PORCELAIN WAR | Official Trailer | POV on PBS POV 2026-09-23 | PORCELAIN WAR | Official Trailer | POV on PBS
POV Season 36 | POV | PBS POV 2023-06-22 | POV is back for its 36th season! Sixteen stories capture people living, creating, and adapting to a rapidly changing world. Catch the new season on PBS and the PBS App. #POVonPBS pbs.org/pov--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs
Sanjna Selva | Filmmaker Spotlight | POV Shorts POV 2023-03-10 | #FilmmakerFriday: Hear from POV Shorts: CALL ME ANYTIME, I’M NOT LEAVING THE HOUSE director Sanjna Selva on the film’s conception in an intimate conversation w/ #POValum Judith Helfand. #POVShortsPBS Two days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Lesya Verba, a Brooklyn-based artist and performer, gets through to her older sister in Odessa, Ukraine via FaceTime. Through the frame of this first FaceTime conversation since the day everything changed, CALL ME ANYTIME, I’M NOT LEAVING THE HOUSE is a film about love, memory, national identity, and the (im)permanence of home, as the sisters cling to a call that could be their last.CALL ME ANYTIME, I’M NOT LEAVING THE HOUSE is now available to stream on www.pov.org and the @PBS app. ▶️#PBS #Documentary #ShortFilm #Ukraine #Home#Sisterhood #Family #FaceTime #Community
Filmmaker Q&A | I Didnt See You There | POV | PBS POV 2023-01-30 | "I think if you're a visibly disabled person or even an invisibly disabled person, there are moments where you feel the entire world's looking at you. And while they're looking at you, they are not seeing you." Hear from @ididntseeyouthere filmmaker Reid Davenport, in conversation w/ Steve Way, following the film's screening at #ReelAbilites Film Festival 2022. --Shot entirely from director Reid Davenport's physical perspective - mounted to his wheelchair or handheld - I Didn't See You There expands on the tradition of point-of-view cinema by incorporating a disabled aesthetic generated through Davenport's own embodiment. The film serves as an unequivocal rebuke to the norm of disabled people being seen and not heard.POV: I Didn't See You There had its broadcast premiere Monday, Jan 9, on PBS and is now available to stream on www.pov.org and the PBS Video App.#POVonPBS #PBS #DidntSeeYouThere #Documentary #Disability #Accessibility #Oakland
Wuhan Wuhan | Official Trailer | POV | PBS POV 2022-12-07 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/films/wuhanwuhan | #WuhanWuhanPBSWith unprecedented access in a period of pandemic lockdown, Wuhan Wuhan documents February and March 2020 in Wuhan where the coronavirus was first discovered. Going beyond the statistics and salacious headlines, frontline medical workers, patients, and ordinary citizens put a human face on the early days of the mysterious virus as they grapple with an invisible, deadly killer. Wuhan Wuhan made its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, July 11, 2022 on PBS!--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs
Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust | Official Trailer | POV | PBS POV 2022-12-07 | Official Website: http://www.pbs.org/pov/manzanardiverted | #ManzanarDivertedPBSThree communities intersect, sharing histories of forced removal – Japanese Americans who were incarcerated at the Manzanar WWII concentration camp, Native Americans who were forced from these lands, and ranchers turned environmentalists, who were bought out by the LA Department of Water and Power. How do they come together in the present moment to defend their land and water from Los Angeles? A co-production of the Center for Asian American Media and Vision Maker Media. A co-presentation with the Center for Asian American Media.Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust made its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, July 18, 2022 on PBS!--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs
Winters Yearning | Official Trailer | POV | PBS POV 2022-12-07 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/wintersyearning | #WintersYearningPBSIn Maniitsoq, Greenland, the US aluminum giant Alcoa Corporation has been planning to build a smelting plant for years. With the promise of economic renewal, Winter's Yearning follows the lives of the area’s loyal aging population and its stymied youth. Pictured against immense, isolating landscapes, the people await their plant and with it, the nation's possible first step towards sovereignty.Winter's Yearning made its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, July 25, 2022 on PBS!--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs
Hes My Brother | Official Trailer | POV | PBS POV 2022-12-07 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/hesmybrother | #HesMyBrotherPBSChristine's brother Peter experiences his world through touch, smell, and taste. Now 30 years old, Peter's family is having trouble finding the proper care for his multiple disabilities. Told through Christine's eyes, He's My Brother explores how the family works to assure him a dignified life once the parents are gone -- and Christine's uncertainties about one day becoming his primary caregiver.He's My Brother made its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, August 1, 2022 on PBS!--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs
President | Official Trailer | POV | PBS POV 2022-12-07 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/president | #PresidentFilmPBSZimbabwe is at a crossroads. The new leader of the opposition party, MDC, Nelson Chamisa, is challenging the old guard, ZANU-PF, represented by the acting president, Emmerson Mnangagwa. The 2018 Zimbabwean general election serves as the ultimate test for both the ruling party and for the opposition. How will they interpret democracy in a post-Mugabe era – in discourse and in practice? Winner, 2021 Sundance World Cinema Documentary, Excellence Verité Filmmaking. Shortlisted, 94th Academy Awards. A co-presentation with Black Public Media.President made its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, August 8, 2022 on PBS!--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs
Faya Dayi | Official Trailer | POV | PBS POV 2022-12-07 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/fayadayi | #FayaDayiPBSA hypnotic immersion in the world of Harar, Ethiopia, a place where one commodity – khat, a euphoria-inducing plant – holds sway over the rituals and rhythms of everyday life, Faya Dayi captures intimate moments in the lives of everyone from the harvesters of the crop to people lost in its narcotic haze to a desperate but determined younger generation searching for an escape from political strife. Official selection 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Shortlisted, 94th Academy Awards. A co-presentation with Black Public Media.Faya Dayi made its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, August 29, 2022 on PBS!--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs
Delikado | Official Trailer | POV | PBS POV 2022-12-07 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/delikado | #DelikadoPBSPalawan is a tropical island paradise and one of Asia's tourist hotspots. But for a tiny network of environmental crusaders struggling to protect its spectacular forests and seas, it is a battlefield. Delikado follows three land defenders as they brave violence, death threats and murder while trying to stop politicians and businessmen from destroying the Philippines’ last ecological frontier. A co-production of POV and ITVS.Delikado made its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, September 26, 2022 on PBS!--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs
The Last Out | Official Trailer | POV | PBS POV 2022-12-07 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/lastout | #LastOutFilmPBSThree Cuban baseball players leave their families and risk exile to train in Central America and chase their dreams of playing in the United States. At the shadowy nexus of the migrant trail and pro sports, The Last Out chronicles their difficult journey, from multi-step immigration obstacles and learning English to the broken promises and dubious motives of agents. Official selection, 2020 Tribeca Film Festival (premiered in 2021). A co-presentation with Latino Public Broadcasting.The Last Out made its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, October 3, 2022 on PBS!--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs
Accepted | Official Trailer | POV | PBS POV 2022-12-07 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/accepted | #AcceptedFilmPBSAccepted follows four high school students at T.M. Landry, a prep school in rural Louisiana known for its viral videos of seniors being accepted to the Ivy Leagues and sending 100% of its graduates to college. But an explosive NY Times article exposes the controversial methods of its dynamic founder – and the fiction of meritocracy in American higher education. Official selection, 2021 Tribeca Film Festival.Accepted made its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, October 10, 2022 on PBS!--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs
Midwives | Official Trailer | POV | PBS POV 2022-12-07 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/midwives | #MidwivesFilmPBSMidwives chronicles two women who run a makeshift medical clinic in a region torn apart by violent ethnic divisions. Hla, the owner, is a Buddhist in western Myanmar, where the Rohingya, a Muslim minority, are persecuted and denied basic rights. Nyo Nyo is a Muslim and an apprentice. Encouraged and challenged by Hla, Nyo Nyo is determined to become a steady health care provider for her people. Winner, 2022 Sundance World Cinema Documentary, Excellence Verité Filmmaking. A co-production of POV.Midwives made its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, November 21, 2022 on PBS!--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs
Let the Little Light Shine | Official Trailer | POV | PBS POV 2022-12-07 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/letthelittlelightshine | #LittleLightShineFilmPBSNational Teachers Academy (NTA) is considered a beacon for Black children: a top-ranked, high-performing elementary school located in the fastest growing neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. As the neighborhood gentrifies, a wealthy parents’ group seeks to close NTA and replace it with a high school campus. How will NTA's students, parents, and educators fight to save their beloved institution? A co-production of POV and ITVS, in association with Black Public Media.Let the Little Light Shine made its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, December 12, 2022 on PBS!--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs
Message from a Filmmaker | Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust | POV | PBS POV 2022-12-07 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/films/manzanardiverted | #ManzanarDivertedPBS --Director Ann Kaneko discusses the significance of land and water as a life source in Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust. -Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust had its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, July 18, 2022.--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs
Message from a Filmmaker | Winters Yearning | POV | PBS POV 2022-12-07 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/wintersyearning | #WintersYearningPBS --Directors Sidse Larsen and Sturla Pilskog discusses the dynamics of sovereignty and immigration, and the metaphorical meaning of winter in their film, Winter's Yearning. -Winter's Yearning had its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, July 25, 2022.--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs
Message from a Filmmaker | Hes My Brother | POV | PBS POV 2022-12-07 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/hesmybrother | #HesMyBrotherPBS--Director Cille Hannibal and co-director Christine Hanberg discuss the importance of disability rights and family caregiving. -He's My Brother had its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, August 1, 2022.--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs
Message from a Filmmaker | President | POV | PBS POV 2022-12-07 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/president | #PresidentFilmPBS--Director Camilla Nielsson reflects on the universal project of creating democracy and the lessons that can be learned from Zimbabwe's 2018 presidential election.-President had its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, August 8, 2022.--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs
Message from a Filmmaker | Faya Dayi | POV | PBS POV 2022-12-07 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/fayadayi | #FayaDayiPBS--Director Jessica Beshir discusses the complex relationship between Ethiopia's economy, the country's communities and the euphoria-inducing plant, khat. -Faya Dayi had its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, August 29, 2022.--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs
Message from a Filmmaker | Love & Stuff | POV | PBS POV 2022-12-07 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/loveandstuff | #LoveAndStuffFilmPBS--Director Judith Helfand reflects on the love that lies in the things you leave behind for your loved ones once you've passed on. -Love & Stuff had its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, September 5, 2022.--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs
Message from a Filmmaker | Delikado | POV | PBS POV 2022-12-07 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/delikado | #DelikadoPBS--Journalist and director Karl Malakunas discusses the courageous role of land defenders in the fight against climate change. -Delikado had its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, September 26, 2022.--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs
Message from a Filmmaker | The Last Out | POV | PBS POV 2022-12-07 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/lastout | #LastOutFilmPBS--Directors Sami Khan and Michael Gassert discuss the intersections of pro sports, labor, and the person behind the player. -The Last Out had its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, October 3, 2022.--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs
Message from a Filmmaker | Midwives | POV | PBS POV 2022-12-07 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/midwives | #MidwivesFilmPBS--Director Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing discusses the importance of the often overlooked experiences of women and children in conflict zones. -Midwives had its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, November 21, 2022.--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs
Message from a Filmmaker | Let the Little Light Shine | POV | PBS POV 2022-12-07 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/letthelittlelightshine| #LittleLightShineFilmPBS--Director Kevin Shaw explains the motivation behind Let the Little Light Shine and the importance of education equity. -Let the Little Light Shine had its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, December 12, 2022.--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs
Message from a Filmmaker | Who Killed Vincent Chin? | POV | PBS POV 2022-12-07 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/whokilledvincentchin | #WhoKilledVincentChinPBS--Filmmakers Christine Choy and Renee Tajima- Peña discuss the importance of building race consciousness and capturing one's own stories.-Who Killed Vincent Chin? had its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, June 20, 2022--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs
Message from a Filmmaker | Wuhan Wuhan | POV | PBS POV 2022-12-07 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/wuhanwuhan | #WuhanWuhanPBS--Filmmaker Yung Chang reflects on the importance of capturing the experiences of essential workers and families at the heart of the COVID outbreak in Wuhan, China during February and March 2020.-Wuhan Wuhan had its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, July 11, 2022.--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs
Who Killed Vincent Chin? | Official Trailer | POV | PBS POV 2022-12-07 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/whokilledvincentchin | #WhoKilledVincentChinPBSOn a hot summer night in Detroit in 1982, Ronald Ebens, an autoworker, killed Vincent Chin, a young Chinese American draftsman with a baseball bat. Although he confessed, he never spent a day in jail. This gripping Academy Award-nominated film relentlessly probes the implications of the murder, for the families of those involved, and for the American justice system. A co-presentation with Detroit Public Television and the Center for Asian American Media.Who Killed Vincent Chin? made its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, June 20, 2022 on PBS!--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs
Judith Helfand Interview | Love & Stuff | POV | PBS POV 2022-09-16 | Official Website: loom.ly/Xbodgmg | #LoveAndStuffPBSAward-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand harnesses every bit of her signature first-person style and heimish gallows humor to face a universally gut-wrenching reality – imagining life without her mother. In this exclusive Q&A sitdown w/ fellow @POVdocs filmmaker Sanjna Selva (Call Me Anytime, I’m Not Leaving the House), Judith discusses her absorbing film LOVE & STUFF. LOVE & STUFF is now available to stream on www.pov.org and on the @PBS Video App. #LoveAndStuffFilmPBS--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs
Filmmaker Interview w/ Hualun | Wuhan Wuhan | POV | PBS POV 2022-09-16 | Official Website: loom.ly/7jCQXDs | #WuhanWuhanPBSFilmmakers Yung Chang and Creative Exec, Starlight Media, Lizzy Liu, connect with WUHAN WUHAN music composers Hualun in an exclusive Q&A on @POVdocs! #WuhanWuhanPBSWUHAN WUHAN made its national broadcast and streaming premiere on the PBS television series POV on Monday, July 11, 2022.--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/pov Like POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocs Follow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocs Follow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs
On The Divide | Official Trailer | POV | PBS POV 2022-04-07 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/watch/onthedivide | #OnTheDivideFilmPBSOn The Divide follows the story of three Latinx people living in McAllen, Texas who, despite their views, are connected by the most unexpected of places: the last reproductive health clinic on the U.S./Mexico border. As threats to the clinic and their personal safety mount, these three are forced to make decisions they never could have imagined. On The Divide makes its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, April 18th on PBS!--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs
Not Going Quietly | Official Trailer | POV | PBS POV 2022-01-11 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/watch/notgoingquietly #NotGoingQuietlyPBS--A rising star in progressive politics and new father, Ady Barkan’s career and family are upended when he is diagnosed with ALS at age 32. After a chance encounter with a powerful Senator on an airplane catapults him to national fame, Ady and a motley crew of activists storm across the country, igniting a once-in-a-generation movement for healthcare for all Americans.Not Going Quietly makes its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, January 24th on PBS!--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs
Fruits of Labor | Official Trailer | POV | PBS POV 2021-09-15 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/watch/fruitsoflabor | #FruitsOfLaborPBS--Ashley, a Mexican-American teenager living in California, dreams of graduating high school and going to college. But when ICE raids threaten her family, Ashley is forced to become the breadwinner, working days in the strawberry fields and nights at a food processing company. A co-presentation of POV and VOCES, co-produced by POV and Latino Public Broadcasting. Official Selection, SXSW Film Festival.Fruits of Labor makes its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, October 4 at 10 p.m. EST (check local listings).--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocsThe award-winning POV (a cinema term for “point of view”) series is the longest-running showcase on television to feature the work of America's best contemporary-issue independent filmmakers.
Official Trailer | The Song of the Butterflies | POV | PBS POV 2021-08-11 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/watch/songofbutterflies | #SongOfButterfliesPBS--Rember Yahuarcani is an Indigenous painter and one of the last surviving members of the White Heron clan of the Uitoto Nation in Peru. He left to pursue a successful career in Lima, but when he finds himself in a creative rut, he returns home to his Amazonian community to visit his father, a painter, and his mother, a sculptor, and discovers why the stories of his ancestors cannot be forgotten. A co-presentation of Latino Public Broadcasting and Vision Maker Media.--The Neutral Ground makes its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, August 30 at 10 p.m. EST (check local listings).Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocsThe award-winning POV (a cinema term for “point of view”) series is the longest-running showcase on television to feature the work of America's best contemporary-issue independent filmmakers.
Official Trailer | Pier Kids | POV | PBS POV 2021-06-25 | Official Website: http://www.pbs.org/pov/pierkids | #PierKidsPBS --On the Christopher Street Pier in New York City, homeless queer and trans youth of color forge friendships and chosen families, withstanding tremendous amounts of abuse while working to carve out autonomy in their lives. With intimate access to these fearless young people, Pier Kids highlights the precarity and resilience of a community many choose to ignore. Winner, Independent Spirit Truer Than Fiction Award. --Landfall makes its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, August 2 at 10 p.m. ET (check local listings).Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocsThe award-winning POV (a cinema term for “point of view”) series is the longest-running showcase on television to feature the work of America's best contemporary-issue independent filmmakers.
Official Trailer | Mayor | POV | PBS POV 2021-06-25 | Official Website: http://www.pbs.org/pov/mayor | #MayorFilmPBS --Musa Hadid is the Christian mayor of Ramallah, the de facto capital of the Palestinian Authority. As he tries to keep his city running while paving sidewalks, planning holidays and building a new fountain, his job is made increasingly difficult by the Israeli occupation of his home. Mayor asks with humor and quiet outrage: how do you run a city if you don’t have a country?--Mayor makes its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, July 26 at 10 p.m. ET (check local listings).Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocsThe award-winning POV (a cinema term for “point of view”) series is the longest-running showcase on television to feature the work of America's best contemporary-issue independent filmmakers.
Official Trailer | Stateless | POV | PBS POV 2021-06-25 | Official Website: http://www.pbs.org/pov/stateless | #StatelessFilmPBS--Director Michèle Stephenson’s new documentary follows families of those affected by the 2013 legislation stripping citizenship from Dominicans of Haitian descent, uncovering the complex history and present-day politics of Haiti and the Dominican Republic through the grassroots electoral campaign of a young attorney named Rosa Iris. A co-production of POV, Latino Public Broadcasting, and Black Public Media.--Stateless makes its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, July 19 at 10 p.m. ET (check local listings).Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocsThe award-winning POV (a cinema term for “point of view”) series is the longest-running showcase on television to feature the work of America's best contemporary-issue independent filmmakers.
Official Trailer | Landfall | POV | PBS POV 2021-06-25 | Official Website: http://www.pbs.org/pov/landfall | #LandfallFilmPBS --Through shard-like glimpses of everyday life in post-Hurricane María Puerto Rico, Landfall is a cautionary tale for our times. Set against the backdrop of the protests that toppled the governor in 2019, the film offers a prismatic portrait of collective trauma and resistance as Puerto Ricans navigate dismantled social services and newcomers eager to profit. A co-production of POV and ITVS, in association with Latino Public Broadcasting. Independent Spirit Award nominee. Official Tribeca selection.--Landfall makes its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, July 12 at 10 p.m. ET (check local listings).Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocsThe award-winning POV (a cinema term for “point of view”) series is the longest-running showcase on television to feature the work of America's best contemporary-issue independent filmmakers.
Hate Still Stands: A Roundtable Discussion | POV POV 2021-06-23 | On Thursday, June 17, POV hosted activist Bree Newsome Bass, documentary director CJ Hunt, and SPLC Chief of Staff Lecia Brooks for a roundtable discussion on the future of the Confederate symbols movement and the fight to remove them from public spaces. The conversation was moderated by Erika Dilday, executive producer for POV.The roundtable announced SPLC's latest Whose Heritage? data drop, which addresses the unfinished business of reckoning with the 32 empty Confederate pedestals that remain standing across the United States.--Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/pov Like POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocs Follow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocs Follow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs The award-winning POV (a cinema term for "point of view") series is the longest-running showcase on television to feature the work of America's best contemporary-issue independent filmmakers.
Official Trailer | The Neutral Ground | POV | PBS POV 2021-06-21 | Official Website: http://www.pbs.org/pov/neutralground | #NeutralGroundFilmPBS--The Neutral Ground documents New Orleans’ fight over monuments and America’s troubled romance with the Lost Cause. In 2015, director CJ Hunt was filming the New Orleans City Council’s vote to remove four confederate monuments. But when that removal is halted by death threats, CJ sets out to understand why a losing army from 1865 still holds so much power in America. A co-production of POV and ITVS, in association with the Center for Asian American Media. A co-presentation of Black Public Media and the Center for Asian American Media.--The Neutral Ground makes its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, July 5 at 9:30 p.m. (check local listings).Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocsThe award-winning POV (a cinema term for “point of view”) series is the longest-running showcase on television to feature the work of America's best contemporary-issue independent filmmakers.
Through The Night | Official Trailer | POV | PBS POV 2021-04-26 | Official Website: to.pbs.org/32Och1l | #ThroughTheNightPBSThrough the Night is a verité documentary that explores the personal cost of our modern economy through the stories of two working mothers and a child care provider, whose lives intersect at a 24-hour daycare center in New Rochelle, New York. Official Selection, Tribeca Film Festival. A co-production of POV and ITVS in association with Latino Public Broadcasting and Black Public Media.Through the Night has its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, May 10 at 10 p.m. (check local listings).Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/pov/ Like POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocs/ Follow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocs Follow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs The award-winning POV (a cinema term for “point of view”) series is the longest-running showcase on television to feature the work of America's best contemporary-issue independent filmmakers.
Official Trailer | Otherly Series | POV | NFB POV 2021-03-04 | Official Instagram Page: http://bit.ly/OtherlySeriesIG#OtherlySeries #WhoIsOtherlyPremiering on Instagram Stories, Otherly is a series of seven short documentaries about finding one’s place in the 21st century. Using universal themes like love, inclusion, and loss as entry points, seven female, non-binary, and genderqueer creators have crafted films that are at once timeless and yet by definition of their form, ephemeral.The stories range from family relationships to exploring LGBTQIA+ identities to a search for freedom and independence. During this time of enforced social distancing, it’s especially poignant that the films were created for Instagram, one of the few spaces in which we’re able to stay connected. Otherly is a co-production between the POV Spark and the National Film Board of Canada.Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/pov/Like POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocs/Follow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocsThe award-winning POV (a cinema term for “point of view”) series is the longest-running showcase on television to feature the work of America's best contemporary-issue independent filmmakers.
Filmmaker Q&A | Now Is The Time | POV Shorts | PBS POV 2021-02-04 | Official Website: http://www.pbs.org/pov/watch/nowisthetime#NowIsTheTimePBS--Director Christopher Auchter sat down with POV Shorts Producer Opal Hope Bennett to talk about how he came across Robert's story, Christopher's own Haida Gwaii heritage and history, revitalizing culture through tradition and more!--Now Is The Time broadcast as part of PBS documentary series POV Shorts' 3rd Season on November 9, 2020. Christopher Auchter's documentary revisits the day in 1969 when renowned Haida carver Robert Davidson crafted the first new Haida totem pole in over a century. Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/pov/Like POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocs/Follow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocsThe award-winning POV (a cinema term for “point of view”) series is the longest-running showcase on television to feature the work of America's best contemporary-issue independent filmmakers
Filmmaker Q&A | All Cats Are Grey in the Dark | POV Shorts | PBS POV 2021-02-03 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/watch/allcatsaregreydark#AllCatsAreGreyInTheDarkPBSDirector Lasse Linder sat down with POV Shorts Producer Opal Hope Bennett to talk about meeting Christian and his cats (the subject of his film) in a bar, the unique visual composition of Christian's apartment, his strategy for filming human-cat interactions and more!--All Cats Are Grey in the Dark is about Christian, an eccentric Austrian man who lives with his two beloved cats, Marmelade and Katjuscha. Yearning to become a father, Christian has Marmelade fertilized by an exquisite tomcat abroad. The film broadcast as part of PBS documentary series POV Shorts' 3rd Season on November 16, 2020. Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/pov/Like POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocs/Follow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocsThe award-winning POV (a cinema term for “point of view”) series is the longest-running showcase on television to feature the work of America's best contemporary-issue independent filmmakers.
Filmmaker Q&A | Another Hayride | POV | PBS POV 2021-01-30 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/watch/anotherhayride#AnotherHayridePBS--Director Matt Wolf sat down with POV Shorts Producer Opal Hope Bennett to talk about how Matt came across Louise Hay's story, making a documentary during a pandemic, what to make of complicated legacies and more!--Another Hayride broadcast as part of PBS documentary series POV Shorts' 4th Season on January 16th, 2020. The film, created entirely out of archival footage, takes its audience back to the 1980s in the midst of the AIDS crisis to self-help guru Louise Hay's "Hayrides," counseling sessions for HIV-positive gay men that preached the healing power of self-love. Though Hay was not without her critics, she offered two things desperately needed during a period of societal and governmental neglect: hope and community. Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocsThe award-winning POV (a cinema term for “point of view”) series is the longest-running showcase on television to feature the work of America's best contemporary-issue independent filmmakers.
Filmmaker Q&A | We Are The Radical Monarchs | POV | PBS POV 2021-01-28 | Official Website: http://to.pbs.org/3t4gkmb#RadicalMonarchsFilmPBS--The film team and protagonists of POV's We Are The Radical Monarchs sit down with actress and activist Rosario Dawson and award-winning filmmaker and POV alum Yoruba Richen to discuss the making of the film, the importance of community activism in this moment, representation, and joy!--We Are The Radical Monarchs broadcast on PBS as part of POV's 33rd Season. Set in Oakland, California, the film follows the Radical Monarchs, a group of young girls of color on the frontlines of social justice movements, as they earn badges on such subjects as LGBTQ allyship, environmental preservation, and disability justice.Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocsThe award-winning POV (a cinema term for “point of view”) series is the longest-running showcase on television to feature the work of America's best contemporary-issue independent filmmakers.
Filmmaker Q&A | Sing Me a Lullaby | POV Shorts | PBS POV 2021-01-27 | Official Website: pbs.org/pov/watch/singmelullaby#SingMeALullabyPBSDirector Tiffany Hsiung and Co-Producer Priscilla Galvez sit down with POV Shorts Producer Opal Hope Bennett to talk about the personal history that inspired the film, Hsiung's journey to Taiwan, filling in the gaps of family memories and more! --In 1965, Tiffany Hsiung's mother was separated from her parents; she never saw them again. Sing Me a Lullaby follows Hsiung as she tracks down her birth grandparents forty years later. The film broadcast as part of PBS documentary series POV Shorts' 4th Season on January 11, 2021. Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocsThe award-winning POV (a cinema term for “point of view”) series is the longest-running showcase on television to feature the work of America's best contemporary-issue independent filmmakers.
Filmmaker Q&A | The Love Bugs | POV Shorts | PBS POV 2021-01-27 | Official Website: http://www.pbs.org/pov/watch/thelovebugs#TheLoveBugsPBS--Directors Maria Clinton and Allison Otto sit down with POV Shorts Producer Opal Hope Bennett to talk about their filmmaking process, the original score for the film, what the O'Briens initially thought of the title and more! --The Love Bugs broadcast as part of PBS documentary series POV Shorts' 3rd Season on November 8, 2020. The short documentary follows two octogenarian entomologists who have been married for over sixty years and, during that time, have amassed the world's largest private collection of insects. Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocsThe award-winning POV (a cinema term for “point of view”) series is the longest-running showcase on television to feature the work of America's best contemporary-issue independent filmmakers.
Behind The Lens | The Mole Agent POV | PBS POV 2021-01-22 | Official Website: http://www.pbs.org/pov/watch/moleagent #MoleAgentFilmPBS--Director Maite Alberdi gives some background for her latest documentary, The Mole Agent, before breaking down one of the film's best scenes: when Sergio uncovers the source behind the residents' missing items. --The Mole Agent broadcasts nationally and makes its streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, January 25th at 9 p.m. (check local listings)Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/povLike POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocsFollow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocsFollow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocsThe award-winning POV (a cinema term for “point of view”) series is the longest-running showcase on television to feature the work of America's best contemporary-issue independent filmmakers.
Official Trailer | The Mole Agent | POV | PBS POV 2021-01-12 | When a family grows concerned for their mother’s well-being in a retirement home, private investigator Romulo hires 83-year-old Sergio to become a new resident and a mole inside the home. Sergio struggles to balance his assignment with his increasing involvement in the lives of other residents.
Behind The Lens | Softie | POV | PBS POV 2020-12-14 | Official Website: to.pbs.org/3gR7lin | #SoftieFilmPBS-- Director Sam Soko takes us behind the lens to discuss the last protest scene in the documentary Softie.--Softie had its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pbs.org/pov on Monday, November 12, 2020. Enjoy full episodes of your favorite POV programs: http://www.pbs.org/pov Like POV on Facebook: facebook.com/povdocs Follow POV on Twitter: twitter.com/povdocs Follow POV on Instagram: instagram.com/povdocs The award-winning POV (a cinema term for "point of view") series is the longest-running showcase on television to feature the work of America's best contemporary-issue independent filmmakers.
