POV

Return to Homs: Street Protests (Part 1)

This clip from Return to Homs begins with street protestors at night and ends after the narrator reports, “We lost him on that very night.”

Return to Homs: Street Protests (Part 1)

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  • POV Shorts: Until He's Back: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    POV Shorts: Until He's Back

    S37 E706 - 40m 19s

    After learning that his son, Yahya, has died at sea trying to get to Spain, Ahmed Tchiche must find a way to bring his remains back home to Morocco so he and his family can have a proper goodbye. Through interweaving threads, Until He's Back explores the dangerous journey — crossing the Gibraltar Strait from Africa to Spain — and the difficulty of returning the bodies of those who drown at sea.

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    POV Shorts: A Swim Lesson

    S37 E705 - 21m 9s

    Watching a child learn how to swim is like witnessing a great opera. The maestro of this emotional orchestra is Bill Marsh. Swimming is the closest human beings will ever get to flying. And there is no greater joy (or fear) than watching your kid take the leap. Watching Bill teach kids how to swim is the parable we need, because inside his lessons are profound universal truths.

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    The Body Politic

    S37 E11 - 1h 22m

    The Body Politic is a harbinger of hope in a country plagued by gun violence. In Baltimore, Brandon Scott, an idealistic young leader with an ambitious plan to stop chronic violence in the city, is elected mayor. Throughout his first year in office, we follow him as he fights powerful political forces to save lives in Baltimore and reveal a pathway toward healing for the nation.

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