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  • Next on POV: 'Steam of Life'
    POV's 25th season continues with an encore of the moving Finnish film framed by a national obsession with the sauna. Steam of Life airs Thursday, August 16, 2012, on PBS.
    POV Staff 1 min read August 16, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Viewers Let Off 'Steam' About POV's Finnish Sauna Doc Broadcast
    Each Friday, we share a selection of comments relating to the week's documentary broadcast. This week, viewers posted their reactions to Steam of Life, a moody, comic and moving study of Finnish men framed by a national obsession with the sauna.
    POV Staff 2 min read August 5, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Hot Press for 'Steam of Life'
    "Joy rises up like steam from a bed of hot rocks." Read what critics have to say about Steam of Life, tonight's POV documentary that goes deep into the inner sanctum of Finnish life — the sauna.
    Alva French 1 min read August 2, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Next on POV: 'Steam of Life'
    POV's 24th season continues with the U.S. broadcast premiere of Steam of Life. The film airs on PBS on Tuesday, August 2, 2011.
    Alva French 1 min read July 29, 2011 Documentary News Comments