POV presents an array of groundbreaking and distinctive perspectives on contemporary life as chronicled by some of America' s and Europe's most visionary non-fiction filmmakers.
Wed, May 18 | 7:30 P.M. |
American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs
![]() Grace Lee Boggs, 98, is a Chinese American philosopher, writer and activist in Detroit with a thick FBI file and a surprising vision of what an American revolution can be. |
Thu, May 19 | 12:30 A.M. |
American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs
![]() Grace Lee Boggs, 98, is a Chinese American philosopher, writer and activist in Detroit with a thick FBI file and a surprising vision of what an American revolution can be. |
Thu, May 19 | 8:30 A.M. |
American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs
![]() Grace Lee Boggs, 98, is a Chinese American philosopher, writer and activist in Detroit with a thick FBI file and a surprising vision of what an American revolution can be. |
Fri, May 20 | 7:00 P.M. |
Still Tomorrow
![]() A village woman without a high school diploma has become China's most famous poet. |
Sat, May 21 | 12:00 A.M. |
Still Tomorrow
![]() A village woman without a high school diploma has become China's most famous poet. |
Sat, May 21 | 8:00 A.M. |
Still Tomorrow
![]() A village woman without a high school diploma has become China's most famous poet. |
Sat, May 21 | 2:00 P.M. |
Singing with Angry Bird
![]() Jae-chang Kim, nicknamed "Angry Bird," runs a children's choir in Pune, India. |
Sun, May 22 | 5:00 A.M. |
Singing with Angry Bird
![]() Jae-chang Kim, nicknamed "Angry Bird," runs a children's choir in Pune, India. |
Wed, May 25 | 5:00 A.M. |
Singing with Angry Bird
![]() Jae-chang Kim, nicknamed "Angry Bird," runs a children's choir in Pune, India. |
Wed, May 25 | 11:00 A.M. |
Singing with Angry Bird
![]() Jae-chang Kim, nicknamed "Angry Bird," runs a children's choir in Pune, India. |
Wed, Jun 15 | 8:30 P.M. |
Pier Kids
![]() Follow the Black, homeless queer and trans youth who call NY's Christopher Street Pier their home as they withstand tremendous amounts of homophobia and discrimination while working to carve out autonomy and security in their lives. |
Thu, Jun 16 | 1:30 A.M. |
Pier Kids
![]() Follow the Black, homeless queer and trans youth who call NY's Christopher Street Pier their home as they withstand tremendous amounts of homophobia and discrimination while working to carve out autonomy and security in their lives. |
Thu, Jun 16 | 9:30 A.M. |
Pier Kids
![]() Follow the Black, homeless queer and trans youth who call NY's Christopher Street Pier their home as they withstand tremendous amounts of homophobia and discrimination while working to carve out autonomy and security in their lives. |
Sat, Jun 18 | 9:00 P.M. |
Out in the Night
![]() Examine the uphill battle of a group of African-American lesbians charged with attempted murder when they fought back after being threatened. |
Sun, Jun 19 | 1:00 A.M. |
Out in the Night
![]() Examine the uphill battle of a group of African-American lesbians charged with attempted murder when they fought back after being threatened. |
Mon, Jun 20 | 10:00 P.M. |
Who Killed Vincent Chin?
![]() On a hot summer night in Detroit in 1982, Ronald Ebens, an autoworker, killed Vincent Chin, a young Chinese American engineer with a baseball bat. |
Wed, Jun 22 | 3:00 A.M. |
Who Killed Vincent Chin?
![]() On a hot summer night in Detroit in 1982, Ronald Ebens, an autoworker, killed Vincent Chin, a young Chinese American engineer with a baseball bat. |
Wed, Jun 22 | 7:00 P.M. |
We Are The Radical Monarchs
![]() Meet the Radical Monarchs, a group of young girls of color on the frontlines of social justice. |
Wed, Jun 22 | 8:30 P.M. |
Who Killed Vincent Chin?
![]() On a hot summer night in Detroit in 1982, Ronald Ebens, an autoworker, killed Vincent Chin, a young Chinese American engineer with a baseball bat. |
Thu, Jun 23 | 12:00 A.M. |
We Are The Radical Monarchs
![]() Meet the Radical Monarchs, a group of young girls of color on the frontlines of social justice. |
Thu, Jun 23 | 1:30 A.M. |
Who Killed Vincent Chin?
![]() On a hot summer night in Detroit in 1982, Ronald Ebens, an autoworker, killed Vincent Chin, a young Chinese American engineer with a baseball bat. |
Thu, Jun 23 | 8:00 A.M. |
We Are The Radical Monarchs
![]() Meet the Radical Monarchs, a group of young girls of color on the frontlines of social justice. |
Thu, Jun 23 | 9:30 A.M. |
Who Killed Vincent Chin?
![]() On a hot summer night in Detroit in 1982, Ronald Ebens, an autoworker, killed Vincent Chin, a young Chinese American engineer with a baseball bat. |
Fri, Jun 24 | 9:30 P.M. |
Who Killed Vincent Chin?
![]() On a hot summer night in Detroit in 1982, Ronald Ebens, an autoworker, killed Vincent Chin, a young Chinese American engineer with a baseball bat. |
Sat, Jun 25 | 2:30 A.M. |
Who Killed Vincent Chin?
![]() On a hot summer night in Detroit in 1982, Ronald Ebens, an autoworker, killed Vincent Chin, a young Chinese American engineer with a baseball bat. |
Sat, Jun 25 | 3:00 A.M. |
Who Killed Vincent Chin?
![]() On a hot summer night in Detroit in 1982, Ronald Ebens, an autoworker, killed Vincent Chin, a young Chinese American engineer with a baseball bat. |
Sat, Jun 25 | 12:00 P.M. |
Who Killed Vincent Chin?
![]() On a hot summer night in Detroit in 1982, Ronald Ebens, an autoworker, killed Vincent Chin, a young Chinese American engineer with a baseball bat. |
Through the eyes of funeral director Isaiah Owens, the beauty and grace of African American funerals are brought to life.
"Neurotypical" is an exploration of autism from the point of view of autistic people themselves.
This film spans 13 years as Joe Brewster and Michele Stephenson, middle-class African-American parents in Brooklyn, N.
Grace Lee Boggs, 98, is a Chinese American philosopher, writer and activist in Detroit with a thick FBI file and a surprising vision of what an American revolution can be.
Who better to cover the Paralympics, the international sporting event for athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities, than Niko von Glasow, the world's best-known disabled filmmaker? Unfortunately -- or fortunately for anyone seeking an insightful and funny documentary -- this filmmaker frankly hates sports and thinks the games are "a stupid idea.
Does sentencing a teenager to life without parole serve our society well? The United States is the only country in the world that routinely condemns children to die in prison.
Examine the uphill battle of a group of African-American lesbians charged with attempted murder when they fought back after being threatened.
Meet the young migrants in a Swiss integration class, who have made long and arduous journeys for a new life.
Meet immigrant activist Angy Rivera, the country's only advice columnist for undocumented youth.
The jig is up for art forger Mark Landis, who has donated his expert copies to museums for 30 years.
In 2012, California amended its "Three Strikes" law, shortening the sentences of thousands of "lifers.
At a first-of-its-kind PTSD treatment center in California, follow Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and their families on their paths to recovery as they attempt to make peace with their pasts, their loved ones and themselves.
Go behind the scenes at Japan's Yoshida Brewery, where a brotherhood of artisans, ranging from 20 to 70, spends six months in nearly monastic isolation as they follow an age-old process to create sake, the nation's revered rice wine.
Accompany two African-American teens from the South Side of Chicago on their journey to achieve their dream of graduating from college.
Meet an American family coping with one of life's most intimate transformations.
When Ryan Green, a video game programmer, learns that his young son Joel has cancer, he and his wife document their emotional journey with a video game, "That Dragon, Cancer.
Visit Strathcarron, a Scottish hospice center where patients face pain, uncertainty and the possibility of life's end with song and humor.
After five years of war in Syria, the remaining citizens of Aleppo are readying themselves for a siege.
View the extraordinary true story of Princess Shaw, an aspiring musician down on her luck, who inspired internationally famous YouTube artist Kutiman to create a magical collaboration that would bring her music to a whole new audience.
Follow filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo's investigation-both a love story and a tribute-of a buried conflict around her uncle Miguel's death during a time when AIDS was synonymous with sin.
After the brutal murder of African-American James Byrd, Jr.
Follow two Native-American judges who reach back to traditional concepts of justice in order to reduce incarceration rates, foster greater safety for their communities and create a more positive future for their youth.
Spouses 89-year-old Kang Gye-yeol and 98-year-old Jo Byeong-man have shared a home for 76 years.
Parents of teens on the autism spectrum form a competitive swim team, training them with high expectations.
On the isolated Faroe Islands, the longtime whale-hunting practices of the Faroese are threatened by dangerously high mercury levels and anti-whaling activists.
A boxing match in Brooklyn; life in postwar Bosnia; the daily routine of a Nigerian midwife.
In an attempt to put haunting combat experiences behind them, two friends embark on a 2,700-mile trek on foot across America.
Follow Bill Nye, once the host of the popular kids show, as he seeks to change the world through science.
Watch an intimate film capturing eight years in the life of a black family from Philadelphia.
Jae-chang Kim, nicknamed "Angry Bird," runs a children's choir in Pune, India.
The National Pyrotechnic Festival in Tultepec, Mexico, is the site of a festivity unlike any other in the world.
In 2022, Qatar will host the biggest sporting event in the world, the FIFA World Cup.
Twenty years ago, Lindy sat on a jury ago that handed down the death penalty to a Mississippi man convicted in a double homicide.
In the Taliban-controlled area of Waziristan in Pakistan, where women's sports are decried as un-Islamic and girls rarely leave their homes, young Maria Toorpakai defies the rules by disguising herself as a boy to compete freely.
When unarmed teenager Michael Brown is killed by police and left lying in the street for hours, it marks a breaking point for St.
A village woman without a high school diploma has become China's most famous poet.
Follow male nurse Nori Sharif through five years of dramatic change in one of the world's most dangerous areas: central Iraq.
Follow a 30-something Cuban mother of four longing for a better life.
Visit the Hasidic enclave of Borough Park, Brooklyn and meet a group of tenacious women who are smashing the patriarchy in their community by creating the first all-female volunteer ambulance corps in New York City.
Meet two Sierra Leonean healthcare workers who heroically face the Ebola epidemic in their country, chronicling their remarkable stories during one of the most acute public health crises of the modern era.
Meet three of the 200,000 former "comfort women" kidnapped and forced into military sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
Follow an investigative reporter through a political thriller to expose the shadowy world of unlimited, anonymous campaign contributions threatening to upend Montana's government and the very integrity of American democracy.
Meet three young men who bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown.
Take a magical journey to the house at 306 Hollywood Avenue.
Go behind the headlines of the assault of a teenage girl by members of a high school football team, uncovering the deep-seated and social media-fueled "boys will be boys" culture at the root of high school sexual assault in America.
The spotlight is beaming on drag shows and a passion play in an Arkansas town.
Three women pursue justice for Jennifer Laude, a Filipina transgender woman who was brutally murdered by a U.
Combining documentary and scripted elements, this film follows several members of the close-knit community in Bisbee, Arizona, a former mining town, as they commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Bisbee Deportation, when 1,200 immigrant miners were violently taken from their homes by a deputized force, shipped to the desert on cattle cars and left to die.
Nadia Murad, a 23-year-old Yazidi, survived genocide and sexual slavery committed by ISIS.
In preparation for the world's largest convening of high school scientists, teenage innovators from around the globe create cutting-edge solutions to confront environmental threats while navigating the doubts and insecurities of adolescence.
Follow the life of 10-year-old Oleg and witness the gradual erosion of his innocence beneath the pressures of the ongoing war in Eastern Ukraine.
Every summer on Palermo's Mondello beach, over 1,000 cabins are built in preparation of the Ferragosto holiday.
After her town is left submerged by a tsunami of mud, Dian, a politically active teenager, galvanizes her neighbors to demand reparations from the corporate powers accused of one of the largest environmental disasters in recent history.
Learn about the struggle of victims and survivors of Spain's 40-year dictatorship under General Franco as they organize the groundbreaking "Argentine Lawsuit" and fight a state-imposed amnesia of crimes against humanity.
Diego lives away from his family, where he scrubs wax in a surf shop by day and stilt-walks the malecon by night.
When journalist Assia Boundaoui investigates rumors of surveillance in an Arab American neighborhood outside Chicago, she uncovers one of the largest counterterrorism probes conducted before 9/11, one that has had profound impacts on the community.
Working within a broken criminal justice system, a team of rebel heroines work to change the way women arrested for prostitution are prosecuted.
When the Taliban puts a bounty on Afghan director Hassan Fazili's head, he is forced to flee with his wife and two young daughters.
In a rehabilitation shelter in Ghana, two children are recovering from enslavement to fishermen.
And She Could Be Next" tells the story of a defiant movement of women of color, transforming politics from the ground up by fighting for a truly reflective democracy.
And She Could Be Next" tells the story of a defiant movement of women of color, transforming politics from the ground up by fighting for a truly reflective democracy.
Meet the Radical Monarchs, a group of young girls of color on the frontlines of social justice.
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.
Meet Sabine, a charismatic, larger-than-life personality crammed into a tiny shop in Brussels.
Three generations of the Phadke family live in their home in Mumbai.
Portraits and Dreams revisits photographs created by Kentucky schoolchildren in the 1970s and the place where their photos were made.
With adultery punishable by death in Iran, a young couple make the fateful decision to flee the country with their son.
Peek into the life of Dujuan, a 10-year-old Aboriginal boy.
When artist Maleonn realizes that his father is suffering from Alzheimer's disease, he creates "Papa's Time Machine," a magical, autobiographical stage performance featuring life-size mechanical puppets.
Meet two young immigrants who get purposefully arrested by Border Patrol and put in a shadowy for-profit detention center.
After years of fighting injustice in Kenya, daring and audacious activist Boniface "Softie" Mwangi decides to run for political office.
Follow a private investigator hired to go undercover inside a nursing home as he struggles to balance his assignment with his increasing involvement in the lives of other residents.
Explore the personal cost of our modern economy through the stories of two working mothers and a childcare provider, whose lives intersect at a 24-hour daycare center in New Rochelle, New York.
Comedian C.J. Hunt documents the dispute over removing four Confederate monuments in New Orleans.
An electoral campaign uncovers the complex history and politics of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
After the fallout of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico faces a new threat: disaster capitalism.
Musa Hadid is the Christian mayor of Ramallah, the de factor capital of the Palestinian Authority.
Follow the Black, homeless queer and trans youth who call NY's Christopher Street Pier their home as they withstand tremendous amounts of homophobia and discrimination while working to carve out autonomy and security in their lives.
Indigenous painter Rember Yahuarcani pursues a successful career in Lima, but when he finds himself in a creative rut, he returns home to his Amazonian community and discovers why his ancestors' stories cannot be forgotten.
Ashley, a Mexican American teenager, dreams of graduating high school and going to college.
Decades ago, Mama Icha moved to the United States to help her daughter, but she never lost sight of her hometown of Mompox, spending years sending money to build her dream house there.
In the small Mexican coastal village of El Roblito, 16-year-old Nono lives what seems to be an idyllic existence with his loving family.
Filmmaker and artist Angelo Madsen Minax returns to his rural Michigan hometown after the death of his young niece.
Meet Janae and Bella, two fierce abolitionists whose upbringing and experiences shape their activism and views on Black liberation.
A rising star in progressive politics and new father, Ady Barkan's life is upended when he is diagnosed with ALS.
McAllen, TX is home to the last reproductive health clinic on the Texas/Mexico border.
On a hot summer night in Detroit in 1982, Ronald Ebens, an autoworker, killed Vincent Chin, a young Chinese American engineer with a baseball bat.
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