POV Announces the Acquisition of Midwives, Debut Feature of Snow Hnin Ei HlaingMonday, November 21 at 10 pmPOV, the longest running independent documentary showcase on tele
Monday, Nov. 21, 2022 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS Video App. Meet two women running a makeshift clinic in western Myanmar torn apart by ethnic violence. The Buddhist owner helps her apprentice part of a Muslim minority group denied their basic rights become a steady health care provider for her people.
Midwives Canadian producer Mila Aung-Thwin has won this year’s Don Haig Award from the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.
A jury of independent filmmakers selects the winner of the award, which .
PBS’ ‘POV’ documentary series has acquired Midwives, a new film that premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival in the World Documentary Competition.
Filmed over five years, the documentary covers a makeshift .