POV
POV: Season 36

Air Date

June 26, 2023

Episodes

16 episodes

POV

Season 36

Episodes

After Sherman

1. After Sherman

June 26, 2023
83 min

A poetic quest in coastal South Carolina unearths Black inheritance amidst a violent past.

A Story of Bones

2. A Story of Bones

July 3, 2023
83 min

A burial site containing thousands of once enslaved Africans is discovered on St. Helena.

Liquor Store Dreams

3. Liquor Store Dreams

July 10, 2023
83 min

Immigrant dreams and generational divides collide against LA's complex racial landscape.

A House Made of Splinters

4. A House Made of Splinters

July 17, 2023
83 min

By the frontlines in Eastern Ukraine, social workers create a sanctuary for kids in limbo.

Eat Your Catfish

5. Eat Your Catfish

July 24, 2023
71 min

A woman's battle with late-stage Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS) leaves her paralyzed and pushes her family to the breaking point.

Children of the Mist

6. Children of the Mist

July 31, 2023

A 13-year-old Hmong girl is caught between tradition and modernity in rural northwest Vietnam.

While We Watched

7. While We Watched

September 4, 2023
83 min

In a world of fake news, journalist Ravish Kumar stands his ground. Will his show survive?

Bulls and Saints

8. Bulls and Saints

September 18, 2023
53 min

An undocumented family decides to return home after 20 years of living in the U.S.

Uýra: The Rising Forest

9. Uýra: The Rising Forest

September 25, 2023
53 min

Uýra shares ancestral knowledge with Indigenous youth in the Amazon.

Murders That Matter

10. Murders That Matter

October 2, 2023
83 min

Black Muslim mother Movita Johnson-Harrell transforms from a victim of violent trauma to a fierce advocate against gun violence in Black communities.

Aurora's Sunrise

11. Aurora's Sunrise

October 23, 2023
83 min

At 14, Aurora Mardiganian survives the Armenian Genocide and escapes to New York, finding fame in "Auction of Souls."

Fire Through Dry Grass

12. Fire Through Dry Grass

October 30, 2023
83 min

Nursing home residents use poetry and art to describe the danger and imprisonment they feel during COVID-19's lockdown.

Wisdom Gone Wild

13. Wisdom Gone Wild

November 20, 2023
71 min

A film blending humour and sadness focuses on a mother and daughter confronting the reality of wisdom "gone wild" in the shadows of dementia.

How to Have an American Baby

14. How to Have an American Baby

December 11, 2023
116 min

A series of vignettes provide insight into Chinese tourists who travel to the U.S. to give birth in order to obtain citizenship for their babies.

Brief Tender Light

15. Brief Tender Light

January 15, 2024
83 min

At MIT, a Ghanaian alum follows four African students striving to become agents of positive change for their home countries.

unseen

16. unseen

March 18, 2024
83 min

A blind, undocumented immigrant faces uncertainty to obtain his college degree.

No cast information available