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POV Shorts: Under G-d

POV Shorts: Under G-d

Season 36 Episode 601
23:49
POV Shorts: Water Work

POV Shorts: Water Work

Season 36 Episode 602
23:26
POV Shorts: The Dream of a Horse

POV Shorts: The Dream of a Horse

Season 36 Episode 603
25:03
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POV Shorts: Boom and Bust

Season 36 Episode 604
25:00
A Story of Bones

A Story of Bones

Season 36 Episode 3602
1:22:54
Liquor Store Dreams

Liquor Store Dreams

Season 36 Episode 3603
1:22:16
While We Watched

While We Watched

Season 36 Episode 3607
1:22:56
Bulls and Saints

Bulls and Saints

Season 36 Episode 3608
52:57
Uýra – The Rising Forest

Uýra – The Rising Forest

Season 36 Episode 3609
52:58
Aurora's Sunrise

Aurora's Sunrise

Season 36 Episode 3611
1:22:58
Fire Through Dry Grass

Fire Through Dry Grass

Season 36 Episode 3612
1:22:59
How to Have an American Baby

POV - How to Have an American Baby

Season 36 Episode 3614
1:54:35
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Let the Little Light Shine

Season 35 Episode 3513

National Teachers Academy (NTA) is considered a beacon for Black children: a top-ranked, high-performing elementary school in the fastest growing neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. As the neighborhood gentrifies, a wealthy parents’ group seeks to close NTA and replace it with a high school campus. How will NTA's community fight to save their beloved institution?

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Aspiring social worker faces the uncertainty of life as a blind, undocumented immigrant.
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At MIT, an alum follows four African students striving to become change agents for home.
How to Have an American Baby
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An intimate look behind the closed doors of the Chinese birth tourism industry in the US.
Fire Through Dry Grass
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An unlikely group of nursing home residents launch a movement during the pandemic.
Aurora's Sunrise
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A teenage girl escapes a genocide and makes a meteoric rise to Hollywood stardom.
Uýra – The Rising Forest
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52:58
Uýra is a trans-indigenous artist on a journey of self-discovery in the Amazon forest.
Bulls and Saints
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After 20 years in the United States, an undocumented family decides to return home.
While We Watched
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1:22:56
In a world of fake news, journalist Ravish Kumar stands his ground. Will his show survive?
Liquor Store Dreams
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Immigrant dreams and generational divides collide against LA's complex racial landscape.
A Story of Bones
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A burial site containing thousands of once enslaved Africans is discovered on St. Helena.
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Two stories excavating distinct portraits of place, politics, and economy.
POV Shorts: The Dream of a Horse
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In the mountains, a nomad's daughter is torn between marriage and her writing dreams.
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