Racist Objects: The Collector
A family in Harlem keeps racist objects to remember old stories – and to build new ones.
Misunderstood Voters
Here's why 'the working class vote', 'women voters', 'latinos' and a few other terms you heard in campaign lead-up didn't really turn out to mean what people may have thought.
What Tomorrow Brings: Trailer
Inside the very first girls' school in a small Afghan village, education goes far beyond the classroom as the students discover the differences between the lives they were born into and the lives they dream of leading.
What Tomorrow Brings: A Proud Moment
The students practice English presentations for their new pen pals in Nebraska. An elder remarks on the enormous progress the town has because of girls' education.
What Tomorrow Brings: Rihala's Future
Rihala enrolls at school as the oldest student, but family issues and unpleasant marriage prospects cloud her future.
What Tomorrow Brings: Holding Your Head Up High
Razia meets with the mayor and town elders to discuss the benefits of the school. Fatema assures Pashtana that she will enroll her in school despite her uncle's disapproval.
What Tomorrow Brings: Poisoned Hope
Despite community resistance and threats of attack, Razia is committed to opening her girls' school, and the girls are determined to improve their futures.
Thank You for Playing: Trailer
When Ryan Green, a video game programmer, learns that his young son Joel has cancer, he and his wife begin documenting their emotional journey with a poetic video game.
Thank You For Playing: Playing the Game
Ryan and his team take "That Dragon, Cancer" to a video game conference, where it moves players to deep emotion and connection.
Thank You For Playing: Death & Gaming - Do They Go Together?
This clip discusses the ethics of making a video game about death, and how it can help players cope with grief, confront a fear of death, and break taboos on these topics.
Thank You For Playing: I Was Having Fun
Ryan and Amy discuss scenes for the game and how they want the player to interact with it.
Thank You For Playing: To Live Like He's Living
This clip introduces us to Joel's illness, how his parents cope with it, and which aspects of his life to incorporate into the video game.
POV Snapchat Films - Trailer
We'll Still Be Here by Lizzie Jacobs and The Way It Should Be by Chanelle Aponte Pearson and Terence Nance are now available on POV's open source Stories Tool. Visit https://www.pbs.org/pov/stories/snapchat/ to learn more.
Thank You For Playing: Filmmaker Interview
Filmmakers Malika Zouhali-Worrall and David Osit discuss the making of the POV documentary, Thank You For Playing.
Hooligan Sparrow: Trailer
The danger is palpable as intrepid young filmmaker Nanfu Wang follows maverick activist Ye Haiyan (aka Hooligan Sparrow) and her band of colleagues to southern China as they seek justice in the case of six elementary school girls allegedly sexually abused by their principal.
Hooligan Sparrow: Protesting Rape
This clip explains the case of government and school officials raping young girls, introduces Ye Haiyan and the other activists, and shows them protesting the crimes and officials outside the school.
From This Day Forward: Trailer
When director Sharon Shattuck's father came out as transgender, Sharon was in the awkward throes of middle school. As the Shattucks reunite to plan Sharon's wedding, she seeks a deeper understanding of how her parents' marriage, and their family, survived intact.
From This Day Forward: Filmmaker Interview
Filmmaker Sharon Shattuck discusses the making of POV documentary From This Day Forward.
Pink Boy: Trailer
“Pink Boy” is an award-winning, intimate 15-minute portrait of a gender-creative boy growing up in conservative rural Florida. It is a story of love between a butch mother and her feminine son, in one sense opposites, but united by a determination to be who they truly are.
From This Day Forward: What to Wear to the Wedding
The family celebrates Sharon's wedding, for which Trisha decides to wear a tux. She discusses her discovery that her gender identity is fluid and her expression of femininity is flexible.
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