P.O.V.

Season 25 Episode 7: Short Cuts

32 SeasonsAug 09, 2012NR1h8

Five shorts, including "The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement," about an octogenarian Alabama barber and WWII veteran who carried the American flag across the bridge on the first Selma to Montgomery march of 1965; and "Sin País (Without Country)," about illegal immigrants from Guatemala who, 20 years after arriving in the U.S., are deported to their home country. Also: three StoryCorps animations, including "Eyes on the Stars," about...

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Season 25 Episodes:

Episode 1 My Reincarnation

1. My Reincarnation

Aired: Jun 21, 2012

High Tibetan Buddhist Master Chögyal Namkhal Norbu teaches in the West, while...

Episode 2 Granito: How to Nail a Dictator

2. Granito: How to Nail a Dictator

Aired: Jun 28, 2012

In a startling loop of time and memory, Granito shows how a filmmaker's first...

Episode 3 The City Dark

3. The City Dark

Aired: Jul 5, 2012

Is darkness becoming extinct? A meditation on the human relationship to the s...

Episode 4 Guilty Pleasures

4. Guilty Pleasures

Aired: Jul 12, 2012

Every four seconds a romance novel published by Harlequin or its British coun...

Episode 5 The Light in Her Eyes

5. The Light in Her Eyes

Aired: Jul 19, 2012

Houda al-Habash, a conservative Muslim preacher, founded a Qur’an school for ...

Episode 6 Up Heartbreak Hill

6. Up Heartbreak Hill

Aired: Jul 26, 2012

Up Heartbreak Hill chronicles the lives of three high school seniors living o...

Episode 7 Short Cuts

Aired: Aug 9, 2012

Five shorts, including "The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil R...

Episode 8 I'm Carolyn Parker: The Good, the Mad, and the Beautiful

8. I'm Carolyn Parker: The Good, the Mad, and the Beautiful

Aired: Sep 20, 2012

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Episode 9 El Velador (The Night Watchman)

9. El Velador (The Night Watchman)

Aired: Sep 27, 2012

From dusk to dawn, 'El Velador' accompanies Martin, a guard who watches over ...

Episode 10 Give Up Tomorrow

10. Give Up Tomorrow

Aired: Oct 4, 2012

Exposing shocking corruption within the judicial system of the Philippines in...

Episode 11 Sun Kissed

Aired: Oct 18, 2012

When a Navajo couple uncovers a hidden link between their children’s rare gen...

Episode 12 Nostalgia for the Light

12. Nostalgia for the Light

Aired: Oct 25, 2012

Patricio Guzmán's Nostalgia for the Light is a remarkable meditation on memor...

Episode 13 Reportero

Aired: Jan 7, 2013

A veteran reporter and his colleagues at an independent newsweekly defy power...

Episode 14 Girl Model

Aired: Mar 24, 2013

A lyrical exploration of youth, beauty and ambition, seen through the eyes of...

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Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Genres:Documentary