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POV (a cinema term for "point of view") is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. POV premieres 14-16 of the best, boldest and most innovative programs every year on PBS. Since 1988, POV has presented over 400 films to public television audiences across the country. POV films are known for their intimacy, their unforgettable storytelling and their timeliness, putting a human face on contemporary social issues.

Series Overview

Rating

  • imDb Rating: 7.7 (138 Votes)
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Plot

POV, a cinema term for "point of view," is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. Since 1988, POV has presented more than 300 of the best, boldest and most...

Details

  • Rated: N/A
  • Released: 05 Jul 1988
  • Runtime: N/A
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Director: N/A
  • Writer: Marc Weiss
  • Actors: Angela Davis, Deann Borshay, Peter Dinklage, Mohamed Bangura
  • Language: English
  • Country: USA
  • Awards: Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 30 wins & 79 nominations.
  • Total Seasons: 29

Previous Episode

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Blowin' Up

Episode 32x14; Oct 21, 2019

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The Silence of Others
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Grit
32x10: Grit
Farmsteaders
32x9: Farmsteaders
Happy Winter
32x8: Happy Winter
The Distant Barking of Dogs
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Inventing Tomorrow
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Season 1

Episode No. No. Overall Title Airdate Runtime Summary
1 1 Acting Our Age 1988-07-05 90
2 2 American Tongues 1988-07-05 90
3 3 Fire from the Mountain 1988-07-12 90
4 4 Knocking on Armageddon's Door 1988-07-19 90
5 5 Living with AIDS 1988-07-19 90
6 6 Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo 1988-08-02 90
7 7 The Good Fight 1988-08-09 90
8 8 Louie Bluie 1988-08-23 90
9 9 Gates of Heaven 1988-08-30 90
10 10 Best Boy 1988-09-06 90
11 11 Rate It X 1988-07-26 90
12 12 Metropolitan Avenue 1988-08-16 90

Season 2

Episode No. No. Overall Title Airdate Runtime Summary
1 13 Girltalk 1989-07-15 90
2 14 Who Killed Vincent Chin? 1989-07-16 90
3 15 Coming Out 1989-07-23 90
4 16 Wise Guys! 1989-07-23 90
5 17 The Family Album 1989-07-30 90
6 18 Dark Circle 1989-08-06 90
7 19 Jack Levine: Feast of Pure Reason 1989-08-13 90
8 20 No Applause, Just Throw Money 1989-08-20 90
9 21 Partisans of Vilna 1989-08-27 90
10 22 The Fighting Ministers 1989-09-03 90
11 23 Binge 1989-09-17 90
12 24 Cowboy Poets 1989-09-17 90
13 25 Doug and Mike, Mike and Doug 1989-09-17 90
14 26 Lost Angeles 1989-09-24 90

Season 3

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Season 4

Episode No. No. Overall Title Airdate Runtime Summary
5 27 Tongues Untied 1991-07-16 90
15 28 Where the Heart Roams 1991-07-30 90

Season 5

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Season 6

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Season 7

Episode No. No. Overall Title Airdate Runtime Summary
1 29 The End of the Nightstick 1994-07-05 60

Season 8

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Season 9

Episode No. No. Overall Title Airdate Runtime Summary
5 30 AKA Don Bonus 1996-01-25 90
12 31 Taken for a Ride 1996-08-06 90

Season 10

Episode No. No. Overall Title Airdate Runtime Summary
3 32 A Healthy Baby Girl 1997-06-17 60
7 33 In Whose Honor? 1997-07-15 60
10 34 A Perfect Candidate 1997-08-05 90

Season 11

Episode No. No. Overall Title Airdate Runtime Summary
5 35 Kelly Loves Tony 1998-06-30 90

Season 12

Episode No. No. Overall Title Airdate Runtime Summary
1 36 Rabbit in the Moon 1999-07-06 60
10 37 Well-Founded Fear 2000-06-05 60

Season 13

Episode No. No. Overall Title Airdate Runtime Summary
10 38 First Person Plural 2000-12-18 90

Season 14

Episode No. No. Overall Title Airdate Runtime Summary
1 39 Scout's Honor 2001-06-19 90
3 40 My American Girls: A Dominican Story 2001-07-03 60
7 41 In the Light of Reverence 2001-08-14 90
8 42 Life and Debt 2001-08-21 90

Season 15

Episode No. No. Overall Title Airdate Runtime Summary
6 43 Sweet Old Song 2002-07-30 60
12 44 Two Towns of Jasper 2003-01-22 60

Season 16

Episode No. No. Overall Title Airdate Runtime Summary
1 45 Flag Wars 2003-06-17 90
2 46 Georgie Girl 2003-06-20 90
7 47 American Aloha: Hula Beyond Hawai'i 2003-08-05 90
15 48 Love & Diane 2004-04-21 60

Season 17

Episode No. No. Overall Title Airdate Runtime Summary
12 49 Lost Boys of Sudan 2001-09-28 60

Season 18

Episode No. No. Overall Title Airdate Runtime Summary
3 50 Street Fight 2005-07-05 60

Season 19

Episode No. No. Overall Title Airdate Runtime Summary
1 51 No More Tears Sister 2006-06-27 90
2 52 Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball 2006-06-06 90
3 53 Tintin and I 2006-07-11 90
4 54 The Fall of Fujimori 2006-07-18 90
5 55 The Tailenders 2006-07-25 90
6 56 Al Otro Lado 2006-08-01 90
7 57 Lomax the Songhunter 2006-08-22 90
8 58 Waging a Living 2006-08-29 90
9 59 The Boys of Baraka 2006-09-12 90
10 60 Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela 2006-09-19 90
11 61 No Bigger Than a Minute 2006-10-03 90
12 62 Maquilapolis: City of Factories 2006-10-10 90

Season 20

Episode No. No. Overall Title Airdate Runtime Summary
1 63 Rain in a Dry Land 2007-06-19 90
2 64 Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars 2007-06-26 90
3 65 Standing Silent Nation 2007-07-03 90
4 66 Revolution '67 2007-07-10 90
5 67 The Chances of the World Changing 2007-07-17 90
6 68 Prison Town, USA 2007-07-24 90
7 69 Following Sean 2007-07-31 90
8 70 Arctic Son 2007-08-21 90
9 71 Libby, Montana 2007-08-28 90
10 72 Made in L.A. 2007-09-04 90
11 73 The Camden 28 2007-09-11 90
12 74 Lumo 2007-09-18 90
13 75 49 Up 2007-10-09 90
14 76 Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner 2007-12-12 90

Season 21

Episode No. No. Overall Title Airdate Runtime Summary
1 77 Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North 2008-06-24 90
2 78 Election Day 2008-07-01 90
3 79 The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández 2008-07-08 90
4 80 The Last Conquistador 2008-07-15 90
5 81 9 Star Hotel 2008-07-22 90
6 82 Campaign 2008-07-29 90
7 83 Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music 2008-08-05 90
8 84 Belarusian Waltz 2008-08-12 90
9 85 The Judge and the General 2008-08-19 90
10 86 Calavera Highway 2008-09-16 90
11 87 Critical Condition 2008-09-30 90
12 88 In the Family 2008-10-01 90
13 89 Up the Yangtze 2008-10-08 90
14 90 Soldiers of Conscience 2008-10-16 90
15 91 Inheritance 2008-12-10 90

Season 22

Episode No. No. Overall Title Airdate Runtime Summary
1 92 New Muslim Cool 2009-06-23 90
2 93 Beyond Hatred 2009-06-30 90
3 94 Life.Support.Music 2009-07-07 90
4 95 The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court 2009-07-14 90
5 96 The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) 2009-07-21 90
6 97 Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go 2009-06-30 90
7 98 Nutkin's Last Stand 2009-08-18 90
8 99 This Way Up 2009-08-25 90
9 100 Ella Es el Matador (She Is the Matador) 2009-09-01 90
10 101 English Surgeon 2009-09-08 90
11 102 The Principal Story 2009-09-15 90
12 103 Bronx Princess 2009-09-22 90
13 104 The Way We Get By 2009-11-11 90
14 105 Patti Smith: Dream of Life 2009-12-30 90

Season 23

Episode No. No. Overall Title Airdate Runtime Summary
1 106 Food, Inc. 2010-04-21 90
2 107 William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe 2010-06-22 90
3 108 The Beaches of Agnès 2010-06-29 90
4 109 Promised Land 2010-07-06 90
5 110 Good Fortune 2010-07-13 90
6 111 El General 2010-07-20 90
7 112 Presumed Guilty 2010-07-27 90
8 113 Salt 2010-08-17 90
9 114 The Edge of Dreaming 2010-08-24 90
10 115 Wo Ai Ni (I Love You) Mommy 2010-08-31 90
11 116 Off and Running 2010-09-07 90
12 117 In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee 2010-09-14 90
13 118 The Oath 2010-09-21 90
14 119 The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers 2010-10-05 90

Season 24

Episode No. No. Overall Title Airdate Runtime Summary
1 120 Kings of Pastry 2011-06-21 90
2 121 My Perestroika 2011-06-28 90
3 122 Sweetgrass 2011-07-05 90
4 123 Enemies of the People 2011-07-12 90
5 124 Biblioburro: The Donkey Library 2011-07-19 90
6 125 Mugabe and the White African 2011-07-26 90
7 126 Steam of Life 2011-08-02 90
8 127 POV Short Cuts 2011-08-23 90
9 128 Armadillo 2011-08-30 90
10 129 Better This World 2011-09-06 90
11 130 If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front 2011-09-13 90
12 131 The Learning 2011-09-20 90
13 132 Last Train Home 2011-09-27 90
14 133 Where Soldiers Come From 2011-11-10 90
15 134 Racing Dreams 2012-02-23 90

Experience a year in the life of three tweens who dream of becoming NASCAR drivers.

16 135 American Tongues 2012-05-16 90
17 136 American Gypsy 2012-05-26 90

Season 25

Episode No. No. Overall Title Airdate Runtime Summary
1 137 My Reincarnation 2012-06-21 90

Witness the epic story of exiled Tibetan Buddhist master Chagyal Namkhai Norbu and his Western-born son, Yeshi.

2 138 Granito: How to Nail a Dictator 2012-06-28 90

Hear the extraordinary story of a film that provided key evidence for bringing an indictment against a dictator.

3 139 The City Dark 2012-07-05 90

Get a fascinating introduction to the science of the dark and an exploration of our relationship to the stars.

4 140 Guilty Pleasures 2012-07-12 90

Take an amusing and touching look at the global phenomenon of romance novels.

5 141 The Light in Her Eyes 2012-07-19 90

View a portrait of a Syrian leader who challenges women to live according to Islam without giving up their dreams.

6 142 Up Heartbreak Hill 2012-07-26 90

Take a moving look at a new generation of Americans struggling to be both Native and modern.

7 143 POV Short Cuts 2012-08-09 90

Savor brief documentaries, including an Oscar nominee, a Student Academy Award(R) winner and "StoryCorps.".

8 144 I'm Carolyn Parker: The Good, the Mad, and the Beautiful 2012-09-20 90

Watch Jonathan Demme's account of Carolyn Parker's crusade to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina.

9 145 El Velador (The Night Watchman) 2012-09-27 90

Stand guard with Martin, who watches over the extravagant mausoleums of notorious Mexican drug lords.

10 146 Give Up Tomorrow 2012-10-04 90

Examine one of the most sensational trials in the history of the Philippines.

11 147 Sun Kissed 2012-10-18 90

See why the consequences of the Navajos' relocation by the U.S. military in 1864 continue to this day.

12 148 Nostalgia for the Light 2012-10-25 90

Discover an otherworldly place where archaeologists dig, women search for bones and astronomers scan the skies.

13 149 Reportero 2013-01-07 90

Learn why investigative journalism in Mexico can be a life-threatening profession.

14 150 Girl Model 2013-03-24 90

Go behind the facade of the modeling industry with a teenage model and a conflicted scout.

Season 26

Episode No. No. Overall Title Airdate Runtime Summary
1 151 Homegoings 2013-06-24 90

Take an up-close look at the rarely seen world of undertaking in the black community.

2 152 Special Flight 2013-07-01 90

Witness the plight of undocumented foreigners and the wardens at a detention center in Switzerland.

3 153 Herman's House 2013-07-08 90

Venture inside the relationship of a solitary confinement prisoner and an artist who befriended him.

4 154 Only the Young 2013-07-15 90

Follow three unconventional Christian teenagers coming of age in a small Southern California town.

5 155 xoxosms 2013-07-15 90
6 156 High Tech, Low Life 2013-07-22 90

Trail two of China's first citizen-reporters as they document the underside of rapid development.

7 157 Neurotypical 2013-07-29 90
8 158 The Law in These Parts 2013-08-19 90

Examine the system of military administration used by Israel since the Six Day War of 1967.

9 159 5 Broken Cameras 2013-08-26 90

Watch this Oscar-nominated account of a West Bank village where Israel is building a security fence.

10 160 Ping Pong 2013-09-09 90

Follow competitors in the Over 80 World Table Tennis Championships in China's Inner Mongolia.

11 161 The World Before Her 2013-09-16 90

Meet two Indian women: a pageant contestant and the leader of a fundamentalist Hindu camp for girls.

12 162 Best Kept Secret 2013-09-23 90

Study a public school for severely autistic minority boys and their options for independent living.

13 163 Brooklyn Castle 2013-10-07 90

Follow five members of a champion chess team from a below-the-poverty-line junior high in Brooklyn.

14 164 56 Up 2013-10-14 90

Return to England for the eighth film in a series that's followed the same group since age seven.

15 165 Listening Is an Act of Love: A StoryCorps Special 2013-11-28 90

Celebrate the transformative power of listening with this animated special from StoryCorps.

16 166 American Promise 2014-02-03 90

Trace the experiences of an African-American boy and his friend at a prestigious private school.

Season 27

Episode No. No. Overall Title Airdate Runtime Summary
1 167 When I Walk 2014-06-23 90

Get a surprisingly uplifting look at the new life of a filmmaker diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

2 168 American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs 2014-06-30 90

Meet Grace Lee Boggs, a Chinese-American philosopher who has been waging a revolution for 75 years.

3 169 My Way to Olympia 2014-07-07 90

Accompany a disabled filmmaker, who frankly hates sports, as he covers the London Paralympics.

4 170 Getting Back to Abnormal 2014-07-14 90

Witness a provocative mix of race, corruption and politics in a New Orleans re-election campaign.

5 171 Dance for Me 2014-07-21 90

Delight in a poetic coming-of-age story, with a global twist and thrilling dance moves.

6 172 Fallen City 2014-07-28 90

Journey from a devastated city in China to a new city nearby, a heartbreaking trip for survivors.

7 173 15 to Life: Kenneth's Story 2014-08-04 90

Follow a boy's struggle for redemption in a place that routinely condemns children to die in prison.

8 174 A World Not Ours 2014-08-18 90

Learn about a Palestinian family's multi-generational experience as permanent refugees.

9 175 Big Men 2014-08-25 90

Get an unprecedented inside look at the global deal-making and dark underside of energy development.

10 176 After Tiller 2014-09-01 90

Explore the complex reasons women seek late-term abortions and dilemmas of doctors who perform them.

11 177 The Genius of Marian 2014-09-08 90

Follow an emotionally complex story of one family's struggle to come to terms with Alzheimer's.

12 178 Koch 2014-09-22 90

View a portrait of blunt, funny, combative and egocentric three-term New York City mayor Ed Koch.

13 179 The Act of Killing 2014-10-07 90

See Indonesian death-squad leaders dramatize their brutal deeds - as themselves and their victims.

Season 28

Episode No. No. Overall Title Airdate Runtime Summary
1 180 Out in the Night 2015-06-22 90

Examine a case that reveals the role of race and gender identity in the criminal justice system.

2 181 The Overnighters 2015-06-29 90

See what ensues when a pastor opens his church to desperate job-seekers in need of housing.

3 182 Tough Love 2015-07-06 90

Follow the struggles of two parents to win back the trust of the courts and reunite their families.

4 183 Web Junkie 2015-07-13 90

Follow the treatment of Chinese teenagers - obsessive gamers who prefer the virtual to the real world.

5 184 Return to Homs 2015-07-20 90

See how a star goalkeeper for the Syrian national soccer team became an armed insurgent.

6 185 Tea Time 2015-07-27 90

See how a routine of tea and pastries has sustained five Chilean women through 60 years of change.

7 186 Beats of the Antonov 2015-08-03 90

Learn how music and dance bind a community in the war-ravaged Sudan region.

8 187 Neuland 2015-08-17 90

Meet young migrants in a Swiss integration class as they struggle to make new lives for themselves.

9 188 Point and Shoot 2015-08-24 90

Witness Matt Van Dyke's transformation from timid 26-year-old to motorcycle-driving rebel.

10 189 The Storm Makers 2015-08-31 90

See an exposé of Cambodia's human traffickers, who transport the poor and illiterate across borders.

11 190 Cutie and the Boxer 2015-09-18 90

View an Oscar-nominated reflection on love, sacrifice and the creative spirit. This candid New York tale explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of famed "boxing" painter Ushio Shinohara and artist Noriko Shinohara.

12 191 Don't Tell Anyone 2015-09-21 90

Meet immigrant activist Angy Rivera, the country's only advice columnist for undocumented youth. In a community where silence is often seen as necessary for survival, she steps out of the shadows to share her own parallel experiences of being undocumented and sexually abused.

13 192 Art and Craft 2015-09-25 90

The jig is up for art forger Mark Landis, who has donated his expert copies to museums for 30 years. But stopping isn't simple. This cat-and-mouse caper uncovers the universal in one man's search for connection and respect.

14 193 Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case 2015-10-02 60

This stunning dissection of the persecution of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei explores how the government's attempts to silence him have backfired and turned him into an irrepressible voice for free speech and human rights around the globe.

Season 29

Episode No. No. Overall Title Airdate Runtime Summary
1 194 The Return 2016-05-23 90

In 2012, California amended its "Three Strikes" law, suddenly freeing prisoners and turning lives upside down.

2 195 Of Men and War 2016-05-30 90

At a PTSD treatment center in California, follow veterans and their families on their paths to recovery.

3 196 The Look of Silence 2016-06-27 90

Watch as an optometrist confronts the men who killed his brother in the 1965 Indonesian genocide.

4 197 Pervert Park 2016-07-11 90

Consider how the destructive cycle of sexual abuse - and the silence surrounding it - can be broken.

5 198 Iris 2016-08-01 30

Meet Iris Apfel, a 93-year-old style maven with an outsized presence on the New York fashion scene.

6 199 The Birth of Saké 2016-09-05 60

Go behind the scenes of Yoshida Brewery to see how artisans create saké, Japan's revered rice wine.

7 200 All the Difference 2016-09-12 90

Accompany two African-American teens on their journey to achieve a dream of graduating from college.

8 201 Kingdom of Shadows 2016-09-19 90

Take an unflinching look at the hard choices and destructive consequences of the US-Mexico drug war.

9 202 From This Day Forward 2016-10-10 90

Meet an American family coping with one of life's most intimate transformations.

10 203 Hooligan Sparrow 2016-10-17 90

Follow a Chinese activist who seeks justice for girls allegedly sexually abused by their principal.

11 204 Thank You for Playing 2016-10-24 90

See how a video game, "That Dragon, Cancer," evolved from a cathartic exercise into a work of art.

12 205 What Tomorrow Brings 2016-10-31 60

A year in the life of the first all-girls school in a small village outside Kabul, Afghanistan, and the inter-connected stories of its students, teachers, village elders, parents, and school founder Razia Jan.

14 206 Seven Songs for a Long Life 2017-01-30 60

Visit a Scottish hospice where patients face pain, uncertainty and mortality with song and humor.

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Schedule: Mondays (60 min)
Status: Running
Show Type: Documentary
Language: English
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