- Welcome to POV .
I'm Pete Schwaba, host of PBS Wisconsin's Director's Cut .
Tonight, we bring you the film And She Could Be Next .
This documentary by filmmakers Grace Lee and Marjan Safinia
is POV's first broadcast miniseries
and will be broadcast over two nights
here on PBS Wisconsin.
It explores the journey of five female political candidates,
all women of color, as they seek election
during the 2018 midterms.
The film explores the changing political landscape
and voting demographics
as the United States' electorate transforms
from primarily white to a non-white majority
that includes immigrants and first time voters.
Lee and Safinia follow these candidates
as they try to galvanize marginalized voters
who will decide not only the 2018 midterms,
but future elections to come in America.
Both Lee and Safinia have impressive resumes as filmmakers
and are also women of color.
Iranian-born Marjan Safinia is a world-renowned documentarian
and social justice activist,
whose films have been broadcast all over the world
and collectively in over 100 film festivals.
Grace Lee won a Peabody Award
for The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs ,
which premiered here on POV , and she is co-founder
of the Asian American Documentary Network.
She was also a guest on Director's Cut ,
where she discussed her poignant political satire
Janeane from Des Moines .
That's two talented directors on two nights of POV .
And She Could Be Next starts now on PBS Wisconsin,
your home for independent film.