, but emphasizes the sense of home and the legacy that ties him to the land.