Andrew Kolker
Director
POV (1988)
Season 2
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
S2E1 - Girltalk
A heartbreaking yet hopeful portrait of three runaway girls with histories of abuse and neglect. Pinky, a Puerto Rican girl, refuses to go to school. Mars, on the streets since age 13, works as a stripper. Martha, who has lived in a dozen foster homes, confronts teenage motherhood. Music, humor, and intimate conversations play against the disturbing reality of these girls' lives.
July 15, 1989, midnight
S2E2 - Who Killed Vincent Chin?
On a hot summer night in Detroit, Ronald Ebens, an autoworker, killed a young Chinese-American engineer with a baseball bat. Although he confessed, he never spent a day in jail. This gripping Academy Award-nominated film relentlessly probes the implications of the murder in the streets of Detroit, for the families of those involved, and for the American justice system.
July 16, 1989, midnight
S2E3 - Coming Out
The debutante tradition is alive and well. Witness the annual Debutante Cotillion in Washington, DC -- a meticulously planned ritual where networking and meeting people who can help you later are as important to today's debs as the style of the gown or the height of the escort.
July 23, 1989, midnight
S2E4 - Wise Guys!
A stamp dealer from Los Angeles, a former school teacher form Miami, a born again Christian from Las Vegas, and a whiz-kid law student square off in the Jeopardy! $100,000 Tournament of Champions. Peek behind the scenes and into the fact-filled minds of contestants in one of America's favorite game shows.
July 23, 1989, midnight
S2E5 - The Family Album
Home movies and tape recordings collected from 60 different American families comprise a composite lifetime which moves from childhood to adulthood, from innocence to experience.
July 30, 1989, midnight
S2E6 - Dark Circle
Denounced by officials and shunned by broadcasters when it was first released, this exploration of the personal and immediate impacts of the nuclear age carries a chilling thesis: The Bomb is killing ordinary Americans, even in the absence of a nuclear war.
Aug. 6, 1989, midnight
S2E7 - Jack Levine: Feast of Pure Reason
A bold and unconventional film portrait of one of America's leading Social Realist painters doing what he does best: skewering corrupt politicians, raging over social injustices, and satirizing the petty foibles of humankind.
Aug. 13, 1989, midnight
S2E8 - No Applause, Just Throw Money
On the streets and subways of New York, 101 itinerant performers whirl firesticks, mimic passers-by, imitate Stevie Wonder, tap dance and perform classical music. A delightful mixture of music and magic moments, celebrating some joyful encounters in New York City streets.
Aug. 20, 1989, midnight
S2E9 - Partisans of Vilna
The untold story of a handful of Jewish youth who organized an underground resistance against the Nazis in the Lithuanian ghetto of Vilna.
Aug. 27, 1989, midnight
S2E10 - The Fighting Ministers
Moved by the growing desperation of thousands of laid-off steel workers, a group of ministers in Pittsburgh begins to confront the city's government and powerful corporations. Their passionate, controversial, and unorthodox actions lead to profound soul-searching, Church rejection, and imprisonment.
Sept. 3, 1989, midnight
S2E11 - Binge
Videomaker Lynn Hershman places herself center-screen for an intimate, humorous, and piercing narrative about her efforts to control her weight.
Sept. 17, 1989, midnight
S2E12 - Cowboy Poets
For more than a hundred years cowboys have written with feeling about the life and land they love. Several contemporary poet lariats keep that tradition alive — even on the Johnny Carson show.
Sept. 17, 1989, midnight
S2E13 - Doug and Mike, Mike and Doug
The inner and outer lives of identical twins Doug and Mike Starn, whose collaborative painting and photographic work is rapidly gaining acclaim in the art world.
Sept. 17, 1989, midnight
S2E14 - Lost Angeles
The lives and struggles of a group of homeless people who've been moved into an "urban campground" in Los Angeles.
Sept. 24, 1989, 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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