Henry Darger had a difficult childhood that influenced his views on good and evil. The first clip associated with the "In the Realms of the Unreal": Good and Evil lesson plan shows Darger's move from the Mission of Our Lady of Mercy to the Lincoln Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children. Students should examine good and evil, and recognize the complexities in life that make choices more challenging.

Learn more about Henry Darger's artistic technique profiled in 'In the Realms of the Unreal.'

The first clip associated with the "In the Realms of the Unreal": The Artist and Society lesson plan shows how in 1909, Henry Darger started illustrating his fantasy world using techniques he devised through trial and error. Students should discuss why an artist might borrow an image from an existing picture, illustration or photo.

In 1968, Shirley Chisholm becomes the first black woman elected to Congress. In 1972, she becomes the first black woman to run for president. Shunned by the political establishment, she's supported by a motley crew of blacks, feminists, and young voters. Their campaign-trail adventures are frenzied, fierce and fundamentally right on!

Filmmaker Shola Lynch talks about her 2005 POV film, Chisholm '72, and her wish that the film will be a springboard for discussion about democracy, particularly amongst children whose ideas about democracy are still being formed.

Filmmakers Megan Mylan and Jon Shenk talk about the making of Lost Boys of Sudan. Mylan says that she hopes the film will encourage viewers to ask immigrants why they moved to this country.

Filmmakers Kelly Anderson and Tami Gold on the making of their film Every Mother's Son.

Filmmakers Catherine Tambini and Carlos Sandoval talk about how Farmingville, their film about immigrants on Long Island, is about the making of America. Sandoval explains that he was surprised by the amount of hate that is already out there against Latinos.

Filmmaker Jennifer Dworkin talks about the making of' Love & Diane.' She says that depression, despair and anger are huge currents in the lives of this family.

Filmmaker Annie Goldson talks about the making of Georgie Girl, and why she thinks that Georgina's story is an encouraging parable for our times.

Williams and Dow reflect on what's changed since Two Towns of Jasper was filmed and premiered on POV in 2003.

Whitney Dow and Marco Williams explain and reflect on their experiences filming with segregated film crews.

Dow and Williams discuss the reactions of their subjects after seeing Two Towns of Jasper.

Brother Outsider filmmaker Nancy Kates and executive producer Sam Pollard describe the mark that Bayard Rustin left on America.

In her documentary "Senorita Extraviada," Lourdes Portillo investigates the murders of 271 girls in the border town of Juarez. In this interview, Portillo describes the fear and silence she experienced during filming, and the need to expose these crimes and raise awareness. (This is a rough cut from the POV archives.)

Highlights of filmmaker interviews and iconic films from the first 15 years of POV, the longest running nonfiction film series on TV. This highlight reel originally aired in 2002.

Want to remember high school? Director Frederick Wiseman talks about his 1968 documentary High School saying that he does not like to focus on a particular character, but rather make films that focus on a place. Never asking anyone to do anything special for the camera, he made a series of films about contemporary American life, of which High School became a true marker of the times.

In this interview conducted for the 2001 POV broadcast of "The Sweetest Sound," Alan Berliner talks about his inspiration for making a film about his name. He acknowledges the narcissism associated with such a project, but says he hopes his film will become a mirror for others to learn about the meaning of their own names. (This is a rough cut from the POV archives.)

Steven Cozza mounted a grassroots campaign at his local grocery store in California to end the Boy Scouts' discriminatory policy against gay people. Filmmaker Tom Shepard describes Steven's courage and determination which drew him to making the film Scout's Honor.

There are over one million Gypsies living in America today, and most people don’t know anything about them. It is one man’s obsessive pursuit of justice and dignity that led filmmaker Jasmine Dellal into their hidden thousand-year-old culture. Charming and outspoken, Spokane resident Jimmy Marks defies widely held stereotypes–and his own people’s code of secrecy–to unlock a Romani world in America