POV Shorts
The best and boldest independent short films, curated by America's longest-running documentary
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S37 Ep706 | 40m 19s | Ahmed must find a way to get his son’s remains back home to Morocco so he can say goodbye. (40m 19s)
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S37 Ep705 | 21m 9s | Kids learn to swim - and, in their lessons, we discover profound wisdom for all. (21m 9s)
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S37 Ep704 | 24m 35s | Two stories of quilted heirlooms and generational nostalgia. (24m 35s)
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S37 Ep701 | 25m 5s | Families traverse tradition and memory in marking new phases of life. (25m 5s)
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S37 Ep702 | 25m 5s | A portrait of the experiences unique to displaced queer people fleeing violence at home. (25m 5s)
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S37 Ep703 | 24m 50s | Two stories of women who trailblaze and persist. (24m 50s)
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S36 Ep604 | 25m | Two stories excavating distinct portraits of place, politics, and economy. (25m)
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S36 Ep602 | 23m 26s | Memory and resiliency through Detroit and Canarsie’s unique relationships to water. (23m 26s)
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S36 Ep601 | 23m 49s | Religious leaders' use of the law to advance an unexpected religious freedom argument. (23m 49s)
POV Shorts: The Dream of a Horse
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S36 Ep603 | 25m 3s | In the mountains, a nomad's daughter is torn between marriage and her writing dreams. (25m 3s)
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S35 Ep506 | 25m 5s | New worlds unfold in stories of tradition and hometown pride. (25m 5s)
POV Shorts: You Are My Sunshine
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S35 Ep505 | 24m 30s | Three stories about care and connection. (24m 30s)
POV Shorts: Our Motherland Fantasy Nightmare
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S35 Ep502 | 25m 1s | Two families experience homeland violence across generations. (25m 1s)
POV Shorts: Happiness is £4 Million
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S35 Ep504 | 25m 3s | A modern contemplation on the generational divide. (25m 3s)
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S35 Ep503 | 24m 30s | Two stories from the heart of New York. (24m 30s)
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S35 Ep501 | 24m 2s | An artist’s canvas becomes an embattled space. (24m 2s)
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S34 Ep406 | 24m 57s | A story of familial sacrifice and the bonds of brotherhood. (24m 57s)
POV Shorts: Post-Colonial Queer
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S32 Ep206 | 25m 1s | Stories about the LGBTQ experience around the world. (25m 1s)
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S26 Ep4 | 13m 20s | A modern-day love story of two very different people who meet and begin dating on Facebook (13m 20s)
S22 Ep7 | 18m 19s | A plague of North American grey squirrels threatens the beloved British red squirrel. (18m 19s)
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Special | 8m 4s | A Vietnamese American daughter captures her parents on 16mm as they dream of their homeland. (8m 4s)
Shirampari: Legacies of the River
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Special | 15m 24s | Set in the heart of the Amazon, a young Ashéninka boy must face his fears and catch a giant catfish. (15m 24s)
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Special | 14m 19s | The Race to Pit Row - NASCAR’s first black woman pit crew member. (14m 19s)
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Special | 11m 13s | A young med student drives big rigs for tuition fees. (11m 13s)
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Special | 10m 24s | Thao recounts the story of her family’s escape through the lens of her fascination with ants. (10m 24s)
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Special | 17m 14s | A glimpse into the lives of three quilters in the American West. (17m 14s)
a film is a goodbye that never ends
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Special | 13m 44s | Filmmaker María Luisa Santos grapples with saying goodbye to Turbo, a dog she has come to adore. (13m 44s)
StoryCorps Shorts: The Family Equation
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Special | 2m 27s | Lynn Weaver and his daughter talk about his father who worked as a janitor and chauffeur. (2m 27s)
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Special | 12m 4s | A filmmaker's conversations with her mom unveil intergenerational healing and a new start. (12m 4s)
When The LAPD Blows Up Your Neighborhood
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Special | 19m 1s | Locals and news organizations witness a volatile situation turn into a literal powder keg. (19m 1s)
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Special | 10m 35s | A filmmaker returns to West Texas and documents the local oil industry's boom and bust. (10m 35s)
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Special | 20m 37s | After 16 years of incarceration, Sol recovers her sense of self through gardening. (20m 37s)
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Special | 25m 37s | An ecologist survives a near-death fall, unearths family secrets, and explores her roots. (25m 37s)
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Special | 9m 43s | A meditation on Detroit unveiling the fluid nature of memory in familial legacies. (9m 43s)
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Special | 14m 15s | An experimental series of vignettes exploring Canarsie’s unique relationship to water. (14m 15s)
The Body is a House of Familiar Rooms
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Special | 10m 23s | A magical-realist exploration of life with chronic illness through footage and paintings. (10m 23s)
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Special | 9m 24s | Palestinian-American dancers use traditional Dabka to connect with their homeland. (9m 24s)
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Special | 15m 7s | Black women create a space for freedom through the Baby Doll Mardi Gras masking tradition. (15m 7s)
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Special | 6m 6s | A filmmaker looks for greater meaning from the sheep living where his parents are buried. (6m 6s)
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Special | 8m 44s | After her son leaves home, a Polish mother fills her empty nest with a baby squirrel. (8m 44s)
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Special | 14m 2s | A perilous swim from China to Hong Kong parallels a new generation's quest for freedom. (14m 2s)
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Special | 9m 15s | A devoted caretaker, her chronically ill husband, and the power of undying love. (9m 15s)
Call Me Anytime, I'm Not Leaving the House
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Special | 10m 30s | Two Ukrainian sisters separated by distance and war and a call that could be their last. (10m 30s)
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Special | 12m 19s | A portrait of the life and work of Jamaican New Yorker and visual artist Michael Richards. (12m 19s)
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Special | 16m 25s | A close look at disabled New Yorkers fighting for accessibility on the MTA. (16m 25s)
The Beautiful Colors of Jeremy Sicile-Kira
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Special | 7m 15s | Jeremy Sicile-Kira uses painting to transcend his disability and communicate his dreams. (7m 15s)
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Special | 8m 41s | After her son leaves home, a Polish mother fills her empty nest with a baby squirrel. (8m 41s)
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Special | 24m 30s | A modern contemplation on the generational divide. (24m 30s)
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Special | 25m 16s | Meryland Gonzales, a twelve-year-old boxer trains to be the 2019 Junior Olympics champion. (25m 16s)
Special | 9m 54s | Tristan takes a chance on an experimental therapy, finding their authentic place. (9m 54s)
Special | 13m 1s | One sister interviews another on the eves of her 14th and 15th birthdays. (13m 1s)
Special | 12m 49s | Kathleen reflects on her experience as a hairdresser while we bear witness to her work. (12m 49s)
Special | 13m 42s | A group of searchers–the Águilas del Desierto–who volunteer to recover the missing. (13m 42s)
Special | 14m 11s | A young Yezidi girl wrestles quietly with her traumatic memories of the Mediterranean Sea. (14m 11s)
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Special | 14m 55s | A story about the reunion and repair between Mike Africa Jr and his mother Debbie Africa. (14m 55s)
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Special | 6m 58s | A nonbinary trans boy is found between his immigrant family and living happily ever after. (6m 58s)
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Special | 6m 58s | Un adolescente trans entrapado entre la lealtad a su familia inmigrante y sus sueños. (6m 58s)
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Special | 12m 36s | An 18-year old influencer attempts to reconcile his real life and online identities. (12m 36s)
StoryCorps Shorts: A Piece of Home
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Special | 2m 42s | An Ethiopian refugee remembers the home she left behind. (2m 42s)
StoryCorps Shorts: A Life of Honor
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Special | 2m 34s | A gay veteran recalls serving in silence. (2m 34s)
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Special | 5m 35s | A young child tells their mother “I’m not a girl” for the first time. (5m 35s)
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Special | 20m 2s | Mohamad Hafez missed his homeland, so he decided to create a stand-in. (20m 2s)
StoryCorps Shorts: September 12
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Special | 3m 3s | A man reflects on feeling responsible for the September 11 attacks. (3m 3s)
StoryCorps Shorts: Father Mychal's Blessing
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Special | 4m 32s | Remembering the September 11 victim who died praying for others. (4m 32s)
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Special | 10m 37s | Three South London neighbors explore their devotion to their respective religions. (10m 37s)
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Special | 14m 15s | Outside of El Chapo's Brooklyn trial, his mythology appears in spectacles and selfies. (14m 15s)
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Special | 8m 1s | Critiquing the lack of diversity in on-screen representation in Britain today. (8m 1s)
The Velvet Underground Played At My High School
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Special | 7m 50s | In 1965, the Velvet Underground played for a crowd of shocked New Jersey high schoolers. (7m 50s)
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Special | 7m 34s | 20,000 Americans gather in New York’s Madison Square Garden. (7m 34s)
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