Andrew Kolker
Director
POV (1988)
Season 12
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.
Released July 5, 1988
Episode 60 min
14+
Genres: Documentary
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Watch Providers: Spectrum On Demand
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S12E1 - The Legacy
June 1, 1999, midnight
6.3
S12E2 - Well-Founded Fear
Well-Founded Fear is a 2000 documentary film from directors Shari Robertson and Michael Camerini. The film takes its title from the formal definition of a refugee under the UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, as a person who deserves protection, "owing to a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion.” The film analyzes the US asylum process by following several asylum applicants and asylum officers through actual INS interviews.
June 5, 1999, midnight
S12E3 - Golden Threads
June 8, 1999, midnight
S12E4 - In My Corner
June 22, 1999, midnight
S12E5 - The Green Monster
June 29, 1999, midnight
S12E6 - Rabbit In The Moon
July 6, 1999, midnight
S12E7 - Corpus: A Home Movie For Selena
Corpus: A Home Movie about Selena is a film by filmmaker, Lourdes Portillo about Mexican American singer-songwriter Selena Quintanilla-Pérez. It places emphasis on the transformation of Selena from a popular entertainer into a modern-day saint and role model. This documentary uses authentic home videos, news stories, footage from concerts and a debate between intellectuals to analyze the effect of Selena and Selena’s murder at the hands of Yolanda Saldivar, the president of her fan club.
July 13, 1999, midnight
S12E8 - School Prayer: A Community At War
July 20, 1999, midnight
S12E9 - The Double Life of Ernesto Gomez Gomez
The Double Life of Ernesto Gomez Gomez is a TV episode/documentary film directed by Gary Weimberg and Catherine Ryan.
July 27, 1999, midnight
S12E10 - Regret to Inform
Regret to Inform is a 1998 American documentary film directed by Barbara Sonneborn. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
The film was made over a span of ten years. The documentary features filmmaker Barbara Sonneborn as she goes to the Vietnamese countryside where her husband was killed. Her translator is a fellow war widow named Xuan Ngoc Nguyen and together try to understand their losses. The film includes interviews with Vietnamese and American widows.
Jan. 24, 2000, midnight
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 90 min.
Released: July 5, 1988
Last Air Date: Dec. 8, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-14 / 14+
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