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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.

POV Shorts: Classroom 4

38m 2s

CLASSROOM 4 is the story of an award-winning professor teaching "The History of Crime and Punishment" inside a prison to a class of both free students and incarcerated students. Through exploring concepts including masculinity, prison abolition, and mercy, the work reveals the true cost of mass incarceration and the power of human connection to transform society.

Episodes

  • POV Shorts: Classroom 4: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    POV Shorts: Classroom 4

    S38 E806 - 38m 2s

    CLASSROOM 4 is the story of an award-winning professor teaching "The History of Crime and Punishment" inside a prison to a class of both free students and incarcerated students. Through exploring concepts including masculinity, prison abolition, and mercy, the work reveals the true cost of mass incarceration and the power of human connection to transform society.

  • POV Shorts: La Orquesta: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    POV Shorts: La Orquesta

    S38 E805 - 22m 5s

    A sought-after music teacher and conductor, Juana Alzaga sets out to create Georgia’s first youth orchestra for immigrant families. For most, this is their only opportunity for music education. La Orquesta follows Juana and her orchestra over the course of one school year as they navigate health challenges and increasing hostility toward immigrants, finding solace in music.

  • POV Shorts: Songs of Black Folk: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    POV Shorts: Songs of Black Folk

    S38 E804 - 26m 55s

    Songs of Black Folk, a new musical tradition, brings together the largest gathering of Black musical talent on a single stage in the Pacific Northwest, marking a new era for Black artists in the PNW, on the meaningful backdrop of Juneteenth. Led by Ramon Bryant Braxton and Rev. Dr. Leslie Braxton, this performance group is inspiring audiences and the next generation of Black artists.

  • POV Shorts: This is America: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    POV Shorts: This is America

    S38 E803 - 25m 5s

    From big city to small town, two stories reflecting contemporary America. MnM is a joyful portrait of Mermaid and Milan, chosen sisters and ballroom divas. In Your Opinion, Please, listeners across Montana share their views live on-air.

  • POV Shorts: The People Could Fly: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    POV Shorts: The People Could Fly

    S38 E802 - 21m 48s

    A poetic exploration into the history of Black gathering spaces in Louisville, KY. Intimate portraits reveal the ritual of roller skating and the emergence of roller rinks as sanctuaries for Black culture. Mixing archival footage, newsreel, still photos and recent video this history of a segregated Louisville underscores the magic that its Black community has conjured as an act of resistance.

  • POV Shorts: Chasing Time: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    POV Shorts: Chasing Time

    S38 E801 - 25m 5s

    A meditative exploration of time and mortality, Chasing Time follows photographer James Balog as he brings the 15-year Extreme Ice Survey project to a close. Accompanied by the Emmy-winning team behind Chasing Ice, the film unveils astounding visual evidence of climate change and spotlights the power of intergenerational collaboration in inspiring hope and action toward a sustainable future.

  • A Mother Apart: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    A Mother Apart

    S38 E13 - 1h 23m

    In a poignant story of healing and forgiveness, Jamaican-American poet and LGBTQ+ activist Staceyann Chin explores how to raise a child after being abandoned by her own mother. Known for her work in Def Poetry Slam and shows like MotherStruck!, Chin embarks on a journey across Brooklyn, Montreal, Cologne, and Jamaica to find her mother, ultimately creating a new sense of home with her daughter.

  • Porcelain War: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Porcelain War

    S38 E12 - 1h 22m

    Amidst the brutal Russian invasion, three Ukrainian artists find creative inspiration and resilience as they defend their culture and their country. Choosing to stay behind they are armed with their art, their cameras, and, for the first time in their lives, their guns. As the war intensifies, they document themselves to capture an idyllic past, uncertain present, and hopeful future.

  • The Bitter Pill: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Bitter Pill

    S38 E11 - 1h 22m

    With his hometown ravaged by the opioid epidemic, attorney Paul Farrell Jr. takes on pharmaceutical giants to secure funds for recovery efforts. When his innovative legal strategy catches national attention, the case transforms into America’s largest civil litigation. As stakes escalate, Farrell fights for justice—not just for his community, but for a nation in crisis.

  • Black Snow: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Black Snow

    S38 E10 - 1h 22m

    In a remote Siberian coal mining city, residents discover deadly gases seeping from an abandoned mine into their homes. Local journalist Natalia Zubkova begins investigating, but her viral reporting triggers an aggressive government cover-up. Facing mounting pressure from authorities, she risks everything to expose an environmental catastrophe that threatens her entire community.

  • Moving soon to WETA Passport

    The Age of Water: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Age of Water

    S38 E9 - 1h 14m

    When three children die of leukemia in a rural Mexican community, two mothers partner with a hydrogeologist to investigate their water supply. The discovery of dangerous radioactivity leads to community backlash and government denial. As they uncover how industrial farming is tapping ancient, contaminated aquifers, their fight for justice shows the personal cost of exposing environmental threats.

  • DRIVER: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    DRIVER

    S38 E8 - 1h 23m

    After losing everything, Desiree Wood takes a second lease on life as a long-haul trucker. While she struggles to balance life on the road with her ambitions as the head of a driver-led movement run from the cab of her truck, Desiree and her sisterhood of truckers rally against the crushing forces of an industry that is indifferent to their survival.

Extras + Features

Schedule

  • POV: Between Goodbyes: TVSS: Banner-L1

    POV

    Between Goodbyes

    Monday
    Dec 8

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    Cultural misunderstandings and unspoken regrets surface when a queer Korean adoptee reunites with her birth mother in Seoul.
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    POV

    Between Goodbyes

    Wednesday
    Dec 10

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    Cultural misunderstandings and unspoken regrets surface when a queer Korean adoptee reunites with her birth mother in Seoul.
  • POV: Between Goodbyes: TVSS: Banner-L1

    POV

    Between Goodbyes

    Thursday
    Dec 11

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    Cultural misunderstandings and unspoken regrets surface when a queer Korean adoptee reunites with her birth mother in Seoul.
  • POV: Between Goodbyes: TVSS: Banner-L1

    POV

    Between Goodbyes

    Thursday
    Dec 11

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    Cultural misunderstandings and unspoken regrets surface when a queer Korean adoptee reunites with her birth mother in Seoul.
  • POV: TVSS: Iconic

    POV

    An Act of Worship

    Thursday
    Dec 11

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    Muslim Americans offer perspectives on pivotal moments in U.S. history and policy from the past 30 years.
  • POV: TVSS: Iconic

    POV

    An Act of Worship

    Friday
    Dec 12

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    Muslim Americans offer perspectives on pivotal moments in U.S. history and policy from the past 30 years.
  • POV: TVSS: Iconic

    POV

    An Act of Worship

    Friday
    Dec 12

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    Muslim Americans offer perspectives on pivotal moments in U.S. history and policy from the past 30 years.
  • POV: Between Goodbyes: TVSS: Banner-L1

    POV

    Between Goodbyes

    Saturday
    Dec 13

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    Cultural misunderstandings and unspoken regrets surface when a queer Korean adoptee reunites with her birth mother in Seoul.
  • POV: Between Goodbyes: TVSS: Banner-L1

    POV

    Between Goodbyes

    Saturday
    Dec 13

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    Cultural misunderstandings and unspoken regrets surface when a queer Korean adoptee reunites with her birth mother in Seoul.

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