Series creator Marc Weiss describes why he created the POV series on PBS, highlighting the difference between journalism and filmmaking and why there is a need for both in society.

How have documentaries changed our conception of politics? Throughout its illustrious history POV has been committed to dissecting political issues and illuminating the electoral process. At the Paley Center for Media, filmmakers Marshall Curry, Shola Lynch, Laura Poitras and Marco Williams, along with critic Caryn James, discussed how to cover the politcal system and gain access to it.

Iconic filmmakers Richard Wormser and Bill Jersey take a look back at their careers as documentarians and the role of the documentarian in society.

Following a screening of 'Girl Model' at the Brooklyn Museum, models, lawyers and advocates discuss labor violations in modeling, and the push to protect models' rights.

Filmmakers A. Sabin and David Redmon discuss the modeling industry, the origins of their film, and what they wish audiences will take away from 'Girl Model.'

This provocative film is a lyrical exploration of youth, beauty and ambition, seen through the eyes of a conflicted American scout and a 13-year-old she discovers. Broadcast Date: March 24, 2013

Ashley, a modeling scout, attends castings and beauty pageants in Siberia, looking for "fresh" new girls to send to Japan for potential modeling jobs.

13-year-old aspiring model Nadya faces difficulties after being sent to Japan with promised jobs and bookings.

Former model and model advocate Rachel Blais explains how using young girls to advertise for women's products can affect the body images of consumers.

A veteran reporter and his colleagues at an independent newsweekly defy powerful drug cartels and corrupt officials to continue publishing the news in Mexico. Broadcast Date: January 7, 2013

A reporter for Zeta, and independent newsweekly out of Tijuana, Mexico, is threatened after publishing sensitive information.

Blancornelas forms 'Zeta,' a newsweekly out of Tijuana, Mexico, in the 1980s, after seeing a need for more investigative journalism in the reporting of drug trafficking and politics.

A Zeta reporter, after deciding to use his own byline, puts his life on the line in order to publish an important list of people linked to organized crime.

Adela Navarro updates POV viewers on how 'Reportero' has affected the newsweekly Zeta and how she feels it has impacted her safety for the better.

Bernardo Ruiz discusses making 'Reportero,' a documentary about Tijuana journalists risking everything to report on narco trafficking and political corruption.

Patricio Guzmán's Nostalgia for the Light is a remarkable meditation on memory, history and eternity. Chile’s remote Atacama Desert, 10,000 feet above sea level, provides stunningly clear views of the heavens for astronomers. But it also holds secrets from the past: human remains, from pre-Columbian mummies to the bones of political prisoners "disappeared" during the Pinochet dictatorship.

In this clip from 'Nostalgia for the Light,' an architect who was imprisoned at a concentration camp during Augusto Pinochet's regime in Chile explains how he was able to memorize and document the camp, without getting caught.

In this clip from 'Nostalgia for the Light,' a woman who continues to search for the bodies of those who were "disappeared" during Pinochet's regime remembers learning of her brother's fate after part of his remains were discovered.

In this clip from 'Nostalgia for the Light,' a man remembers the astronomy club he was a part of while he was imprisoned in a concentration camp under Augusto Pinochet's regime in Chile.

When a Navajo couple uncovers a hidden link between their children’s rare genetic disorder and the American government’s conquest of their tribe, their lives are changed forever.