POV airs new independent documentaries on Tuesday nights during the summer and fall. Dates and times below reflect the national PBS broadcast schedule.
Wo Ai Ni (I Love You) Mommy
by Stephanie Wang-Breal
Broadcast: Tuesday, August 31 at 10:00 PM (90 minutes)
What is it like to be torn from your Chinese foster family, put on a plane with strangers and wake up in a new country, family and culture?
Watch trailerGermans in the Woods
by Mike Rauch , Tim Rauch
Broadcast: Tuesday, August 31 at 11:25 PM (2 minutes)
Joseph Robertson was an infantryman in the U.S. Army during World War II, and he fought in the Battle of the Bulge.
Off and Running
by Nicole Opper
Broadcast: Tuesday, September 7 at 10:00 PM (90 minutes)
Avery is one of three children adopted by a Jewish lesbian couple in Brooklyn. Though it may not look typical, Avery’s is like most families—until she writes to her birth mother.
Remind meThe Human Voice
by Mike Rauch, Tim Rauch
Broadcast: Tuesday, September 7 at 11:20 PM (2 minutes)
Studs Terkel talks about what has been lost in modern life and where he sees hope for our future.
The Icing on the Cake
by Mike Rauch, Tim Rauch
Broadcast: Tuesday, September 7 at 11:25 PM (2 minutes)
The daughter of two Mexican immigrants reveals how much she saw of her parents' lives as a child — and the inspiration she drew from their struggles.
In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee
by Deann Borshay Liem
Broadcast: Tuesday, September 14 at 10:00 PM (60 minutes)
Her passport said she was Cha Jung Hee. She knew she was not. So began a 40-year deception for a Korean adoptee who came to the United States in 1966.
The Oath
by Laura Poitras
Broadcast: Tuesday, September 21 at 10:00 PM (90 minutes)
Filmed in Yemen and Guantánamo, Poitras interweaves the stories of Abu Jandal, bin Laden's former bodyguard, and Salim Hamdan, a prisoner facing war crimes charges.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
by Judith Ehrlich, Rick Goldsmith
Broadcast: Tuesday, October 5 at 9:00 PM (90 minutes)
In 1971, a whistleblower's daring act of conscience led directly to Watergate, President Nixon’s resignation and the end of the Vietnam War.
Food, Inc.
by Robert Kenner
Broadcast: Wednesday, April 21 at 9:00 PM (120 minutes)
This 2010 Oscar-nominated film lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from the American consumer.
Notes on Milk
by Ariana Gerstein , Monteith McCollum
Broadcast: Wednesday, April 21 at 9:00 PM (20 minutes)
A poetic look at some lesser-known aspects of America’s favorite drink: the industry’s spiritual underpinnings, politics and the struggle of independent farmers.
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
by Emily Kunstler , Sarah Kunstler
Broadcast: Tuesday, June 22 at 10:00 PM (90 minutes)
In this intimate biography, Kunstler's daughters seek to recover the real story of what made their late father one of the most beloved, and hated, lawyers in America. Watch online »
The Beaches of Agnès
by Agnès Varda
Broadcast: Tuesday, June 29 at 10:00 PM (120 minutes)
In this delightful memoir, the award-winning French filmmaker employs all the magic of cinema to juxtapose the real and the imagined, the past and the present, pain and joy. Watch online »
A Different Color Blue
by Melanie Vi Levy
Broadcast: Tuesday, June 29 at 11:55 PM (4 minutes)
Charles Curtis Blackwell, a semi-blind artist, lost most of his eyesight in an accident during his youth, but this adversity has only heightened his artistic gifts.
Promised Land
by Yoruba Richen
Broadcast: Tuesday, July 6 at 10:00 PM (60 minutes)
Though apartheid ended in South Africa in 1994, economic injustices between blacks and whites remain unresolved — and the most potentially explosive issue is land.
Good Fortune
by Landon Van Soest , Jeremy Levine
Broadcast: Tuesday, July 13 at 10:00 PM (90 minutes)
Good Fortune is a provocative exploration of how massive international efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa may be undermining the very communities they aim to benefit.
Bye
by Anthony Morrison
Broadcast: Tuesday, July 13 at 11:45 PM (9 minutes)
Bye follows Jayden, a two and half year old diagnosed with autism, through his first months of school in the Bronx.
El General
by Natalia Almada
Broadcast: Tuesday, July 20 at 10:00 PM (90 minutes)
Past and present collide as the daughter of Plutarco Elías Calles, a revolutionary general who became Mexico’s president in 1924, reflects on his legacy.
Presumed Guilty
by Roberto Hernández, Layda Negrete , Geoffrey Smith
Broadcast: Tuesday, July 27 at 10:00 PM (60 minutes)
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.
The Way We Get By
by Aron Gaudet
Broadcast: Tuesday, August 3 at 10:00 PM (90 minutes)This is an encore performance.*
Over the past five years, a group of senior citizens has made history by greeting over 900,000 American troops at a tiny airport in Bangor, Maine.
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* Note: Not all PBS stations choose to rebroadcast encore presentations. Please check local listings to see whether this show will be airing.
First Person Plural
by Deann Borshay Liem
Broadcast: Tuesday, August 10 at 10:00 PM (60 minutes)This is an encore performance.*
A young Korean girl grows up with an American family: but years later, Deann Borshay Liem discovers that her Korean mother is still very much alive.
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* Note: Not all PBS stations choose to rebroadcast encore presentations. Please check local listings to see whether this show will be airing.
SALT
by Michael Angus , Murray Fredericks
Broadcast: Tuesday, August 17 at 10:00 PM (28 minutes)
Made in collaboration with documentary filmmaker Michael Angus, SALT is the film extension of Murray Fredericks’ photography at the desolate yet beautiful Lake Eyre.
Danny and Annie: Parts I & II
by Mike Rauch , Tim Rauch
Broadcast: Tuesday, August 17 at 10:30 PM (7 minutes)
In an intimate and heartbreaking glimpse into a marriage, this animated short witnesses true love as it braves the finality of loss.
A Healing Art
by Ellen Frick
Broadcast: Tuesday, August 17 at 10:40 PM (7 minutes)
Artificial eye makers combine artistry, skill and compassion, making eyes that are masterful works of art, and rekindling hope for their patients.
The Archive
by Sean Dunne
Broadcast: Tuesday, August 17 at 10:50 PM (7 minutes)
This is the story of a man and his records. Paul Mawhinney has amassed what has become the world's largest record collection.
Trash-Out
by Maria Fortiz-Morse
Broadcast: Tuesday, August 17 at 10:55 PM (5 minutes)
This deeply affecting and simple short shows workers cleaning out a house that has been foreclosed upon. What does an empty house say that was once a home?
Q&A
by Mike Rauch , Tim Rauch
Broadcast: Tuesday, August 24 at 10:00 PM (4 minutes)
This four-minute animated short from the producers of StoryCorps features Joshua Littman, a 12-year-old boy with Asperger's syndrome, interviewing his mother, Sarah.
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