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The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez

Feature Film
2008

Feature Film

In 1997, U.S. Marines patrolling the Texas-Mexico border as part of the War on Drugs shot and killed Esequiel HernÃ¡ndez Jr. Mistaken for a drug runner, the 18-year-old was, in fact, a U.S. citizen tending his family's ...

Well-Founded Fear

Feature Film
2000

Feature Film

Imagine that your life has fallen apart — maybe you've been tortured or raped, or maybe you've gotten out just in time. You'll have one chance to start a new life in the U.S., and an hour to tell your ...

Voices of the Sea

Feature Film
2018

Feature Film

Revealing stark realities for the poorest of rural Cubans with unique access and empathy, this is the story of a 30-something mother of four longing for a better life. The tension between wife and aging husband—one desperate to leave ...

The Last Conquistador

Feature Film
2008

Feature Film

Renowned sculptor John Houser has a dream: to build the world's tallest bronze equestrian statue for the city of El Paso, Texas. He envisions a stunning monument to Spanish conquistador Juan de OÃ±ate that will honor the contributions Hispanic ...

POV Season 32

Women take charge this season, at the helm as directors of over half the feature films.

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Roll Red Roll

Feature Film
2019

Trailer

Airing June 17

At a pre-season party in small-town Steubenville, Ohio, the now-infamous sexual assault of a teenage girl by members of the beloved high school football team took place. Roll Red Roll is a true-crime thriller that goes behind the headlines to ...

The Gospel of Eureka

Feature Film
2019

Trailer

Airing June 24

The spotlight is beaming on drag shows and a passion play in a small Arkansas town. The Gospel of Eureka takes a personal and often comical look at negotiating differences between religion and belief through performance, political action and partnership ...

Call Her Ganda

Feature Film
2019

Trailer

Airing July 1

When Jennifer Laude, a Filipina trans woman, is brutally murdered by a U.S. Marine, three women intimately invested in the case—an activist attorney (Virgie Suarez), a transgender journalist (Meredith Talusan) and Jennifer’s mother (Julita “Nanay” Laude)—galvanize ...

Bisbee '17

Feature Film
2019

Trailer

Airing July 15

Radically combining documentary and narrative elements, Bisbee '17 follows several members of the close-knit community in Bisbee, Arizona, a former mining town, as they commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Bisbee Deportation, when 1,200 immigrant miners were violently taken ...

On Her Shoulders

Feature Film
2019

Trailer

Airing July 22

Nadia Murad, a 23-year-old Yazidi, survived genocide and sexual slavery committed by ISIS. Repeating her story to the world, this ordinary girl finds herself thrust onto the international stage as the voice of her people. Away from the podium, she ...

Inventing Tomorrow

Feature Film
2019

Trailer

Airing July 29

Passionate teenage innovators from around the globe create cutting-edge solutions to confront the world’s environmental threats—found right in their own backyards—while navigating the doubts and insecurities that mark adolescence. These inspiring teens prepare their projects for the ...

The Distant Barking of Dogs

Feature Film
2019

Trailer

Airing August 5

The Distant Barking of Dogs follows the life of 10-year-old Ukrainian boy Oleg over a year, witnessing the gradual erosion of his innocence beneath the pressures of the on-going war in Eastern Ukraine. Having no other place to go, Oleg ...

Happy Winter

Feature Film
2019

Trailer

Airing August 12

Every summer on Palermo's Mondello beach, over 1,000 cabins are built in preparation of the Ferragosto holiday. Centered around a family who goes into debt, three women holding onto the feeling of youth, and a politician seeking votes, Happy ...

Farmsteaders

Feature Film
2019

Trailer

Airing September 2

Clear-eyed and intimate, Farmsteaders follows Nick Nolan and his young family on a journey to resurrect his late grandfather’s dairy farm as agriculture moves toward large-scale farming. A study of place and persistence, Farmsteaders points an honest and tender ...

Grit

Feature Film
2019

Trailer

Airing September 9

A multinational natural gas drilling company is believed to be responsible for the displacement of 60,000 people in an East Java village left submerged by a tsunami of mud. Fed up with the company's delayed cleanup, Dian, a politically ...

The Silence of Others

Feature Film
2019

Trailer

Airing September 30

The Silence of Others reveals the epic struggle of victims of Spain’s 40-year dictatorship under Francisco Franco as they continue to seek justice four decades into democracy. Filmed over six years, the film follows the survivors organizing the groundbreaking ...

América

Feature Film
2019

Trailer

Airing October 7

Life’s easy for Diego, who works in a surf shop and performs on the boardwalk for tourists. Yet when his grandmother América injures herself, and his father— América's sole caretaker—is imprisoned for negligence, Diego returns to his hometown ...

The Feeling of Being Watched

Feature Film
2019

Feature Film

Airing October 14

In the Chicago suburb where journalist Assia Boundaoui grew up, most residents in her Muslim immigrant neighborhood believe they are under surveillance. Assia investigates and uncovers FBI documents about "Operation Vulgar Betrayal," one of the largest pre-9/11 counterterrorism ...

BLOWIN' UP

Feature Film
2019

Trailer

Airing August 12

Working within a broken criminal justice system, a team of rebel heroines work to change the way women arrested for prostitution are prosecuted. With intimate camerawork that lingers on details and brings the Queens criminal courtroom to life, BLOWIN' UP ...

The Rescue List

Feature Film
2019

Trailer

In a rehabilitation shelter in Ghana, two children are recovering from enslavement to fishermen. But their story takes an unexpected turn when their rescuer embarks on another mission and asks the children for help. Charting the unfolding drama, The Rescue ...

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Films that showcase the stories of Asian-Pacific-American lives.

Nailed It

Feature Film
2019

Feature Film

In virtually every city, state and strip mall across the U.S., women get their nails done in salons likely owned by Vietnamese entrepreneurs. How did this community come to dominate an $8 billion dollar nail economy? Nailed It takes ...

Island Soldier

Feature Film
2018

Feature Film

Filmed in Kosrae, Micronesia, Island Soldier follows the Nena family as they grieve the loss of their son, Sapuro “Sapp” Nena. His death in Afghanistan makes waves through the community where nearly everyone is connected to the U.S. Military ...

Circle Up

Feature Film
2019

Feature Film

After the brutal slaying of her teenage son, Janet Connors reaches out to her son's killers to offer forgiveness. She establishes a connection with one of them, AJ, in the hopes that their bond will help him turn his life ...

My Love, Don't Cross That River

Feature Film
2017

Feature Film

89-year-old Kang Gye-Yeol and 98-year-old Jo Byeong-Man are married and have lived together for 76 years. While Kang and Jo spend every day like a newlywed couple, they now must face the reality of their aging romance. My Love, Don't ...

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Earthrise

Short Film
2018

Short Film

Earthrise tells the story of the first image captured of the Earth from space in 1968. Told solely by the Apollo 8 astronauts, the film recounts their experiences and memories and explores the beauty, awe and grandeur of the Earth ...

GIVE

Short Film
2018

Short Film

GIVE explores collective representations of history, memory and culture; where pasts, presents and futures are molded by the blending of imagination, facts and love.

Public Money

Short Film
2018

Short Film

Across New York City, a bold experiment in participatory democracy is underway. Since 2012, the city council has steadily increased investment in a process called “participatory budgeting”, wherein community members gain a role in deciding how to spend part of ...

Balloonfest

Short Film
2018

Short Film

The city of Cleveland was abuzz on September 27, 1986. Over 1.5 million balloons were about to be released at once, breaking the world record. What could go wrong?

A Debtors' Prison

Short Film
2018

Short Film

In St. Louis County, the home of police-shooting victim Michael Brown, a practice with a long history has become systematic: the operation of modern-day debtors’ prisons. A Debtors' Prison follows two plaintiffs in an unfolding court case, Samantha Jenkins and ...

Into My Life

Short Film
2018

Short Film

Growing up in the largest affordable housing cooperative in Brooklyn, Cassandra’s world was artfully framed by her mother’s Super-8 camera. Today, still living in the same place, Cassandra examines and edits these remarkable films, gaining insight into the ...

A Night At The Garden

Short Film
2018

Short Film

In 1939, New York's Madison Square Garden was host to an enormous—and shocking—gathering, where 22,000 Americans convened at an event that has been forgotten by history.

Graven Image

Short Film
2018

Short Film

Using over 100 years of archival footage, director Sierra Pettengill explores the history of the largest Confederate monument: Georgia’s Stone Mountain.

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