This short clip is suggested for use with POV's educational resources for the film, available at https://www.amdoc.org/engage/resources/

This short clip is suggested for use with POV's educational resources for the film, available at https://www.amdoc.org/engage/resources/

This short clip is suggested for use with POV's educational resources for the film, available at https://www.amdoc.org/engage/resources/

This short clip is suggested for use with POV's educational resources for the film, available at https://www.amdoc.org/engage/resources/

First-time filmmaker Bing Liu’s documentary Minding the Gap is a coming-of-age saga of three skateboarding friends in their Rust Belt hometown. While navigating a complex relationship between his camera and his friends, Bing explores the gap between fathers and sons, between discipline and domestic abuse and ultimately that precarious chasm between childhood and becoming an adult.

We meet Grandma Gil who embarks on a two week long trip to Japan to protest the Japanese officials’ statement that it was necessary to have “comfort women” during the Japanese occupation.

We enter Grandma Adela’s community in the Philippines and meet the community of fellow survivors from the war who get together for companionship.

Grandma Gil tells her story in more detail to a group of Chinese women as part of a conference.

1.5 million signatures are delivered to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

In Grandma Cao’s village in China, we hear from villagers about what they know of her experience. We also listen to author Zhang Shaun Bing, who has collected and published the stories of women who were victim of wartime sexual violence and rape in the book Comfort Women Survey Records.

We learn more about the work Grandma Gil does when speaking out on behalf of all wartime survivors of sexual violence.

It is the 1,119th protest in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, where Grandma Gil and hundreds of others call for the Japanese government to apologize.

Get an inside look at the making of the film, Dark Money.

An overview of State Representative Art Wittich trial for campaign finance violations.

An overview of Montana's citizen legislature and the basics of "dark money."

Investigative journalist John S. Adams launches the independent Montana Free Press to replace state bureaus cut from major Montana newspapers.

A century ago, corrupt money swamped Montana's government, but Montanans rose up to prohibit corporate campaign contributions. Today, in the wake of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, Montana is once again fighting to preserve open and honest elections. Following an investigative reporter through a political thriller, Dark Money exposes one of the greatest threats to American democracy.

A century ago, corrupt money swamped Montana's government, but Montanans rose up to prohibit corporate campaign contributions. Today, in the wake of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, Montana is once again fighting to preserve open and honest elections. Following an investigative reporter through a political thriller, Dark Money exposes one of the greatest threats to American democracy.

Through the eyes of two Sierra Leoneans, Survivors presents an intimate portrait of the country during the Ebola outbreak, exposing the complexity of the epidemic and the turmoil that lies in its wake. With filmmaker and pastor Arthur Pratt as a guide, Survivors provides unique access into the outbreak, providing a deft account the health catastrophe's political and personal ramifications.

POV (a cinema term for "point of view") is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. Since 1988, POV has presented over 275 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.