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Since 1988, POV has been the home for the world’s boldest contemporary filmmakers, celebrating intriguing personal stories that spark conversation and inspire action.

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Janaki and her big sister Melissa talk about how they really feel about each other.
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Lynn Weaver and his daughter talk about his father who worked as a janitor and chauffeur.
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Anatomy of a Scene from How to Have an American Baby with Leslie Tai.
Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding comes from Nancy Blachman and David desJardins, Bertha Foundation, The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Charitable Trust, Park Foundation, Sage Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Chris and Nancy Plaut, Abby Pucker, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee and public television viewers. POV is presented by a consortium of public television stations, including KQED San Francisco, WGBH Boston and THIRTEEN in association with WNET.ORG.
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Aspiring social worker faces the uncertainty of life as a blind, undocumented immigrant.
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At MIT, an alum follows four African students striving to become change agents for home.
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An intimate look behind the closed doors of the Chinese birth tourism industry in the US.
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In this reflection on aging and transformation, a woman with dementia reinvents herself.
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Two stories excavating distinct portraits of place, politics, and economy.
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An unlikely group of nursing home residents launch a movement during the pandemic.
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A teenage girl escapes a genocide and makes a meteoric rise to Hollywood stardom.
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A Black Muslim mother vows to save all the other Black sons, on both sides of the gun.
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Uýra is a trans-indigenous artist on a journey of self-discovery in the Amazon forest.
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After 20 years in the United States, an undocumented family decides to return home.
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Charles Curtis Blackwell is partially blind, but adversity has heightened his art.
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A filmmaker's conversations with her mom unveil intergenerational healing and a new start.
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An ecologist survives a near-death fall, unearths family secrets, and explores her roots.
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Locals and news organizations witness a volatile situation turn into a literal powder keg.
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After 16 years of incarceration, Sol recovers her sense of self through gardening.
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A filmmaker returns to West Texas and documents the local oil industry's boom and bust.
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Laughter, love, and a little bit of chaos.
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Her grandmother’s hands shaped her.
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A father recalls how a driving lesson gone wrong turned into a legendary family story.
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Dreamer sits down with his friend Paul to discuss the transformative power of a haircut.