About this season
Since its 1988 premiere, this critically acclaimed documentary series has presented hundreds of films that put a human face on contemporary social issues by relating a compelling story in an intimate fashion. "POV" has won virtually every major film and broadcasting award available, including 38 Emmys, 22 Peabody Awards and three Oscars.
Episodes (17)
1. Bill Nye: Science Guy
Aired 18 April 2018 • 104 min
The Rainey family are an African-American family living in Philadelphia.
2. Quest
Aired 18 June 2018 • 95 min
Bill Nye advocates the importance of science, research and discovery.
3. Singing With Angry Bird
Aired 25 June 2018 • 88 min
Jae-Chang Kim, a Korean opera singer who runs a children's choir in India, trains parents and their children for a joint concert.
4. Brimstone & Glory
Aired 2 July 2018 • 64 min
The town of Tultepec in south-central Mexico becomes famous for its manufacturing of fireworks.
5. The Workers Cup
Aired 9 July 2018 • 89 min
African and Asian migrant workers building the facilities for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar participate in a football tournament for laborers.
6. Lindy Lou, Juror Number 2
Aired 16 July 2018 • 85 min
A juror deals with guilt and regret after she and 11 others hand down the death penalty to a Mississippi man convicted of a double homicide.
7. Girl Unbound
Aired 23 July 2018 • 77 min
Maria Toorpakai represents Pakistan as an internationally competitive squash player.
8. Whose Streets?
Aired 30 July 2018 • 90 min
An account of the Ferguson uprising as told by the people who lived it.
9. Still Tomorrow
Aired 6 August 2018 • 88 min
Yu Xiuhua, a 39-year-old woman who has cerebral palsy, deals with fame when her book of poetry becomes a best-seller in China.
10. Nowhere To Hide
Aired 27 August 2018 • 62 min
Male nurse Nori Sharif and his family experience many changes as conflicts continue with Iraqi militias and the Islamic State group in central Iraq's "triangle of death."
11. Voices of the Sea
Aired 3 September 2018 • 90 min
A Cuban mother of four longs for escape and a chance to build a better life.
12. 93Queen
Aired 17 September 2018 • 90 min
Hasidic women in Borough Park, Brooklyn, create the first all-female volunteer ambulance corps in New York.
13. Survivors
Aired 24 September 2018 • 87 min
Two health care workers in Sierra Leone face the Ebola epidemic in their country.
14. Dark Money
Aired 1 October 2018 • 98 min
A journalist in Montana investigates the impacts of the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United decision.
15. The Apology
Aired 22 October 2018 • 105 min
Former comfort women who were forced into sexual slavery during World War II fight for justice and reconciliation.
16. Minding the Gap
Aired 18 February 2019 • 93 min
Three young men bond through skateboarding to escape their volatile family life in their Rust Belt home town.
17. 306 Hollywood
Aired 18 March 2019 • 94 min
Two siblings undertake an archaeological excavation of their late grandmother's house.