by Mike Rauch and Tim Rauch
Premiere Date: August 9, 2012
Sam Black talks to his wife about his father, an enduring lesson and the power of a look.
by Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway
Premiere Date: September 6, 2011
Encore Broadcast: August 30, 2012
The story of two men who were accused of intending to firebomb the 2008 Republican National Convention, is a dramatic tale of idealism, loyalty, crime and betrayal. (90 minutes)
by Natalia Almada
Premiere Date: September 27, 2012
From dusk to dawn, a guard watches over the extravagant mausoleums of some of Mexico’s most notorious drug lords. (60 minutes)
by Mike Rauch and Tim Rauch
Premiere Date: August 9, 2012
Carl McNair tells the story of his brother Ronald, an African-American kid in the 1950s who set his sights on the stars.
by Mike Rauch and Tim Rauch
Premiere Date: August 9, 2012
The new kid at school becomes a hero when his teachers cannot find a way to anglicize his name.
by A. Sabin and David Redmon
Premiere Date: Winter Special Presentation
The provocative film is a lyrical exploration of youth, beauty and ambition, seen through the eyes of a conflicted American modeling scout and the 13-year-old girl she discovers. (90 minutes)
by Michael Collins and Marty Syjuco
Premiere Date: October 4, 2012
A riveting exposé of corruption and injustice in the Philippines, chronicling a sensational murder case that ends a nation’s use of capital punishment — but fails to free an innocent man. (90 minutes)
by Pamela Yates and Paco de Onís and Peter Kinoy
Premiere Date: June 28, 2012
The extraordinary story of how a film, aiding a new generation of human rights activists, became a granito — a tiny grain of sand — that helped tip the scales of justice. (90 minutes)
by Julie Moggan
Premiere Date: July 12, 2012
Five heroes, four continents, one dream of true love. Because real life begins where romance novels end. (60 minutes)
by Jonathan Demme
Premiere Date: September 20, 2012
Jonathan Demme’s portrait of post-Katrina New Orleans tells the story of Carolyn Parker, a lifelong resident of the Lower Ninth Ward, who is fighting for the right to rebuild her home and community. (90 minutes)
by Marshall Curry
Premiere Date: September 13, 2011
Encore Broadcast: August 11, 2012
This provocative film lifts the veil on a radical environmental group that the FBI calls America’s "number one domestic terrorism threat." (90 minutes)
by Chris Hegedus and D A Pennebaker
Premiere Date: June 21, 2011
Encore Broadcast: September 13, 2012
Pastry chefs whip up the most gravity-defying concoctions and edge-of-your-seat drama as they deliver their desserts for the Meilleurs Ouvriers de France competition. (90 minutes)
by Jennifer Fox
Premiere Date: June 21, 2012
As Chögyal Namkhai Norbu rises as a Buddhist teacher in the West, his son Yeshi, recognized as the reincarnation of a Buddhist master, breaks away to embrace the modern world. (90 minutes)
by Patricio Guzmán
Premiere Date: October 25, 2012
In the Atacama Desert, earthly and celestial quests meld. Archaeologists dig for ancient civilizations, women search for their loved ones and astronomers scan the skies for new galaxies. (90 minutes)
by Steven Sebring
Premiere Date: December 30, 2009
Encore Broadcast: March 9, 2012
Shot over 11 years by renowned fashion photographer Steven Sebring, this is an intimate portrait of the legendary rocker, poet and artist Patti Smith. (120 minutes)
by Various Filmmakers
Premiere Date: August 9, 2012
Short is sweet as POV presents brief documentary encounters — including an Academy Award nominee, a Student Academy Award winner and the return of StoryCorps. (60 minutes)
by POV
Premiere Date: Various Dates
Airing Thursdays at 10 PM during the summer, POV features the work of the best independent documentary filmmakers from America and around the world.
by Roberto Hernández and Layda Negrete and Geoffrey Smith
Premiere Date: July 27, 2010
Encore Broadcast: August 23, 2012
Imagine being picked up off the street, told you have committed a murder you know nothing about and then finding yourself sentenced to 20 years in jail. Watch now »
(60 minutes)
by Bernardo Ruiz
Premiere Date: January 7, 2013
A veteran reporter and his colleagues at an independent newsweekly defy powerful drug cartels and corrupt officials to continue publishing the news. (60 minutes)
by Theo Rigby
Premiere Date: August 9, 2012
Winner of a Student Academy Award®, Sin País (Without Country) explores one family’s complex and emotional journey involving deportation.
by Joonas Berghäll and Mika Hotakainen
Premiere Date: August 2, 2011
Encore Broadcast: August 16, 2012
In Finland, the sauna is a national obsession - a place to come together and sweat out not only the grime of contemporary life, but also grief, hopes, joys and memories. (60 minutes)
by Mike Rauch and Tim Rauch
Premiere Date: Various dates
In 2012, StoryCorps returns to POV for a third season of its Peabody Award-winning storytelling. Watch animated shorts from past seasons. (various minutes)
by Maya Stark and Adi Lavy
Premiere Date: October 18, 2012
When a Navajo couple uncovers a hidden link between their children’s rare genetic disorder and the American government’s conquest of their tribe, their lives are changed forever. (60 minutes)
by Gail Dolgin and Robin Fryday
Premiere Date: August 9, 2012
James Armstrong, whose Alabama barbershop has been a hub for haircuts and civil rights for 50 years, celebrates the election of the first black president.
by Ian Cheney
Premiere Date: July 5, 2012
Is darkness becoming extinct? Exploring the physical and psychological effects of light pollution, The City Dark is a portrait of the world after dusk, and a meditation on the human relationship to the stars. (60 minutes)
by Julia Meltzer and Laura Nix
Premiere Date: July 19, 2012
Houda al-Habash, a conservative woman preacher in Damascus, Syria, calls girls to the practice of Islam, teaching them that pursuing their ambitions is a way of worshipping God. (60 minutes)
by Mike Rauch and Tim Rauch
Premiere Date: January 26, 2012
Rachel P. Salazar and Ruben P. Salazar were living 9,000 miles apart, unaware of each other's existence, until a stroke of luck brought them together.
by Erica Scharf
Premiere Date: July 26, 2012
Up Heartbreak Hill follows two Native teens torn between the lure of opportunities outside their remote reservation community and the cultural ties that bind them to home. (60 minutes)
by Heather Courtney
Premiere Date: November 10, 2011
Encore Broadcast: September 6, 2012
From a snowy town in northern Michigan to the mountains of Afghanistan, follow the four-year journey of childhood friends who join the National Guard. (90 minutes)