Season 23 Preview
Preview: Season 23 | 5m 39s
POV features independent documentaries from around the world. Tuesdays at 10 PM.
Celebrating our 23rd season on PBS in 2010, POV features the work of the best independent documentary filmmakers from America and around the world. Airing Tuesdays at 10 PM, June through September, with primetime specials during the year, POV has brought more than 300 award-winning documentaries to millions nationwide. POV is produced by American Documentary, Inc.
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Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the...
Season 23 Preview
Preview: Season 23 | 5m 39s
Celebrating our 23rd season on PBS in 2010, POV features the work of the best independent documentary filmmakers from America and around the world. Airing Tuesdays at 10 PM, June through September, with primetime specials during the year, POV has brought more than 300 award-winning documentaries to millions nationwide. POV is produced by American Documentary, Inc.
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POV Playlist
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Mexico: Past and Present - Plutarco Elias Calles
Clip: S23 | 23m 23s | Mexican intellectuals reflect on a quote by former Mexican president Plutarco Elias Calles (23m 23s)
Mexico Past and Present: Octavio Paz
Clip: S23 | 15m 6s | Mexican intellectuals reflect on a quote by Octavio Paz about Mexican history. (15m 6s)
Mexico: Past and Present - Mark Twain
Clip: S23 | 16m 53s | Mexican intellectuals reflect on a quote by Mark Twain and consider Mexico's history. (16m 53s)
Mexico Past and Present: Hannah Arendt
Clip: S23 | 21m 45s | Mexican intellectuals reflect on a quote by Hannah Arendt and consider Mexican history. (21m 45s)
Mexico Past and Present: Chris Marker
Clip: S23 | 16m 21s | Mexican intellectuals reflect on a quote by Chris Marker about the past and the present. (16m 21s)
Preview: S23 | 2m 32s | A daughter grapples with memories of her father, the former president of Mexico. (2m 32s)
Clip: S23 | 10m 42s | Filmmaker Natalia Almada talks about filmmaking, history, memory and family. (10m 42s)
Now PlayingPreview: S23 | 5m 39s | POV features independent documentaries from around the world. Tuesdays at 10 PM. (5m 39s)
Preview: S23 Ep7 | 30s | Airs Thursday, August 23, 2012 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings. (30s)
Daniel Ellsberg: Willing to Risk Prosecution
Clip: S23 Ep14 | 2m 59s | Ellsberg on how he decided to risk prosecution to leak the Pentagon Papers to the public. (2m 59s)
The Pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsberg and The Times
Clip: S23 Ep14 | 38m 48s | A conversation about the Pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsberg and The New York Times. (38m 48s)
The Most Dangerous Man in America Trailer
Preview: S23 Ep14 | 2m 30s | Daniel Ellsberg's daring act of conscience during the Vietnam War. (2m 30s)
Interview with Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
Clip: S23 Ep14 | 7m 6s | "The Most Dangerous Man in America" filmmakers discuss their film. (7m 6s)
Behind the Lens - The Most Dangerous Man in America
Clip: S23 Ep14 | 13m 48s | Filmmakers Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith talk about the making of the film. (13m 48s)
Preview: S23 Ep13 | 2m 12s | Osama bin Laden's former bodyguard, now a taxi driver in Yemen (2m 12s)
Clip: S23 Ep13 | 22m 30s | Filmmaker Laura Poitras talks about making "The Oath." (22m 30s)
The Oath: Salim's Work for Al Qaeda
Clip: S23 Ep13 | 3m 10s | Brian Mizer talks about the case of Salim Hamdan, the former driver of Osama bin Laden. (3m 10s)
Clip: S23 Ep13 | 1m 58s | A military jury sentences terrorist suspect Salim Hamdan to time served, plus five months. (1m 58s)
The Oath: Salim's Case Progresses
Clip: S23 Ep13 | 3m 17s | The pre-trial phase of terrorist suspect Salim Hamdan's military tribunal begins. (3m 17s)
Clip: S23 Ep13 | 1m 56s | Prisoner Salim Hamdan is shown on grainy video footage from a jail cell in Afghanistan. (1m 56s)
In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee - Clip 2
Clip: S23 Ep12 | 2m 7s | Filmmaker Deann Liem Borshay talks about her birth mother's history. (2m 7s)
In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee - Clip 1
Clip: S23 Ep12 | 6m 25s | Filmmaker and adoptee Deann Liem Borshay explains how the Korean War shaped her destiny. (6m 25s)
In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee Trailer
Preview: S23 Ep12 | 2m 11s | A Korean-born adoptee searches for her roots. (2m 11s)
Behind the Lens - In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee
Clip: S23 Ep12 | 8m 2s | Filmmaker Deann Borshay Liem talks about the making of "In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee." (8m 2s)
Clip: S23 Ep11 | 4m 43s | Avery leaves home after too much strain is put on her relationship with her parents. (4m 43s)
Clip: S23 Ep11 | 4m 34s | Avery has dinner with her new friends and starts to identify more with her black identity. (4m 34s)
Clip: S23 Ep11 | 1m 53s | Avery meets up with friends and describes her new high school. (1m 53s)
Clip: S23 Ep11 | 3m 56s | Avery writes a letter to her birth mother and fears she will not receive one in return. (3m 56s)
Preview: S23 Ep11 | 2m 35s | A bright young track star searches for her birth mother. (2m 35s)
Behind the Lens: Off and Running
Clip: S23 Ep11 | 10m 38s | Nicole Opper and Sharese Bullock talk about the making of "Off and Running" (10m 38s)
Clip: S23 Ep10 | 5m | The Sadowskys see a counselor who specializes in transracial adoption. (5m)
Clip: S23 Ep10 | 5m | Faith becomes frustrated with trying to adjust to life with a new family in America. (5m)
Clip: S23 Ep10 | 3m 50s | Faith tries to learn English with her new mother. (3m 50s)
Clip: S23 Ep10 | 5m 28s | Fang Sui Yong meets her new adoptive mother for the first time. (5m 28s)
Wo Ai Ni (I Love You) Mommy Trailer
Preview: S23 Ep10 | 1m 28s | The story of an 8-year-old orphan & the American family that travels to China to adopt her (1m 28s)
This Is My Family - Submit Your Videos
Clip: S23 Ep10 | 1m 12s | Submit a video about your family for a chance to receive an iPad or an iTouch! (1m 12s)
Interview with Adoptive Mom Donna Sadowsky
Clip: S23 Ep10 | 1m 43s | Donna Sadowsky from POV's "Wo Ai Ni (I Love You) Mommy" discusses the film. (1m 43s)
Behind the Lens - Wo Ai Ni (I Love You) Mommy
Clip: S23 Ep10 | 12m 6s | Filmmaker Stephanie Wang-Breal talks about the making of "Wo Ai Ni (I Love You) Mommy." (12m 6s)
Filmmaker Interview: Amy Hardie
Clip: S23 Ep9 | POV filmmaker Amy Hardie talks about "The Edge of Dreaming."
The Edge of Dreaming - Trailer
Preview: S23 Ep9 | 43s | An evocative, intimate look at the power of dreams. (43s)
SALT: What I Want to Accomplish
Clip: S23 Ep8 | 1m 56s | Murray Fredericks explains his goal as a photographer. (1m 56s)
Preview: S23 Ep8 | 1m 49s | Photographer Murray Fredericks visits Lake Eyre, the world's most featureless landscape. (1m 49s)
Clip: S23 Ep8 | 1m 25s | Photographer Murray Fredericks sets up his equipment on Lake Eyre. (1m 25s)
SALT: Connecting with Landscapes
Clip: S23 Ep8 | 1m 24s | Murray Fredericks wonders what allows humans to connect with images of places. (1m 24s)
Behind the Lens - Presumed Guilty
Clip: S23 Ep7 | 11m 57s | Roberto Hernandez and Layda Negrete talk about the making of the film. (11m 57s)
Preview: S23 Ep7 | 2m 53s | Two lawyers struggle to free a man who has been wrongfully imprisoned in Mexico City. (2m 53s)
Good Fortune: Wangari Maathai, Kenyan Environmentalist
Clip: S23 Ep5 | 4s | Maathai points out that aid organizations cannot expect communities to change overnight. (4s)
Preview: S23 Ep5 | 2m 37s | A provocative exploration of foreign aid in Africa, where good intentions can go wrong. (2m 37s)
Behind the Lens - Good Fortune
Clip: S23 Ep5 | 48s | Filmmakers Landon Van Soest and Jeremy Levine explain how they came to make the film. (48s)
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