P.O.V. Season 36 Episodes

Episode 1

After Sherman

Mon, Jun 26, 202390 mins

Filmmaker Jon-Sesrie Goff returns to the coastal South Carolina land that his family purchased after emancipation.

Episode 2

A Story of Bones

Mon, Jul 3, 202383 mins

Annina van Neel learns of a mass burial site of about 9,000 formerly enslaved Africans during construction of St. Helena's airport. She and Peggy King Jorde fight for their proper commemoration, exposing the UK's colonial past and present.

Episode 3

Liquor Store Dreams

Mon, Jul 10, 2023

Two Korean American children of liquor store owners confront the racial landscape of Los Angeles.

Episode 4

A House Made of Splinters

Mon, Jul 17, 2023

In the shadow of war by the frontlines in Eastern Ukraine, a safe haven provides refuge for children who have been temporarily separated from their parents.

Episode 5

Eat Your Catfish

Mon, Jul 24, 2023

Paralyzed by late-stage ALS and reliant on round-the-clock care, Kathryn clings to a mordant wit as she yearns to witness her daughter's wedding.

Episode 6

Children of the Mist

Mon, Jul 31, 2023

Children of the Mist traces the story of Di, a 13-year-old girl coming of age in an indigenous Hmong community in the mountains of Northwest Vietnam.

Episode 7

While We Watched

Mon, Sep 4, 2023

A timely depiction of a newsroom in crisis, While We Watched follows tormented journalist Ravish Kumar for two years as he battles a barrage of fake news, falling ratings and the resulting cutbacks.

Episode 8

Bulls and Saints

Mon, Sep 18, 2023

After 20 years living in the United States, an undocumented Mexican family decides to return home. Little do they know it will be the most difficult journey of their lives and reawaken an intense desire for a place to belong.

Episode 9

Uýra - The Rising Forest

Mon, Sep 25, 2023

While traveling through the Amazon, Uýra shares ancestral knowledge with Indigenous youth to promote the significance of identity and place, threatened by Brazil's oppressive political regime.

Episode 10

Murders That Matter

Mon, Oct 2, 2023

Set in Philadelphia, Murders That Matter documents African American, Muslim mother Movita Johnson-Harrell over five years as she transforms from victim of violent trauma into a fierce advocate against gun violence in Black communities.

Episode 11

Aurora's Sunrise

Episode 12

Fire Through Dry Grass

Episode 13

Wisdom Gone Wild

A film blending humor and sadness focuses on a mother and daughter confronting the reality of wisdom "gone wild" in the shadows of dementia.

Episode 14

How to Have an American Baby

Episode 15

Brief Tender Light

Episode 16

Unseen

Mon, Sep 30, 2024

As a blind, undocumented immigrant, Pedro faces obstacles to obtain his college degree, become a social worker, and support his family. Uncertainty looms over him even after he graduates. Through experimental cinematography and sound, unseen reimagines the accessibility of cinema, while exploring the intersections of immigration, disability, and mental health.