Cynthia Banks
Director
CBC Docs POV (2017)
Season 1
CBC’s new documentary program gets to the heart of current affairs and social issues that matter to Canadians. With unique and often unexpected access, these stories will ignite discussions.
Released Sept. 24, 2017
Episode 44 min
10+
S1E1 - Bee Nation
Witness the highs and lows as three inspirational students compete in the first-ever First Nations Provincial Spelling Bee in Canada.
Sept. 24, 2017, midnight
S1E2 - Mohamed Fahmy: Half Free
The now pardoned Canadian-Egyptian journalist Mohamed Fahmy struggles to put his life back together after spending 438 days in a Cairo prison.
Oct. 1, 2017, midnight
S1E3 - Return to Park Ex
A bittersweet love letter to Montreal's legendary immigrant Park Extension neighbourhood, as seen through the eyes of some lifelong Greek inhabitants, their South Asian neighbours, and a filmmaker.
Oct. 8, 2017, midnight
S1E4 - Sickboy
A terminally ill 29-year old man teams up with his two best friends to create a podcast that openly laughs in the face of serious illness. What started as a joke, quickly turns into an obsession.
Oct. 15, 2017, midnight
S1E5 - Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier
A true crime cat-fishing story about a reclusive young woman from a small Manitoba First Nation that made international headlines.
Oct. 29, 2017, midnight
S1E6 - Inseparable: 10 Years Joined at the Head
Enter the world of ten year old conjoined twins Tatiana and Krista Hogan. They share sight, touch, taste, and may even know what the other is thinking.
Nov. 5, 2017, midnight
S1E7 - Birth of a Family
Three sisters and a brother, removed from their mother's care as part of Canada's infamous Sixties Scoop and adopted as infants into separate families across North America, meet for the first time.
Nov. 19, 2017, midnight
S1E8 - Skinhead
For 15 years Brad Galloway was at the centre of right wing extremism in Canada. He saw it all and knew all the players but now he's a 'former' and helping the RCMP map the active hate groups.
Nov. 26, 2017, midnight
S1E9 - Angry Inuk
Exploring how Inuit hunters in tiny remote communities in the high arctic are negatively affected by animal rights groups protesting against the Canadian east coast seal hunt that happens a thousand kilometers away.
Jan. 7, 2018, midnight
S1E10 - The Caregivers' Club
A candid and intimate portrait of three caregivers, each taking care of a spouse or patient with dementia.
Jan. 14, 2018, midnight
S1E11 - The Way Out
A Canadian mother's mission to free her daughter and granddaughters from ISIS.
Jan. 21, 2018, midnight
S1E12 - Searching for Winnetou
Ojibway author and humourist Drew Hayden Taylor's quest to understand the roots of the German obsession with Native North Americans.
Jan. 28, 2018, midnight
S1E13 - Sweet Dreams for Chiyo
Rhiana and Kaz Ehara's world turns upside-down when their daughter Chiyo is diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.
Feb. 4, 2018, midnight
S1E14 - Love, Hope, & Autism
An extraordinarily intimate look inside a family as they deal with autism from birth to adulthood, and agonize over what happens next.
March 18, 2018, midnight
S1E15 - Catwalk
It's Best in Show with whiskers. Meet the felines and fans of the highly competitive cat show circuit in Catwalk.
April 1, 2018, midnight
S1E16 - After the Sirens
First responders describe the long-term effects of what they've witnessed and the need for more support to treat a PTSD epidemic.
April 8, 2018, midnight
CBC Television
44 min/ep
2602 min
Sept. 24, 2017
March 22, 2020, midnight
Returning Series
NR / 10+
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