Ah, the fall. There’s a crispness to the air, school is starting again… What a great time for watching documentaries! This September, POV is streaming more than 75 feature-length and short documentaries from our award-winning and award-nominated catalog, including titles from 2015 season on PBS, and 13 News and Documentary Emmy Award nominated films!
Watch these feature-length docs while you can!
Beats of Antonov
Beats of the Antonov explores how music binds a community together, offering hope and a common identity for refugees engaged in a fierce battle to protect cultural traditions and heritage from those trying to obliterate them.
Streaming through September 2, 2015
Neuland
One teacher prepares his students for their new life in Switzerland as they struggle to learn a new language, prepare themselves for employment and reveal their innermost hopes and dreams.
Streaming through September 16, 2015
Point and Shoot
Two-time Oscar® nominee Marshall Curry celebrates his 10th anniversary with POV with the amazing tale of Matt VanDyke, who left his home in search of a “crash course in manhood” and ended up amidst a revolution in the Middle East.
Streaming through September 23, 2015
The Storm Makers
A chilling exposé of Cambodia’s human trafficking underworld, The Storm Makers weaves the story of Aya, a young peasant sold into slavery at age 16, with that of two powerful traffickers (known as “storm makers” for the havoc they wreak) who use deception to funnel a stream of poor and illiterate people across the country’s borders.
Streaming September 1 – September 30, 2015
Special Flight
Special Flight is a dramatic account of the plight of undocumented foreigners at the Frambois detention center in Geneva, Switzerland, and of the wardens who struggle to reconcile humane values with the harsh realities of a strict deportation system.
Streaming September 14 – October 13, 2015
High Tech, Low Life
High Tech, Low Life follows two of China’s first citizen-reporters, bloggers who are fighting censorship to document the underside of the country’s rapid economic development.
Streaming September 14 – October 13, 2015
5 Broken Cameras
Oscar®nominee 5 Broken Cameras depicts life in a West Bank village where a security fence is being built. The film was shot by a Palestinian and co-directed by an Israeli.
Streaming September 14 – October 13, 2015
Fallen City Emmy nominee!
After an earthquake levels Beichuan, China, a modern replica rises with astounding speed, but while a city can be rebuilt quickly, reconstructing a community’s heart and soul is a long, emotional journey for the survivors.
Streaming September 14 – October 13, 2015
Dance for Me Emmy nominee!
At 15, Russian ballroom dancer Egor leaves everyone and everything he knows for a chance to team up with 14-year-old Mie, one of Denmark’s most promising young performers. Will his choice be worth the sacrifices he must make?
Streaming September 14 – October 13, 2015
American Promise Emmy nominee!
In American Promise, African-American parents Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson film their son and his friend, who attend one of the country’s most prestigious private schools.
Streaming September 14 – October 13, 2015
Big Men Emmy nominee!
Big Men, executive produced by Brad Pitt, goes to Ghana to provide an unprecedented look at the global deal making and dark underside of oil development — a contest for money and power that is reshaping the world.
Streaming September 14 – October 13, 2015
After Tiller Emmy nominee!
Since the assassination of Dr. George Tiller in 2009, only four doctors in the country openly provide late abortions. With unprecedented access, After Tiller goes inside the lives of these physicians working at the center of the storm.
Streaming September 14 – October 13, 2015
Koch
Meet Ed Koch, the quintessential New Yorker. Combative, funny and blunt, he was mayor from 1978 to 1989, an era of graffiti, near-bankruptcy and crime. Before his death in 2013, the intensely private man recalled his life and legacy.
Streaming September 14 – October 13, 2015
When I Walk Emmy nominee!
Jason DaSilva was 25 and a rising filmmaker when he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and inspired to film this forthright — and surprisingly uplifting — look at his new life. He searches for a cure, yet a different miracle comes his way.
Streaming September 14 – October 13, 2015
The Law in These Parts
For the first time, Israeli military and legal professionals who devised the legal framework behind the occupation are interviewed about this system, which mirrors the country’s toughest moral quandaries.
Streaming September 14 – October 13, 2015
Give Up Tomorrow
A riveting exposé of corruption and injustice in the Philippines, chronicling a sensational murder case that ends a nation’s use of capital punishment — but fails to free an innocent man.
Streaming September 14 – October 13, 2015
Getting Back to Abnormal
Election time in New Orleans: Corruption. Racism. Dancing in the streets. And one in-your-face politician trying to get re-elected. Let the good times roll.
Streaming September 14 – October 13, 2015
A World Not Ours
A passionate, bittersweet account of one family’s multi-generational experience living as permanent refugees at Ain el-Helweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon.
Streaming September 14 – October 13, 2015
Only the Young
Three teens in a Southern California town wrestle with questions of love and friendship along with adult realities of financial uncertainty.
Streaming September 14 – October 13, 2015
Cutie and the Boxer
An Oscar®-nominated reflection on love, sacrifice and the creative spirit, this candid New York tale explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of famed “boxing” painter Ushio Shinohara and artist Noriko Shinohara.
Streaming September 19 – October 18, 2015
Don’t Tell Anyone (No Le Digas a Nadie)
In a community where silence is seen as necessary for survival, immigrant activist Angy Rivera joins a generation of Dreamers ready to push for change in the only home she’s ever known — the United States.
Streaming September 22 – October 21, 2015
Art and Craft
A cat-and-mouse caper told with humor and compassion, Art and Craft uncovers the universal in one man’s search for connection and respect.
Streaming September 26 – October 25, 2015
Herman’s House
Herman’s House is a moving account of the remarkable expression his struggle found in an unusual project proposed by artist Jackie Sumell. Imagining Wallace’s “dream home” began as a game and became an interrogation of justice and punishment in America.
Streaming September 27 – October 26, 2015
See all short documentaries available for free streaming on POV, including animated shorts for the renowned oral history project StoryCorps and PBS Indies like Paraíso, Irma, and more!
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