Dalya's Other Country tells the nuanced story of a family displaced by the Syrian conflict and remaking themselves after the parents separate. Effervescent teen Dalya goes to Catholic high school and her mother Rudayana enrolls in college as they both walk the line between their Muslim values and the new world they find themselves in.

In the Oscar-nominated short film 4.1 Miles, Daphne Matziaraki follows a day in the life of Kyriakos Papadopoulos, a captain in the Greek Coast Guard who is caught in the middle of the biggest refugee crisis since WWII. Despite limited resources, the captain and his crew attempt to save thousands of migrants from drowning in the Aegean Sea.

Former soldiers Tom Voss and Anthony Anderson, haunted by their own combat experiences, take a 2,700-mile trek on foot across America seeking redemption, acceptance and a way to close the moral chasm opened by war.

A look at POV's 30th anniversary season on PBS.

Back in middle school, her classmates made it clear that her Chinese appearance made her different. That experience has been repeated throughout her life.

His Sudanese, Muslim heritage has meant more attention at American borders, but being born in America also makes him a foreigner in Sudan.

It doesn't get more American than putting your hand over your heart at a Yankees game. And it doesn't get less American than being called a terrorist at a drug store.

Before asking anything else, people she has never met before will ask where she's from. They're not looking for "New York City" as an answer.

Her lighter skin meant she could play with all the kids – until one kid's mother found out her family was black.

For a black immigrant family from Panama, highly aware of the African-American struggle, the election of Barack Obama seemed impossible. When it happened, it was a moment of profound joy.

His experience of looking out from a beach from Accra, on the other side of the Atlantic ocean, and realizing that he is the first person in his family to see where his ancestors were taken from.

His friends in school said he wasn't American. His mother said his family in Mexico would treat him like a tourist. He wanted to prove everyone wrong.

Horsing around with white friends in a parking lot as a teenager, only one person got singled out.

Mandy struggles to simply listen to patients rather than trying to fix them. Dory, a patient, recalls that ending her pain was one of the best things that ever happened to her. When Mandy finds out that Dory used to be a singer, they sing together to bond while alleviating the hardships of Dory's rehabilitation.

Nicola describes the loss of her independence as she became almost immobile and therefore dependent on others due to her disease. Nurse Mandy wonders from where Nicola found her strength, and is impressed by her ability to keep moving forward. The clip ends with Nicola and Mandy singing "Everybody Hurts" in unison.

Alicia enjoys watching a shopping show on her tv. She then describes how she found out she has cancer and how she dealt with the news with her husband. The clip ends with Alicia singing a sad, lonely song.

Julie says that she expected to only live for a few months, but has lived for two years, and attributes this fortune to her prayers. She bought a house for her and her daughter to give her daughter some financial security when she dies, and tells her daughter to live like she could die tomorrow.

Ian grapples with the effects of his Multiple Sclerosis on his life and his relationships, and his struggle to keep moving forward despite the pain. He then recounts how he became a DJ at the age of 15 and found his wife, a "disco diva" named Moyra. Moyra and Ian now have trouble with the costs of his disease.

Mandy, a nurse at the Hospice, discusses how she originally wanted to practice as a "very technical" nurse, by using high tech procedures to keep people alive. Now, she has realized that she prefers to confront patients without electronics and get to know them as real people. She then confronts how unpredictable treatments are, and wonders how patients under these treatments live.

Filmmaker Amy Hardie discusses the making of POV documentary Seven Songs for a Long Life.