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Classroom Clip: Vivian Saunders

The Hive founder, Vivian Saunders, explains the opportunities and challenges of Bertie.

Aired 08/28/2017

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Classroom Clip: Vivian Saunders

Clip: Season 30 Episode 12 | 7m 7sVideo has Closed Captions

The Hive founder, Vivian Saunders, explains the opportunities and challenges of Bertie.

This clip offers students the opportunity to meet Vivian Saunders, the founder of The Hive—the alternative school where Jr, Bud, and Dada attend—and get a more complicated understanding of the opportunities and challenges each face coming of age in rural North Carolina.

Aired 08/28/2017

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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...

Raising Bertie - Trailer

Preview: S30 Ep12 | 2m 10s | A portrait of three African American boys as they face a precarious coming of age. (2m 10s)

As an outsider to Bertie, why did you make this film?

Clip: S30 Ep12 | 1m 10s | Margaret Byrne discusses her role as a white filmmaker and outsider making Raising Bertie. (1m 10s)

Classroom Clip: Junior, Dada and Bud

Video has Closed Captions

Clip: S30 Ep12 | 4m 19s | Meet Junior, Dada and Bud, who tell the story of growing up in Bertie County. (4m 19s)

Classroom Clip: Making It

Video has Closed Captions

Clip: S30 Ep12 | 4m 55s | Dada, Junior and Cheryl (Junior's mother) build a better life for themselves. (4m 55s)

Classroom Clip: Next Steps

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Clip: S30 Ep12 | 4m 12s | Dada graduates, Bud struggles with fatherhood, and Junior prepares to become a new father. (4m 12s)

How did Vivian's work support the youth of Bertie?

Clip: S30 Ep12 | 1m 38s | Filmmaker Margaret Byrne discusses the history of The Hive in Bertie County. (1m 38s)

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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...

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