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 (14)
1. Wuhan Wuhan
Aired 11 July 2022
Exploring the early days of COVID-19 when Chinese citizens and frontline health care workers in Wuhan grappled with a mysterious virus.
2. Manzanar, Diverted: When water becomes dust
Aired 18 July 2022
Japanese Americans incarcerated at the Manzanar World War II concentration camp; Native Americans forced from their land; ranchers bought out by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.
3. Winter's Yearning
Aired 25 July 2022
Greenland reckons with its Danish colonial past and the promised future by a U.S. company building a smelting plant.
4. He's My Brother
Aired 1 August 2022 • 53 min
Christine works to ensure dignified lives for herself and her brother, Peter.
5. President
Aired 8 August 2022 • 113 min
A new leader takes on the corrupt ruling party in Zimbabwe's 2018 presidential election.
6. Faya Dayi
Aired 29 August 2022 • 113 min
A look at khat, a euphoria-inducing plant, and the lives of harvesters of the crop in Harar, Ethiopia.
7. Love & Stuff
Aired 5 September 2022 • 78 min
A multigenerational love story focuses on a daughter who cares for her terminally ill mother and adopts a baby in her 50s.
8. Delikado
Aired 26 September 2022 • 83 min
Locals on an island paradise risk death to save the Philippines' last ecological frontier.
9. The Last Out
Aired 3 October 2022 • 83 min
Three Cuban baseball players risk exile to chase their dream of playing in the US major leagues.
10. Accepted
Aired 10 October 2022 • 83 min
A prep school in Louisiana that sends 100% of its grads to college is rocked by scandal.
11. An Act of Worship
Aired 17 October 2022 • 83 min
The past 30 years of American history through the perspective of Muslims across the U.S. who have lived it.
12. Midwives
Aired 21 November 2022 • 83 min
Two women in a region beset by violent ethnic divisions run a makeshift medical clinic.
13. Let the Little Light Shine
Aired 12 December 2022 • 83 min
An academic beacon for Black children on Chicago's South Side battles gentrification.
14. I Didn't See You There
Aired 9 January 2023 • 85 min
A disabled filmmaker ruminates on the corrosive legacy of the Freak Show.