POV - Season 33
1 - And She Could Be Next, Part 1
Air Date: June 29, 2020
The story of a defiant movement of women of color, transforming politics from the ground up by fighting for a truly reflective democracy. Filmed during the historic 2018 midterm elections, the documentary features organizers and candidates (including Rashida Tlaib and Stacey Abrams) as they fight for a truly reflective government, asking whether democracy can be preserved—and made stronger—by those most marginalized.
2 - And She Could Be Next, Part 2
Air Date: June 30, 2020
The story of a defiant movement of women of color, transforming politics from the ground up by fighting for a truly reflective democracy. Filmed during the historic 2018 midterm elections, the documentary features organizers and candidates (including Rashida Tlaib and Stacey Abrams) as they fight for a truly reflective government, asking whether democracy can be preserved—and made stronger—by those most marginalized
3 - We Are the Radical Monarchs
Air Date: July 20, 2020
Meet the Radical Monarchs, a group of young girls of color on the frontlines of social justice. Follow the group as they earn badges for completing units on such subjects as being an LGBTQ ally, preserving the environment and disability justice.
4 - Advocate
Air Date: July 27, 2020
Meet Israeli lawyer Lea Tsemel, a political firebrand who is known by her opponents as "the devil's advocate" for her decades-long defense of Palestinians who have been accused of resisting the occupation, both violently and non-violently.
5 - Chez Jolie Coiffure
Air Date: August 3, 2020
In this captivating documentary filmed in a single tiny room, viewers step inside an underground hair salon with its charismatic proprietor, a Cameroonian immigrant named Sabine. Here, she and her employees style extensions and glue on lashes while watching soaps, dishing romantic advice, sharing rumors about government programs to legalize migrants, and talking about life back home in Cameroon.
6 - About Love
Air Date: August 10, 2020
Three generations of the Phadke family live together in their home in Mumbai. When the youngest daughter turns the camera towards her family, the personal becomes political as power structures within the family become visible, and eventually unravel. Cruel and comic in equal measure, the film examines the vagaries of affection across generations, tied together by something stranger than love.
7 - Portraits and Dreams
Air Date: September 7, 2020
Photographs taken by Kentucky schoolchildren in the 1970s, their lives since then, and the linkage of personal memory to the passage of time.
8 - Love Child
Air Date: September 14, 2020
A young couple flees Iran with their son, Mani, seeking asylum in Turkey so they can start a new life.
9 - In My Blood It Runs
Air Date: September 21, 2020
Ten-year-old Aboriginal Dujuan is a child-healer, a good hunter and speaks three languages.Yet Dujuan is ‘failing’ in school and facing increasing scrutiny from welfare and the police. As he travels perilously close to incarceration, his family fight to give him a strong Arrernte education alongside his western education. We walk with him as he grapples with these pressures and shares his truths.
10 - Our Time Machine
Air Date: September 28, 2020
When artist Maleonn realizes that his father suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, he creates “Papa’s Time Machine,” a magical, autobiographical stage performance featuring life-size mechanical puppets. Through the production of this play, the two men confront their mortality before time runs out and memories are lost forever.
11 - The Infiltrators
Air Date: October 5, 2020
Two young immigrants, members of a group of radical Dreamers, are arrested by Border Patrol and put in a for-profit detention centre.
12 - Softie
Air Date: October 12, 2020
Political activist Boniface "Softie" Mwangi runs for office in a regional Kenyan election, but learns that conducting a clean campaign against corrupt opponents is increasingly harder to combat with idealism alone.
13 - The Mole Agent
Air Date: January 5, 2021
An investigator poses as a new resident in a retirement home after a family grows concerned for their mother's well-being.
14 - Through the Night
Air Date: May 10, 2021
The stories of two working mothers and a child care provider whose lives intersect at a 24-hour day care in New Rochelle, N.Y.