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POV

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

Who I Am Not

1h 22m

Sharon-Rose Khumalo, a South African beauty queen, faces an identity crisis after discovering she's intersex. Her path crosses with Dimakatso Sebidi, a masculine-presenting intersex activist, as they both navigate a journey marked by society’s stigma and inner struggles. Intertwining raw reality with poetic beauty, Who I am Not captures the heart-wrenching fight for acceptance in a binary world.

Episodes

  • Name Me Lawand: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Name Me Lawand

    S37 E6 - 1h 22m

    Lawand, deaf from birth, seeks a fresh start with his family in the UK after a traumatic year in a refugee camp. At Derby's Royal School for the Deaf, he learns sign language and discovers a way to communicate with the world. As he thrives, his family faces deportation, challenging their stability. Name Me Lawand is a love letter to the power of friendship and community.

  • Fauna: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Fauna

    S37 E5 - 1h 10m

    An old shepherd and his flock live alongside a high-tech laboratory for animal experimentation. Two worlds that are two sides of the same coin. While the shepherd, afflicted with a bone disease, witnesses his profession disappearing, scientists are busier than ever researching the COVID vaccine. Fauna explores the relationship between humans, animals and science in post-pandemic times.

  • Against the Tide: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Against the Tide

    S37 E4 - 1h 22m

    Mumbai fishermen Rakesh and Ganesh are inheritors of the great Koli knowledge system—a way to harvest the sea by following the moon and the tides. Rakesh has kept faith in traditional methods while Ganesh has embraced technology. Against the Tide is a tale of deep friendship and rising resentment between two men against the backdrop of an adoring sea, now turning hostile through climate change.

  • Is There Anybody Out There?: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Is There Anybody Out There?

    S37 E3 - 1h 22m

    Born with a rare disability, filmmaker Ella Glendining wonders if there is anyone who can share the experience of living in a body like hers. This simple question–one which non disabled people take for granted, leads to a journey to not only others who live like her–but to the realization that meeting them changes how she views herself in the world, as well as many surprises along the way.

  • Hummingbirds: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Hummingbirds

    S37 E2 - 1h 15m

    In Hummingbirds, Silvia and Beba tell their own coming-of-age story, transforming their hometown on the Texas-Mexico border into a wonderland of creative expression and activist hijinks. Filmed collaboratively over the final summer of their fleeting youth, their cinematic self-portrait celebrates the power of friendship and joy as tools of survival and resistance.

Extras + Features

  • King Coal: Bonus Feature: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    King Coal: Bonus Feature

    S37 E1 - 8m

    Shodekeh Talifero (breath artist), Lou Maiuri (flatfoot dancer), Jesse Milnes (fiddle) and Emily Miller (vocals). Shodekeh records a library of breath art for KING COAL at Gaudineer Knob in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia. His work is used throughout the film as part of the sound design and score. Lou performs with old time musicians, Jesse and Emily, in Lost Creek, WV.

Schedule

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    Winter's Yearning

    Thursday
    Jan 23

    1 Hour

    Greenland reckons with its Danish colonial past and the promised future by a U.S. company building a smelting plant, which could serve as the nation's first steps toward economic renewal and political sovereignty.
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    Winter's Yearning

    Friday
    Jan 24

    1 Hour

    Greenland reckons with its Danish colonial past and the promised future by a U.S. company building a smelting plant, which could serve as the nation's first steps toward economic renewal and political sovereignty.
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    Winter's Yearning

    Friday
    Jan 24

    1 Hour

    Greenland reckons with its Danish colonial past and the promised future by a U.S. company building a smelting plant, which could serve as the nation's first steps toward economic renewal and political sovereignty.
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    Winter's Yearning

    Friday
    Jan 24

    1 Hour

    Greenland reckons with its Danish colonial past and the promised future by a U.S. company building a smelting plant, which could serve as the nation's first steps toward economic renewal and political sovereignty.
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    Saturday
    Jan 25

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    A blind, undocumented immigrant faces uncertainty to obtain his college degree, become a social worker and support his family.
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    Winter's Yearning

    Saturday
    Jan 25

    1 Hour

    Greenland reckons with its Danish colonial past and the promised future by a U.S. company building a smelting plant, which could serve as the nation's first steps toward economic renewal and political sovereignty.
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    Sunday
    Jan 26

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    A blind, undocumented immigrant faces uncertainty to obtain his college degree, become a social worker and support his family.
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    Winter's Yearning

    Sunday
    Jan 26

    1 Hour

    Greenland reckons with its Danish colonial past and the promised future by a U.S. company building a smelting plant, which could serve as the nation's first steps toward economic renewal and political sovereignty.
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    Winter's Yearning

    Sunday
    Jan 26

    1 Hour

    Greenland reckons with its Danish colonial past and the promised future by a U.S. company building a smelting plant, which could serve as the nation's first steps toward economic renewal and political sovereignty.
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    Winter's Yearning

    Sunday
    Jan 26

    1 Hour

    Greenland reckons with its Danish colonial past and the promised future by a U.S. company building a smelting plant, which could serve as the nation's first steps toward economic renewal and political sovereignty.
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    Let the Little Light Shine

    Monday
    Jan 27

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    Supporters of the National Teachers Academy in Chicago fight to save their institution when a wealthy parents' group seeks to close it down.
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    Let the Little Light Shine

    Tuesday
    Jan 28

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    Supporters of the National Teachers Academy in Chicago fight to save their institution when a wealthy parents' group seeks to close it down.
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    Let the Little Light Shine

    Tuesday
    Jan 28

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    Supporters of the National Teachers Academy in Chicago fight to save their institution when a wealthy parents' group seeks to close it down.
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    Liquor Store Dreams

    Friday
    Jan 31

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    Two Korean American children of liquor store owners reconcile their dreams with those of their immigrant parents as they confront the racial landscape of Los Angeles.
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    Liquor Store Dreams

    Saturday
    Feb 1

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    Two Korean American children of liquor store owners reconcile their dreams with those of their immigrant parents as they confront the racial landscape of Los Angeles.
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    Liquor Store Dreams

    Saturday
    Feb 1

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    Two Korean American children of liquor store owners reconcile their dreams with those of their immigrant parents as they confront the racial landscape of Los Angeles.
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    Liquor Store Dreams

    Saturday
    Feb 1

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    Two Korean American children of liquor store owners reconcile their dreams with those of their immigrant parents as they confront the racial landscape of Los Angeles.
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    Let the Little Light Shine

    Sunday
    Feb 2

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    Supporters of the National Teachers Academy in Chicago fight to save their institution when a wealthy parents' group seeks to close it down.

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