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POV Shorts: Our Motherland Fantasy Nightmare
Season 35
Episode 502
Two families experience homeland violence across generations. Two Ukrainian sisters separated by distance and war and a call that could be their last. A perilous swim from China to Hong Kong parallels a new generation's quest for freedom.
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A burial site containing thousands of once enslaved Africans is discovered on St. Helena.
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Memory and resiliency through Detroit and Canarsie’s unique relationships to water.
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Religious leaders' use of the law to advance an unexpected religious freedom argument.
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New worlds unfold in stories of tradition and hometown pride.
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Three stories about care and connection.
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A modern contemplation on the generational divide.
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Two stories from the heart of New York.
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An artist’s canvas becomes an embattled space.
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Locals on an island paradise risk death to save the Philippines’ last ecological frontier.