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Watch Films Online

Select POV films are now available in their entirety online for a limited time. Visit the PBS Video Player for the full list.

Here are some highlights.

A resident of Farmingville expresses his disapproval of immigrants living and working in town.
Farmingville

Hate crimes against Mexican day laborers in Long Island, NY (90 minutes) through November 11

Bronx Princess
Bronx Princess

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. (38 minutes) through November 24

The
Principal Story
The Principal Story

Principals make a difference in struggling public schools. (60 minutes) through December 14

The candidate: Kazuhiko 'Yama-san' Yamauchi
Campaign

This is democracy — Japanese style: the story of a man plucked from obscurity by the ruling political party to run for a critical city council seat. (60 minutes)

a still from '9 Star Hotel'
9 Star Hotel

A group of young Palestinian men work illegally as construction laborers in the Israeli city of Modi'in. Caught between Israeli security laws and a Palestinian Authority they see as having failed them, they work for Israeli contractors by day while hiding from police by night. (60 minutes)

Online Short Films Fest


A Healing Art

What could be good about losing an eye? Nothing can make up for this tragic loss, but artificial eye makers Christy Erickson and Todd Cranmore combine artistry, skill and compassion to rekindle hope for their patients and families. Each eye...


So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away

So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away reveals how the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina continues to have impact on the lives of its victims — and how entire families are among the casualties. The film tells the story of...


Nutkin's Last Stand

The aggressive North American gray (or grey, when it gets to England) squirrel is threatening to displace the English red squirrel. Immortalized in Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin and much beloved by English nature lovers, the red is...


34x25x36

Filmmaker Jesse Epstein takes us inside the Patina V Mannequin Factory in City of Industry, Calif., where the artistry, craft and marketing that go into creating "the ideal woman of the moment" — in plastic — are accompanied by a...


Utopia, Part 3

Is nothing American sacred anymore? The largest mall in the world turns out not to be the famous Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn. It's the South China Mall outside of Guangzhou, China. Outdoing the techniques of American consumerism, South...


Alice Sees the Light

In the darkness outside of our cities, there are lights that we have forgotten how to see. Alice laments the loss of her view of the universe, one of her initial reasons for living in the country. The change in...


City of Cranes

Cranes dominate our skylines, yet few people ever notice them, nor do they notice the men and women who operate them. Spending most of their time alone up in the crane, crane drivers seem to merge with their machines, becoming...


Ars Magna

"Ars Magna," which means "great art" in Latin, is an anagram of the word "anagrams." Enter into the obsessive and fascinating world of anagrams with Cory Calhoun, who took the first three lines of Hamlet's "To Be or Not to...