
POV — Season 38

Facing a global behemoth, a collective of Amazon workers launches an unprecedented effort to unionize their Staten Island, New York warehouse. Documenting this struggle with intimate cinema vérité, *UNION* presents a compelling human drama …

From the heart of rural Colombia, Black activist Francia Márquez has launched a presidential campaign that shatters the foundations of established politics. Championing an alternative approach to governance and advocating for equality, she …

Within Ethiopia’s largest industrial park operated by China, three women find themselves at a pivotal juncture of swift change. A Chinese director charts an ambitious course for expansion, while a local farmer and factory worker navigate th…

At twenty-one, Samuel yearns for autonomy. But each milestone feels shadowed by obstacles and social barriers. He lives with seizures and involuntary movements, faces inaccessible living situations, and endures demeaning encounters rooted i…

In Sunset Park, Brooklyn, escalating rents represent a consequence of environmental injustice and the decline of industries that once provided livelihoods for its people. The purchase of a vast waterfront industrial complex by a global deve…
Deep within a Norwegian forest, the Paynes cultivate a deliberate solitude on their small farm, seeking a life unbound by convention. Yet, when sorrow descends, their carefully constructed world fractures, compelling them to confront the de…

Bereft of all she once possessed, Desiree Wood finds a new beginning behind the wheel of a long-haul truck. She joins a spirited company of women drivers, forging a life on the open road. In a shifting world of work, Desiree and her fellow …

The deaths of three children from leukemia in a secluded Mexican village spurred two mothers to seek answers in their water. Partnering with a scientist, they uncovered evidence of dangerous radioactivity. This revelation ignited a fierce r…

In a secluded coal-mining town in Siberia, Natalia Zubkova, a woman accustomed to domesticity before becoming a journalist, uncovers a dangerous secret: a long-dormant mine fire is spewing toxic gas into the homes of the residents. When her…

Attorney Paul Farrell Jr.'s bold approach to challenging pharmaceutical corporations, undertaken to aid his opioid-stricken West Virginia community, quickly gains national attention. What begins as a local struggle evolves into the largest …

Amidst the devastation of war in their homeland, three artists remain in Ukraine, their chosen home. They carry not only their instruments of craft – brushes, lenses, and tools – but also, for the first time, weapons. This is a powerful tes…

Staceyann Chin, a Jamaican-American poet and advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, offers a moving exploration of motherhood and reconciliation in this compelling narrative. Having experienced abandonment by her own mother, Chin charts a course towar…

In Seoul, a Korean woman who was adopted as a child encounters her biological mother, and with this reunion, long-hidden cultural differences and unacknowledged sorrows rise to the surface. Both mother and daughter approach the difficult i…


