unseen
As a blind, undocumented immigrant, Pedro faces obstacles to obtain his college degree, become a social worker, and support his family. Uncertainty looms over him even after he graduates. Through experimental cinematography and sound, unseen reimagines the accessibility of cinema, while exploring the intersections of immigration, disability, and mental health.
Episodes
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POV Shorts: Le Frère
S34 E406 - 24m 57s
A story of familial sacrifice and the bonds of brotherhood.
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POV Shorts: Becoming Myself
S34 E405 - 23m 57s
Two conversations on identity and connection -- selections from the POV Spark/NFB series, Otherly.
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POV Shorts: On Caregiving and Grace
S34 E404 - 24m 50s
Stories of courageous empathy in the face of loss.
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POV Shorts: Familial Healing
S34 E403 - 24m 51s
Two windows into what it means to be a survivor.
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POV Shorts: Dreaming Life
S34 E402 - 25m 5s
Stories of self acceptance and finding joy.
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POV Shorts: Where I'm From
S34 E401 - 53m 47s
Stories on home and how it shapes us.
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Landfall
S34 E2 - 1h 23m
Through shard-like glimpses of everyday life in post-Hurricane María Puerto Rico, LANDFALL is a
cautionary tale for our times. Set against the backdrop of the protests that toppled the governor in
2019, the film offers a prismatic portrait of collective trauma and resistance as Puerto Ricans navigate dismantled social services and newcomers eager to profit.
Extras + Features
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Trailer | On the Divide
S34 E13 - 2m 9s
McAllen, TX is home to the last reproductive health clinic on the Texas/Mexico border. It is the center of the tension between religious protesters who try to stop patients coming inside and the security staff of the clinic who fight to protect it. On The Divide follows three different Latinx members of this community and the unforeseen choices they face for their daily survival.
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Trailer | North By Current
S34 E10 - 2m 8s
Filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax returns to his rural Michigan hometown after the death of his young niece. Decades of home movies and ethereal narration reflect on struggles with grief and addiction as Madsen examines family, faith, and trans identity. NORTH BY CURRENT asks more questions than it answers, and like the relentless Michigan seasons, the only sure things are time and change.
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Trailer | Not Going Quietly
S34 E12 - 2m 23s
A rising star in progressive politics and new father, Ady Barkan’s life is upended when he is diagnosed with ALS. After a chance encounter with a powerful Senator on an airplane catapults him to fame, Ady and a motley crew of activists ignite a once-in-a-generation movement for universal healthcare, in a journey that transforms his belief in what is possible for the country and for his family.
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Trailer | Things We Dare Not Do
S34 E9 - 1m 47s
In the small Mexican coastal village of El Roblito, 16-year-old Ñoño lives what seems to be an idyllic existence with his loving family. But he holds a secret. Defying gender norms, Ñoño works up the courage to tell his family he wants to live his life as a woman. Yet when violence interrupts a community celebration, he must face the reality of a country shrouded in machismo and transphobia.
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Trailer | La Casa de Mama Icha
S34 E8 - 2m 11s
Decades earlier, Mama Icha moved to the United States to help her daughter with the care of her grandchildren. However, she never lost sight of her hometown of Mompox, spending years sending money to build her dream house there. Now, at the end of her life, Mama Icha boards a plane and flies back to Colombia where she finds joy and heartbreak in her return to the place her heart never left.
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Trailer | Fruits of Labor
S34 E7 - 2m 17s
Ashley, a Mexican-American teenager living in an agricultural town in the central coast of California, dreams of graduating high school and going to college. But when ICE raids threaten her family, Ashley is forced to become the breadwinner, working days in the strawberry fields and nights at a food processing company.
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Trailer | The Song of the Butterflies
S34 E6 - 2m 21s
Rember Yahuarcani is an Indigenous painter and one of the last surviving members of the White Heron clan of the Uitoto Nation in Peru. He left to pursue a successful career in Lima, but when he finds himself in a creative rut, he returns home to his Amazonian community to visit his father, a painter, and his mother, a sculptor, and discovers why the stories of his ancestors cannot be forgotten.
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Trailer | Pier Kids
S34 E5 - 1m 2s
On the Christopher Street Pier in New York City, homeless queer and trans youth of color forge friendships and chosen families, withstanding tremendous amounts of abuse while working to carve out autonomy and security in their lives. With intimate access to three fearless young persons -- Krystal, Desean and Casper -- Pier Kids highlights the resilience of a community many choose to ignore.
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Trailer | Mayor
S34 E4 - 2m 20s
Musa Hadid is the Christian mayor of Ramallah, the de facto capital of the Palestinian Authority. As he tries to keep his city running while paving sidewalks, planning holidays and building a new fountain, his job is made increasingly difficult by the Israeli occupation of his home. Mayor asks with humor and quiet outrage: how do you run a city if you don’t have a country?
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Trailer | Stateless
S34 E3 - 2m 14s
Director Michèle Stephenson’s new documentary follows families of those affected by the 2013 legislation stripping citizenship from Dominicans of Haitian descent, uncovering the complex history and present-day politics of Haiti and the Dominican Republic through the grassroots electoral campaign of a young attorney named Rosa Iris.
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Trailer | Landfall
S34 E2 - 2m 19s
Through shard-like glimpses of everyday life in post-Hurricane María Puerto Rico, LANDFALL is a
cautionary tale for our times. Set against the backdrop of the protests that toppled the governor in
2019, the film offers a prismatic portrait of collective trauma and resistance as Puerto Ricans navigate dismantled social services and newcomers eager to profit. -
Trailer | The Neutral Ground
S34 E1 - 1m 42s
The Neutral Ground documents New Orleans’ fight over monuments and America’s troubled romance with the Lost Cause. In 2015, director CJ Hunt was filming the New Orleans City Council’s vote to remove four confederate monuments. But when that removal is halted by lawsuits and death threats, CJ sets out to understand why a losing army from 1865 still holds so much power in America.
Schedule
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POV
Uýra: The Rising Forest
Saturday
Apr 20
1 Hour
Uýra shares ancestral knowledge with Indigenous youth in the Amazon, confronting historical racism, transphobia and environmental destruction. -
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Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust
Saturday
Apr 20
1 Hour
Native American, Japanese American and rancher communities form an alliance to defend their land and water from Los Angeles. -
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Delikado
Saturday
Apr 20
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Three leaders work with Indigenous communities to save their natural resources on the Philippine island of Palawan. -
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Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust
Sunday
Apr 21
1 Hour
Native American, Japanese American and rancher communities form an alliance to defend their land and water from Los Angeles. -
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Delikado
Sunday
Apr 21
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Three leaders work with Indigenous communities to save their natural resources on the Philippine island of Palawan. -
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Delikado
Monday
Apr 22
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Three leaders work with Indigenous communities to save their natural resources on the Philippine island of Palawan. -
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Uýra: The Rising Forest
Monday
Apr 22
1 Hour
Uýra shares ancestral knowledge with Indigenous youth in the Amazon, confronting historical racism, transphobia and environmental destruction. -
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Delikado
Wednesday
Apr 24
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Three leaders work with Indigenous communities to save their natural resources on the Philippine island of Palawan. -
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Winter's Yearning
Thursday
Apr 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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Fire Through Dry Grass
Saturday
Apr 27
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Nursing home residents use poetry and art to describe the danger and imprisonment they feel during COVID-19's lockdown. -
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Fire Through Dry Grass
Sunday
Apr 28
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Nursing home residents use poetry and art to describe the danger and imprisonment they feel during COVID-19's lockdown. -
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Liquor Store Dreams
Wednesday
May 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
Thursday
May 2
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
Thursday
May 2
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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Wuhan Wuhan
Thursday
May 2
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Exploring the early days of COVID-19 when Chinese citizens and frontline health care workers in Wuhan grappled with a mysterious virus.
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