2009 POV Season
by Steven Sebring
Premiere: December 30, 2009
Shot over 11 years by renowned fashion photographer Steven Sebring, this is an intimate portrait of the legendary rocker, poet and artist Patti Smith.
by Aron Gaudet
Premiere: November 11, 2009
Over the past five years, a group of senior citizens has made history by greeting nearly 800,000 American troops at a tiny airport in Bangor, Maine.
by Yoni Brook, Musa Syeed
Premiere: September 22, 2009
Rocky Otoo is the sassy teenage daughter of Ghanaian parents. After she rebels against her mother's rule in the Bronx, she flees to her father, a chief in Ghana.
by Tod Lending, David Mrazek
Premiere: September 15, 2009
Over the course of a school year, two public school principals with unique styles and similar passions make a difference in the lives of their students.
by Geoffrey Smith
Premiere: September 8, 2009
A remarkable depiction of one doctor's commitment to relieving suffering and of the emotional turmoil he undergoes in bringing hope to a desperate people.
by Gemma Cubero, Celeste Carrasco
Premiere: September 1, 2009
Two women matadors in Spain have a passion for bullfighting and are determined to pursue their dreams. What is it like for women to enter into this male-dominated arena?
by Georgi Lazarevski
Premiere: August 25, 2009
The security wall being built by Israel on the West Bank has isolated a nursing home, leaving its residents to face old age in the throes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
by Various Filmmakers
Premiere: August 18, 2009
POV presents a one-hour collection of acclaimed documentary shorts by established and emerging filmmakers.
by Sam Green, Carrie Lozano
Premiere: August 18, 2009
The world's largest mall is the South China Mall outside of Guangzhou, China. But along with the glitz and glory of middle-class shopping, the mall’s Chinese developers seem to have imported something else — a cautionary tale of capitalist hubris.