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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40m 19s / TV-14

POV 30th Anniversary Streaming Marathon

1m 30s

To close out the 30th anniversary celebrations, POV curated a binge-worthy collection of 30 films streaming for 30 days. With its award-winning films from its rich archive of character-driven stories, POV will be your go-to destination for streaming docs this January. Watch the films anywhere, including on pov.org, worldchannel.org, and the PBS app.

POV Marathon on WORLD Channel

1m 30s

To close out the 30th anniversary celebrations, POV will curate its first-ever documentary marathon! Premiering on public television’s WORLD Channel, the binge-worthy marathon will showcase films from POV’s rich and diverse history of character-driven stories over a 24-hour period. Kicking off on New Year's Eve, the marathon will also run 30 films for 30 days on the POV website.

500 Years - Trailer

2m 20s

From a historic genocide trial to the ousting of a president, 500 YEARS tells a sweeping story of mounting resistance played out in Guatemala's recent history, through the actions and perspectives of the majority indigenous Mayan population, who now stand poised to re-imagine their society.

Do Not Resist - Trailer

2m 34s

A vital and influential exploration of the rapid militarization of the police in the United States. Do Not Resist puts viewers in the center of the action – from inside a police training seminar that teaches the importance of "righteous violence" to the floor of a congressional hearing on the proliferation of military equipment in small-town police departments.

Just War and Its Relationship with Moral Injury

4m 36s

Tom, Anthony, and their friend Emmett describe their perspectives on the purpose of the Iraq war, and how the government's changing story about it influenced their perception of the actions they took there on their country's behalf.

Cameraperson: It's in Public

2m 5s

Cinematographer Johnson is shooting b-roll footage of Sarajevo, Bosnia, including the backs of two young men looking out over the city (but we never see their faces) and footage of a group of people walking by a cemetery.

Cameraperson - Trailer

1m 57s

A boxing match in Brooklyn; life in postwar Bosnia; the daily routine of a Nigerian midwife; an intimate family moment at home: these scenes and others are woven into a tapestry of footage captured over the twenty-five-year career of cinematographer Kirsten Johnson.

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