POV Season 38
View Full ListA group of Amazon workers embark on an unprecedented campaign to unionize their warehouse.
A Colombian Black rural activist's historic bid for presidency stirs a national awakening.
Three women navigate hope and change as a Chinese industrial zone transforms Ethiopia.
POV Shorts Season 8
View Full ListPhotographer James Balog brings the 15-year Extreme Ice Survey project to a close.
The People Could Fly is a poetic look at the history of Black gathering spaces in Louisville, KY. Through intimate portraiture, it explores the ritual of roller skating and the role of roller rinks as sanctuaries for Black culture, joy, and resistance.
From big city to small town, two stories reflecting contemporary America. MnM is an exuberant portrait of chosen sisters Mermaid...
Black History Month 2026
View Full ListA prep school in Louisiana that sends 100% of its grads to college is rocked by scandal. Official selection, 2021 Tribeca Film Festival.
A new leader takes on the corrupt ruling party in Zimbabwe's 2018 presidential election. A co-presentation with Black Public Media.
An academic beacon for Black children on Chicago’s South Side battles gentrification. A co-production of POV and ITVS, in association with Black Public Media.
Celebrating Cinematography Collection
View Full ListConfronting war, Ukrainian artists pick up arms while finding strength through art.
A hypnotic immersion in Harar, Ethiopia, where khat, a euphoria-inducing plant holds sway. Official selection 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Shortlisted, 94th Academy Awards. A co-presentation with Black Public Media.
POV Encores
View Full ListPOV Season 37
View Full ListBordertown besties make magic of one last summer together as they face uncertain futures.
Ella Glendining embarks on a quest to connect with others who share her rare disability.
Two Koli fishermen in Bombay are driven to desperation by a dying sea, testing their bond.
POV Shorts Season 7
View Full ListIn one of the few queer-focused shelters in Tijuana, asylum-seekers process heartbreak and joy as they await uncertain futures.
Two stories of women who trailblaze and persist.
A young med student drives big rigs for tuition fees.
POV Shorts Season 6
View Full ListInspired by the lawsuits filed in Florida challenging the state’s abortion ban on the basis of religious freedom, Under G-d...
Two stories exploring themes of memory, devastation, and resiliency through Detroit and Canarsie’s unique relationships to water. Includes Freshwater and...
Detroiters experienced an enhanced form of water destruction from massive flooding that destroyed homes, belongings and lives in the summer...
POV Shorts Season 5
View Full ListPainter Titus Kaphar turns to film when the art world tries to silence his activism.
Two families experience homeland violence across generations. Includes Call Me Anytime, I’m Not Leaving the House and Freedom Swimmer.
Two stories from the heart of New York. Includes Are You Down? and All Riders.
StoryCorps Shorts
View Full ListKugels, characters, and conversation at Dubrow’s Cafeteria.
Jeff Dupre remembers the first openly gay man to appear on the cover of a national publication.
Cheri Lindsay and her father Phillip talk about the rare skin condition they share called vitiligo.
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view full listThe film is both a cumulative eulogy for a way of life and an examination of the climate crisis through witnessing the charred remains of these rural landscapes... [In] this melancholic, thoughtfully attuned cinematic essay, no mountain is more important than the people who are still confined to the claustrophobic tunnels of the past.
An academic beacon for Black children on Chicago’s South Side battles gentrification. A co-production of POV and ITVS, in association with Black Public Media.
Two women in a region beset by violent ethnic divisions run a makeshift medical clinic. Winner, 2022 Sundance World Cinema Documentary, Excellence Verité Filmmaking. A co-production of POV.
A new leader takes on the corrupt ruling party in Zimbabwe's 2018 presidential election. A co-presentation with Black Public Media.
A hypnotic immersion in Harar, Ethiopia, where khat, a euphoria-inducing plant holds sway. Official selection 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Shortlisted, 94th Academy Awards. A co-presentation with Black Public Media.
A prep school in Louisiana that sends 100% of its grads to college is rocked by scandal. Official selection, 2021 Tribeca Film Festival.
A disabled filmmaker ruminates on the corrosive legacy of the Freak Show. Winner, 2022 Sundance, U.S. Documentary Director and Grand Jury Prize nominee.