POV Season 33

Feature Film | 09/07/2020 | 52 Mins

Portraits and Dreams revisits photographs created by Kentucky schoolchildren in the 1970s and the place where the photos were made. The film is about the students, their work as visionary photographers and the lives they have led since then, as well as the linkage of personal memory to the passage of time. A POV co-production with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.

Videos from this film

Official Trailer | Portraits and Dreams

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Portraits and Dreams

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Lesson plan Portraits and Dreams: Framing and Point of View in Self and Community Portraits
Discussion guide Portraits and Dreams Discussion Guide
Reading list Portraits and Dreams Delve Deeper Reading List

Film Credits —

Wendy Ewald Director/Producer
Elizabeth Barret Director/Producer
Robert Salyer Producer