P.O.V.

Season 26 (16 Episodes)

32 Seasons 2013 NR 1h 00m 8

POV, a cinema term for "point of view," is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. Since 1988, POV has presented more than 300 of the best, boldest, and most innovative documentaries to PBS audiences across...

POV, a cinema term for "point of view," is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. Since 1988, POV has presented more than 300 of the best, boldest, and most innovative documentaries to PBS audiences across the country.

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Season 26 Episodes:

Episode 1 Homegoings

1. Homegoings

Aired: Jun 24, 2013

The rarely seen world of undertaking in the black community.

Episode 2 Special Flight

2. Special Flight

Aired: Jul 1, 2013

The plight of undocumented immigrants at a detention center in Geneva, Switze...

Episode 3 Herman's House

3. Herman's House

Aired: Jul 8, 2013

Herman Wallace has spent more than 40 years in a 6’ x 9’ prison cell. He work...

Episode 5 High Tech, Low Life

5. High Tech, Low Life

Aired: Jul 15, 2013

The modern-day love story of a guy from small-town Illinois who reaches out t...

Episode 6 Neurotypical

6. Neurotypical

Aired: Jul 22, 2013

High Tech, Low Life follows two of China’s first citizen-reporters, bloggers ...

Episode 8 5 Broken Cameras

8. 5 Broken Cameras

Aired: Aug 19, 2013

For the first time, Israeli military and legal professionals who devised the ...

Episode 9 Ping Pong

9. Ping Pong

Aired: Aug 26, 2013

Oscar®nominee 5 Broken Cameras depicts life in a West Bank village where a se...

Episode 10 The World Before Her

10. The World Before Her

Aired: Sep 9, 2013

Seven players with 620 years between them compete in the Over 80 World Table ...

Episode 11 Best Kept Secret

11. Best Kept Secret

Aired: Sep 16, 2013

The World Before Her is a tale of two Indias: In one, a small-town girl compe...

Episode 12 Brooklyn Castle

12. Brooklyn Castle

Aired: Sep 23, 2013

A Newark, N.J. public high school teacher races against the clock to find a p...

Episode 13 56 Up

13. 56 Up

Aired: Oct 7, 2013

Brooklyn public school I.S. 318, serving mostly minority students from workin...

Episode 15 American Promise

15. American Promise

Aired: Nov 28, 2013

Celebrate the transformative power of listening with this animated special fr...

Episode 16 American Promise

16. American Promise

Aired: Feb 3, 2014

This intimate documentary follows the 12-year journey of two African-American...

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Network: PBS

Genres: Documentary

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