Point of View (Season 36)

After Sherman (Episode 1)

Air date: 2023-06-26

Runtime: 83 min

Overview: A poetic quest in coastal South Carolina unearths Black inheritance amidst a violent past.

A Story of Bones (Episode 2)

Air date: 2023-07-03

Runtime: 83 min

Overview: A burial site containing thousands of once enslaved Africans is discovered on St. Helena.

Liquor Store Dreams (Episode 3)

Air date: 2023-07-10

Runtime: 83 min

Overview: Immigrant dreams and generational divides collide against LA's complex racial landscape.

A House Made of Splinters (Episode 4)

Air date: 2023-07-17

Runtime: 83 min

Overview: By the frontlines in Eastern Ukraine, social workers create a sanctuary for kids in limbo.

Eat Your Catfish (Episode 5)

Air date: 2023-07-24

Runtime: 71 min

Overview: A woman's battle with late-stage Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS) leaves her paralyzed and pushes her family to the breaking point.

Children of the Mist (Episode 6)

Air date: 2023-07-31

Overview: A 13-year-old Hmong girl is caught between tradition and modernity in rural northwest Vietnam.

While We Watched (Episode 7)

Writer: Vinay Shukla

Air date: 2023-09-04

Runtime: 83 min

Overview: In a world of fake news, journalist Ravish Kumar stands his ground. Will his show survive?

Bulls and Saints (Episode 8)

Air date: 2023-09-18

Runtime: 53 min

Overview: An undocumented family decides to return home after 20 years of living in the U.S.

Uýra: The Rising Forest (Episode 9)

Air date: 2023-09-25

Runtime: 53 min

Overview: Uýra shares ancestral knowledge with Indigenous youth in the Amazon.

Murders That Matter (Episode 10)

Air date: 2023-10-02

Runtime: 83 min

Overview: Black Muslim mother Movita Johnson-Harrell transforms from a victim of violent trauma to a fierce advocate against gun violence in Black communities.

Aurora's Sunrise (Episode 11)

Air date: 2023-10-23

Runtime: 83 min

Overview: At 14, Aurora Mardiganian survives the Armenian Genocide and escapes to New York, finding fame in "Auction of Souls."

Fire Through Dry Grass (Episode 12)

Air date: 2023-10-30

Runtime: 83 min

Overview: Nursing home residents use poetry and art to describe the danger and imprisonment they feel during COVID-19's lockdown.

Wisdom Gone Wild (Episode 13)

Air date: 2023-11-20

Runtime: 71 min

Overview: A film blending humour and sadness focuses on a mother and daughter confronting the reality of wisdom "gone wild" in the shadows of dementia.

How to Have an American Baby (Episode 14)

Air date: 2023-12-11

Runtime: 116 min

Overview: A series of vignettes provide insight into Chinese tourists who travel to the U.S. to give birth in order to obtain citizenship for their babies.

Brief Tender Light (Episode 15)

Air date: 2024-01-15

Runtime: 83 min

Overview: At MIT, a Ghanaian alum follows four African students striving to become agents of positive change for their home countries.

unseen (Episode 16)

Air date: 2024-03-18

Runtime: 83 min

Overview: A blind, undocumented immigrant faces uncertainty to obtain his college degree.