Web Users Are Invited to Share Their Videos on P.O.V. and OMN Web Sites

New York & Palo Alto, CA - How would you define "American?" How would your family and friends? Is there something you want to say to people all over the world about your vision for America? If you have a video or cell-phone camera, you can share your point of view on P.O.V.'s innovative new Web site, P.O.V.'s Borders -- American ID and on Open Media Network (OMN).

P.O.V. and OMN have joined forces to put the "public" back in public media by allowing people to "upload" their videos easily on the Web to share their unique perspectives. P.O.V. ("point of view"), public television's award-winning showcase for independent nonfiction films, recently launched P.O.V.'s Borders -- American ID, a new installment of PBS's first Web-only documentary series. The interactive, multipart series looks at American identity from a global perspective. The "How We See Us" section accessed from the P.O.V. and OMN sites, will showcase video created by Americans about American identity starting Monday, July 24. Open Media Network is a nonprofit focused on making it easier to find high-quality audio and video programming from innovative educational, community and nonprofit organizations.

At home and abroad, the question of what makes an American has become one of the key issues for the 21st century. P.O.V.'s Borders -- American ID explores the myths and realities of being American in the world today. Through a series of interactive features, Web visitors are invited to explore and share their own views on how American identity is shaped and perceived. Reporters in Beirut, Lebanon, Caracas, Venezuela and Cape Town, South Africa offer a look at how others see Americans. Each episode of the series will ask visitors to consider an aspect of their everyday lives in ways that challenge their preconceptions and expand our own "borders" of understanding.

SOURCE: P.O.V. and OMN