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.

Watch: S37 E703

24m 50s / TV-PG

StoryCorps Shorts: Walnut Street

3m 2s

After 30 years away from her hometown of Milwaukee, Sharon Adams moved back into the house where she grew up. As she was fixing up her family home, Sharon needed an electrician. That’s when she met her now-husband, Larry. At StoryCorps, they remembered how as their relationship grew, so did their involvement in the community. When Sharon Adams moved back

StoryCorps Shorts: Going Up

3m 6s

Marty Smith and her father, Paul Wilson, 93, discuss the first time he set eyes on her mother, Wilma. She was an elevator operator in the building where he was working, and he had just been drafted and was about to spend the next three years in the service. They married three days after he returned, and remained together and in love for the next 63 years before her death.

StoryCorps Shorts: Still the One

3m 25s

After ten years of marriage and two children, Les GrantSmith had a secret to tell. At StoryCorps, Les spoke with Scott GrantSmith and their children, Thea and Amanda, about the conversation that transformed their family.

Happiness is £4 Million

24m 30s / TV-PG

An idealistic, young journalist in Beijing profiles China's biggest real estate speculator. Their divergent life experiences and clashing values reflect the generational and societal changes happening in the country.

StoryCorps Shorts: An Honest Life

2m 47s

When Jeffrey Perri was nine years old, his grandfather, Tony Perri, came out to him as gay. At StoryCorps, grandfather and grandson share memories of their respective coming out journeys and reflect on how much they mean to each other.

StoryCorps Shorts: Labor of Love

2m 59s

Mary Stepp Burnette Hayden was born into enslavement in Black Mountain, North Carolina. She was 7 years old when she was freed. She stayed in Black Mountain and became a midwife, delivering several hundred babies including her own grandchildren. Her granddaughter, Mary Othella Burnette, came to StoryCorps with her daughter, Debora Hamilton Palmer, to honor the family matriarch.

StoryCorps Shorts: Miss Betty's Calling

3m 2s

In the mid-1990s, Miss Betty Thompson retired from her job in state government, and started a second career working at the Jackson Women’s Health Organization as a counselor. By 2004, it was the only remaining abortion clinic in Mississippi. Often faced with incredibly long distances to travel, and protesters on the ground upon their arrival, Betty helped all those who walked through the doors.

StoryCorps Shorts: Joyce's Neighborhood

2m 59s

Mary Mills grew up in 1960s Los Angeles as an only child, but her house was always filled with kids from the neighborhood. At StoryCorps, Mary spoke with her mother Joyce Carter Mills about those days.

StoryCorps Shorts: Lessons from Lourdes

2m 42s

Lourdes Villanueva’s parents worked as migrant workers picking fruit across Texas, Florida, and Georgia. At StoryCorps, she spoke with her son Roger about what it was like going to school while her family was constantly on the move.

Team Meryland

25m 16s

In the projects of Watts, Meryland Gonzales, a twelve-year-old female boxer trains to be crowned the 2019 Junior Olympics champion. Meanwhile, her immigrant parents work tirelessly to give their child a shot at achieving her dreams.

StoryCorps Shorts: The Rent We Pay

2m 39s

During the onset of the Soviet-Afghan war, Ajmal Achekzai and his family fled to the United States to seek asylum. More than 20 years later, Ajmal returns to the place he once called home as a United States Marine. In 2021, as the political state of Afghanistan took a turn for the worse, Ajmal came to StoryCorps to reflect on the dualities he faced as an Afghan-born U.S. Marine.

Águilas

13m 42s

Along the scorching southern border in Arizona, only an estimated one out of every five missing migrants is ever found. Águilas is the story of one group of searchers–the Águilas del Desierto–who volunteer monthly to recover the missing.

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