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POV(1988)

Documentary
First Air Date: 1988-07-05
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 6.9
Votes: 11
Seasons: 38
Episodes: 516

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.

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

Episodes: 12
E01
Acting Our Age

Air Date: 1988-07-05

1h 0m

"There's nobody that's not going to get old — unless they die," says Enola Maxwell at the beginning of this engaging ...

E02
American Tongues

Air Date: 1988-07-05

1h 0m

Rich in humor and regional color, this sometimes hilarious film uses the prism of language to reveal our attitudes ab...

E03
Fire From the Mountain

Air Date: 1988-07-12

1h 0m

Based on the autobiography of Nicaraguan author Omar Cabezas, Fire From the Mountain is the lyrical, earthy, sometime...

E04
Knocking on Armageddon's Door

Air Date: 1988-07-19

1h 0m

Half comedy, half horror story, this disturbing film focuses on several spokesmen for America's survivalist movement ...

E05
Living with AIDS

Air Date: 1988-07-19

1h 0m

If Armageddon's Door is about the explosion of community, Living with AIDS is just the opposite. It's a graceful, mov...

E06
Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo

Air Date: 1988-08-02

1h 0m

During the late 1970s, tens of thousands of men, women and even children were abducted by the right-wing military gov...

E07
The Good Fight

Air Date: 1988-08-09

1h 0m

Five years before the United States entered World War II, 3,200 Americans went off to Europe to fight the spread of f...

E08
Louie Bluie

Air Date: 1988-08-23

1h 0m

A lively portrait of 76-year-old Harold "Louie Bluie" Armstrong, musician, artist, raconteur and rogue.

E09
Gates of Heaven

Air Date: 1988-08-30

1h 0m

On the surface, this is a somewhat unusual film about pet cemeteries and their owners. But then it grows much more co...

E10
Best Boy

Air Date: 1988-09-06

1h 0m

Hailed by many critics as a classic, Best Boy is the moving story of Philly, a 53-year-old mentally-disabled man who ...

E11
Rate It X

Air Date: 1988-07-26

1h 0m

Rate It X is a bitingly funny and disarming journey through the landscape of American sexism. Men only are interviewe...

E12
Metropolitan Avenue

Air Date: 1988-08-16

1h 0m

Metropolitan Avenue is an inspiring contemporary story about women who strive to combine new roles and old values in ...

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