Marco Williams
Director
POV (1988)
Season 33
Since its 1988 premiere, this critically acclaimed documentary series has presented hundreds of films that put a human face on contemporary social issues by relating a compelling story in an intimate fashion. "POV" has won virtually every major film and broadcasting award available, including 38 Emmys, 22 Peabody Awards and three Oscars.
Released July 5, 1988
Episode 64 min
14+
Genres: Documentary
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Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S33E1 - And She Could Be Next, Part 1
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.
June 29, 2020, midnight
S33E2 - And She Could Be Next, Part 2
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
June 30, 2020, midnight
S33E3 - We Are the Radical Monarchs
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.
July 20, 2020, midnight
S33E4 - Advocate
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.
July 27, 2020, midnight
S33E5 - Chez Jolie Coiffure
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.
Aug. 3, 2020, midnight
S33E6 - About Love
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.
Aug. 10, 2020, midnight
S33E9 - In My Blood It Runs
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.
Sept. 21, 2020, midnight
S33E10 - Our Time Machine
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.
Sept. 28, 2020, midnight
S33E7 - Portraits and Dreams
Photographs taken by Kentucky schoolchildren in the 1970s, their lives since then, and the linkage of personal memory to the passage of time.
Sept. 7, 2020, midnight
S33E8 - Love Child
A young couple flees Iran with their son, Mani, seeking asylum in Turkey so they can start a new life.
Sept. 14, 2020, midnight
S33E11 - The Infiltrators
Two young immigrants, members of a group of radical Dreamers, are arrested by Border Patrol and put in a for-profit detention centre.
Oct. 5, 2020, midnight
S33E12 - Softie
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.
Oct. 12, 2020, midnight
S33E13 - The Mole Agent
An investigator poses as a new resident in a retirement home after a family grows concerned for their mother's well-being.
Jan. 5, 2021, midnight
S33E14 - Through the Night
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.
May 10, 2021, midnight
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64 min/ep
33024 min
July 5, 1988
Dec. 8, 2025, midnight
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