POV
POV
TV ShowReturning Series

POV

6.9 / 10
1988
38 seasons
516 episodes
Documentary

Since its 1988 premiere, this critically acclaimed documentary series has presented hundreds of films that put a human face on contemporary social issues by relating a compelling story in an intimate fashion. "POV" has won virtually every major film and broadcasting award available, including 38 Emmys, 22 Peabody Awards and three Oscars.

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  • Acting Our Age

    1.Acting Our Age

    05-07-198860m

    "There's nobody that's not going to get old — unless they die," says Enola Maxwell at the beginning of this engaging and refreshing film. Through the eyes of six women, aged 65-75,...

  • American Tongues

    2.American Tongues

    05-07-198860m

    Rich in humor and regional color, this sometimes hilarious film uses the prism of language to reveal our attitudes about the way other people speak. From Boston Brahmins to Black L...

  • Fire From the Mountain

    3.Fire From the Mountain

    12-07-198860m

    Based on the autobiography of Nicaraguan author Omar Cabezas, Fire From the Mountain is the lyrical, earthy, sometimes humorous account of the author's political journey from stude...

  • Knocking on Armageddon's Door

    4.Knocking on Armageddon's Door

    19-07-198860m

    Half comedy, half horror story, this disturbing film focuses on several spokesmen for America's survivalist movement as they reveal the way they think, the way they play, and the w...

  • Living with AIDS

    5.Living with AIDS

    19-07-198860m

    If Armageddon's Door is about the explosion of community, Living with AIDS is just the opposite. It's a graceful, moving film about a community that provides both compassion and ca...

  • Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo

    6.Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo

    02-08-198860m

    During the late 1970s, tens of thousands of men, women and even children were abducted by the right-wing military government in Argentina. While most of the population was terroriz...

  • The Good Fight

    7.The Good Fight

    09-08-198860m

    Five years before the United States entered World War II, 3,200 Americans went off to Europe to fight the spread of fascism. At 18, 19 and 20 years old, they volunteered to risk th...

  • Louie Bluie

    8.Louie Bluie

    23-08-198860m

    A lively portrait of 76-year-old Harold "Louie Bluie" Armstrong, musician, artist, raconteur and rogue.

  • Gates of Heaven

    9.Gates of Heaven

    30-08-198860m

    On the surface, this is a somewhat unusual film about pet cemeteries and their owners. But then it grows much more complicated and bizarre, until in the end it is about such large...

  • Best Boy

    10.Best Boy

    06-09-198860m

    Hailed by many critics as a classic, Best Boy is the moving story of Philly, a 53-year-old mentally-disabled man who adapts to an independent life as he prepares to move away form...

  • Rate It X

    11.Rate It X

    26-07-198860m

    Rate It X is a bitingly funny and disarming journey through the landscape of American sexism. Men only are interviewed by the two filmmakers in a witty montage of free-wheeling enc...

  • Metropolitan Avenue

    12.Metropolitan Avenue

    16-08-198860m

    Metropolitan Avenue is an inspiring contemporary story about women who strive to combine new roles and old values in our rapidly changing society. We are introduced to a lively Bro...

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