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TV Schedule

POV airs new independent documentaries on Tuesday nights during the summer and fall.

Dates and times below reflect the schedule of your preferred PBS station.

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Watch Films Online

Select POV films are now available in their entirety online for a limited time. Visit our Watch Films Page for the full list.

Here are some highlights.

9 Star Hotel
9 Star Hotel

Palestinian workers run across the border, risking capture, to work illegally as construction laborers in Israel. (50 minutes)

A scene from 'Campaign'
Campaign

Kazuhiko "Yama-san" Yamauchi has no political experience, but he is plucked by the ruling Japanese political party to run for a critical city council seat. (60 minutes)

Online Short Films Fest


To R.P. Salazar, with Love

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.


John and Joe

On September 11, 2001, the Vigiano brothers responded to the call from the World Trade Center, and both were killed while saving others. Their father remembers his sons and reflects on coping with his tremendous loss.


Always a Family

On the morning of September 11th, Michael Trinidad called his ex-wife, Monique Ferrer, from the 103rd floor of the World Trade Center's North Tower to say goodbye.


She Was the One

From the moment Richard Pecorella met Karen Juday, he knew she was the one. They were inseparable until Sept. 11, 2001, the day that two planes attacked the World Trade Center towers.


Flawed

Artist/filmmaker Andrea Dorfman's drawings burst colorfully into life as she animates the story of her long-distance relationship with a man whose profession — plastic surgery — gives her plenty of fodder.


Big Birding Day

David Wilson offers a glimpse into the world of competitive birdwatching, as three friends attempt to see as many species as possible in 24 hours.


Tiffany

Beverly Morris tells of her ongoing struggle to hold on to the most contested object in her divorce — the Tiffany lamp, in this animated short.


Six Weeks

Marcin Janos Krawczyk looks at one child's fate through the eyes of the mother who must make her irreversible decision and the joyful parents who adopt her baby.