POV

Indie Films Series / 13 Seasons

Since 1988, POV has been the home for the world’s boldest contemporary filmmakers, celebrating intriguing personal stories that spark conversation and inspire action.

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24m 35s / TV-14

All the Difference: Trailer

3m 9s

The largely invisible and often crushing struggles of young African-American men come vividly--and heroically--to life in All the Difference, which traces the paths of two teens from the South Side of Chicago who dream of graduating from college.

The Birth of Sake: Trailer

2m 46s

Go behind the scenes at Japan's Yoshida Brewery, where a brotherhood of artisans, ranging from 20 to 70, spend six months in nearly monastic isolation as they follow an age-old process to create saké, the nation's revered rice wine.

EXIT - Trailer

42s

EXIT: A Mobile Guide to the Post Apocalypse offers an escape from the doomsday thinking that is ruining our collective imaginations. An experience for smartphones composed of a suite of interconnected nonfiction stories, EXIT dares users to entertain a shocking possibility: that mankind may survive (and even thrive) beyond the challenges that await us in the future.

Iris: Individuality - Breaking Rules

2m 52s

Iris encourages people to express their individualism through their wardrobes. She states, "I like individuality. It’s so lost these days. There’s so much sameness. Everything is homogenized. I hate it."

Iris: Trailer

2m 22s

Iris pairs the late documentarian Albert Maysles, then 87, with Iris Apfel, the quick-witted, flamboyantly dressed 93-year-old style maven who has had an outsized presence on the New York fashion scene for decades.

Pervert Park: Transition and Harassment

4m 28s

Florida Justice Transitions trailer park is home to 120 sex offenders, all battling their own demons as they work toward rejoining society. This film considers how the destructive cycle of sexual abuse - and the silence surrounding it - can be broken.

Pervert Park: Monitoring and Internet Crimes

3m 19s

Florida Justice Transitions trailer park is home to 120 sex offenders, all battling their own demons as they work toward rejoining society. This film considers how the destructive cycle of sexual abuse - and the silence surrounding it - can be broken.

Pervert Park: Trailer

2m 1s

Florida Justice Transitions trailer park is home to 120 sex offenders, all battling their own demons as they work toward rejoining society. This film considers how the destructive cycle of sexual abuse - and the silence surrounding it - can be broken.

The Look of Silence: News Report

2m 25s

Adi, whose brother Ramli was killed during the genocide, watches footage from the NBC news report. From the year following the Indonesian “purge” of communists, the clip reports on the violence, including the resulting benefits for Goodyear Tire and Rubber (a U.S. company).

The Look of Silence: Trailer

2m 37s

In this Oscar-nominated film, winner of more than 50 awards, an optometrist identifies the men who killed his brother in the horrific 1965 Indonesian genocide. He confronts them while testing their eyesight and demands they accept responsibility.

Of Men and War: Trailer

2m 35s

At a first-of-its-kind PTSD treatment center in California, follow Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and their families on their paths to recovery as they attempt to make peace with their pasts, their loved ones and themselves.

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