POV - Season 36
1 - After Sherman
Air Date: June 26, 2023
A poetic quest in coastal South Carolina unearths Black inheritance amidst a violent past.
2 - A Story of Bones
Air Date: July 3, 2023
A burial site containing thousands of once enslaved Africans is discovered on St. Helena.
3 - Liquor Store Dreams
Air Date: July 10, 2023
Immigrant dreams and generational divides collide against LA's complex racial landscape.
4 - A House Made of Splinters
Air Date: July 17, 2023
By the frontlines in Eastern Ukraine, social workers create a sanctuary for kids in limbo.
5 - Eat Your Catfish
Air Date: July 24, 2023
A woman's battle with late-stage Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS) leaves her paralyzed and pushes her family to the breaking point.
6 - Children of the Mist
Air Date: July 31, 2023
A 13-year-old Hmong girl is caught between tradition and modernity in rural northwest Vietnam.
7 - While We Watched
Air Date: September 4, 2023
In a world of fake news, journalist Ravish Kumar stands his ground. Will his show survive?
8 - Bulls and Saints
Air Date: September 18, 2023
An undocumented family decides to return home after 20 years of living in the U.S.
9 - Uýra: The Rising Forest
Air Date: September 25, 2023
Uýra shares ancestral knowledge with Indigenous youth in the Amazon.
10 - Murders That Matter
Air Date: October 2, 2023
Black Muslim mother Movita Johnson-Harrell transforms from a victim of violent trauma to a fierce advocate against gun violence in Black communities.
11 - Aurora's Sunrise
Air Date: October 23, 2023
At 14, Aurora Mardiganian survives the Armenian Genocide and escapes to New York, finding fame in "Auction of Souls."
12 - Fire Through Dry Grass
Air Date: October 30, 2023
Nursing home residents use poetry and art to describe the danger and imprisonment they feel during COVID-19's lockdown.
13 - Wisdom Gone Wild
Air Date: November 20, 2023
A film blending humour and sadness focuses on a mother and daughter confronting the reality of wisdom "gone wild" in the shadows of dementia.
14 - How to Have an American Baby
Air Date: December 11, 2023
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.
15 - Brief Tender Light
Air Date: January 15, 2024
At MIT, a Ghanaian alum follows four African students striving to become agents of positive change for their home countries.
16 - unseen
Air Date: March 18, 2024
A blind, undocumented immigrant faces uncertainty to obtain his college degree.