POV (a cinema term for "point of view" ) is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. POV premieres 14-16 of the best, boldest and most innovative programs every year on PBS. Since 1988, POV has presented over 400 films to public television audiences across the country. POV films are known for their intimacy, their unforgettable storytelling and their timeliness, putting a human face on contemporary social issues.
POV (a cinema term for "point of view" ) is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. POV premieres 14-16 of the best, boldest and most innovative programs every year on PBS. Since 1988, POV has presented over 400 films to public television audiences across the country. POV films are known for their intimacy, their unforgettable storytelling and their timeliness, putting a human face on contemporary social issues.
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Seasons (39)
Season 1
5 Jul 1988 – 6 Sep 1988 · 12 episodes
1Acting Our Age5 Jul 1988
2American Tongues5 Jul 1988
3Fire from the Mountain12 Jul 1988
4Knocking on Armageddon's Door19 Jul 1988
5Living with AIDS19 Jul 1988
6Rate It X26 Jul 1988
7Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo2 Aug 1988
8The Good Fight9 Aug 1988
9Metropolitan Avenue16 Aug 1988
10Louie Bluie23 Aug 1988
11Gates of Heaven30 Aug 1988
12Best Boy6 Sep 1988
Season 2
16 Jul 1989 – 15 Nov 1989 · 15 episodes
1Who Killed Vincent Chin?16 Jul 1989
2Coming Out23 Jul 1989
3Wise Guys!23 Jul 1989
4The Family Album30 Jul 1989
5Dark Circle6 Aug 1989
6Jack Levine: Feast of Pure Reason13 Aug 1989
7No Applause, Just Throw Money20 Aug 1989
8Whatever Happened to Zworl Quern?20 Aug 1989
9Partisans of Vilna27 Aug 1989
10The Fighting Ministers3 Sep 1989
11Binge17 Sep 1989
12Cowboy Poets17 Sep 1989
13Doug and Mike, Mike and Doug17 Sep 1989
14Lost Angeles24 Sep 1989
15Girltalk15 Nov 1989
Season 3
26 Jun 1990 – 11 Sep 1990 · 16 episodes
1Through the Wire26 Jun 1990
2Police Chiefs30 Jun 1990
3Metamorphosis: Man Into Woman3 Jul 1990
4Larry Wright10 Jul 1990
5On Ice10 Jul 1990
6Letter To The Next Generation17 Jul 1990
7Salesman24 Jul 1990
8Kamala And Raji7 Aug 1990
9Golub14 Aug 1990
10Days of Waiting15 Aug 1990
11Going Up21 Aug 1990
12Green Streets21 Aug 1990
13Motel28 Aug 1990
14¡Teatro!4 Sep 1990
15Ossian: American Boy, Tibetan Monk4 Sep 1990
16'People Power11 Sep 1990
Season 4
18 Jun 1991 – 3 Sep 1991 · 17 episodes
1Absolutely Positive18 Jun 1991
2Marc and Ann25 Jun 1991
3Plena Is Work, Plena Is Song25 Jun 1991
4Twinsburg, OH: Some Kind of Weird Twin Thing25 Jun 1991
5Honorable Nations2 Jul 1991
6Sea of Oil9 Jul 1991
7Turn Here Sweet Corn9 Jul 1991
8Chemical Valley9 Jul 1991
9Tongues Untied16 Jul 1991
10Berkeley in the Sixties23 Jul 1991
11A Little Vicious30 Jul 1991
12Where the Heart Roams30 Jul 1991
13The Big Bang6 Aug 1991
14Maria's Story13 Aug 1991
15Homes Apart: The Two Koreas20 Aug 1991
16Short Notice: A Series of Short Films3 Sep 1991
17Casting The First Stone3 Sep 1991
Season 5
15 Jun 1992 – 28 Sep 1992 · 14 episodes
1Color Adjustment15 Jun 1992
2Intimate Stranger22 Jun 1992
3Finding Christa29 Jun 1992
4Last Images of War6 Jul 1992
5The Longest Shadow6 Jul 1992
6A Season in Hell20 Jul 1992
7Promise Not to Tell27 Jul 1992
8Dream Deceivers: The Story Behind James Vance Vs. Judas Priest3 Aug 1992
9Fast Food Women10 Aug 1992
10Takeover10 Aug 1992
11Faith Even to the Fire21 Aug 1992
12Louisiana Boys -- Raised on Politics31 Aug 1992
13Pets or Meat28 Sep 1992
14Roger and Me28 Sep 1992
Season 6
15 Jun 1993 – 10 Sep 1993 · 12 episodes
1Silverlake Life: The View From Here15 Jun 1993
2Who's Going To Pay For These Donuts, Anyway?22 Jun 1993
3When Your Head's Not A Head, It's A Nut29 Jun 1993
4Compassion in Exile: The Life of the 14th Dalai Lama6 Jul 1993
5For Better or For Worse13 Jul 1993
6Motel20 Jul 1993
7Money Man3 Aug 1993
8Building Bombs: The Legacy10 Aug 1993
9Miami-Havana17 Aug 1993
10The Women Next Door24 Aug 1993
11Cousin Bobby24 Aug 1993
12Sa-I-Gu10 Sep 1993
Season 7
7 Jun 1994 – 9 Aug 1994 · 10 episodes
1Time Indefinite7 Jun 1994
2One Nation Under God14 Jun 1994
3Passin' It On19 Jun 1994
4Memories of Tata28 Jun 1994
5The End of the Nightstick5 Jul 1994
6The Heart of the Matter12 Jul 1994
7Escape From China21 Jul 1994
8Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse26 Jul 1994
9Dialogues with Madwomen2 Aug 1994
10The Times of a Sign: A Folk History of the Iran-Contra Scandal9 Aug 1994
Season 8
1 Jun 1995 – 5 Oct 1995 · 11 episodes
1Leona's Sister Gerri1 Jun 1995
2Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter6 Jun 1995
3No Place Like Home13 Jun 1995
4Satya: A Prayer for the Enemy14 Jun 1995
5Out of Sight20 Jun 1995
6The Uprising of '3425 Jun 1995
7Lighting the 7th Fire4 Jul 1995
8Twitch and Shout11 Jul 1995
9Home Economics: A Documentary of Suburbia18 Jul 1995
10Dealers Among Dealers25 Jul 1995
11Carmen Miranda: Bananas is My Business5 Oct 1995
Season 9
28 May 1996 – 27 Nov 1996 · 13 episodes
1Taking on the Kennedys28 May 1996
2¡Palante Siempre Palante!: The Young Lords1 Jun 1996
3Personal Belongings11 Jun 1996
4A Litany For Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde18 Jun 1996