POV - Season 18

POV - Season 18

Season 18

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DatesFeb 7, 2005 - Sep 13, 2005
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Episodes

Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed
Season 18Episode 160 min

Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed

Chisholm `72: Unbought Unbossed is a PBS P.O.V. documentary about Shirley Chisholm.
Feb 7, 2005
The Education of Shelby Knox
Season 18Episode 260 min

The Education of Shelby Knox

The Education of Shelby Knox is 2005 documentary film that tells the coming-of-age story of public speaker and feminist Shelby Knox, a teenager who joins a campaign for comprehensive sex education in the high schools of Lubbock, Texas. TEOSK was an official selection of the Sundance Film Festival in 2005 and aired on PBS’ P.O.V. series that same year. It was directed and produced by Marion Lipschutz and Rose Rosenblatt.
Jun 21, 2005
Big Enough
Season 18Episode 360 min

Big Enough

A follow-up to the 1982 Emmy-nominated film Little People, Big Enough is a 2004 documentary film about Anu Trombino, Karla and John Lizzo, Len and Lenette Sawisch, and Sharon and Ron Roskamp, who are all typical Americans in every respect, except that they are dwarfs. Twenty years after her first film, Jan Krawitz finds out what has happened to her subjects. Big Enough was met with high critical acclaim, receiving an Independent Filmmaker Award from the Carolina Film & Video Festival and was aired as part of PBS's Point of View series in 2005.
Jun 28, 2005
Street Fight
Season 18Episode 460 min

Street Fight

Jul 5, 2005
The Fire Next Time
Season 18Episode 560 min

The Fire Next Time

Jul 12, 2005
The Brooklyn Connection
Season 18Episode 660 min

The Brooklyn Connection

Jul 19, 2005
The Self-Made Man
Season 18Episode 760 min

The Self-Made Man

Jul 26, 2005
In the Realms of the Unreal
Season 18Episode 860 min

In the Realms of the Unreal

In the Realms of the Unreal is a 2004 documentary about outsider artist Henry Darger. An obscure janitor during his life, Darger is known for the posthumous discovery of his elaborate 15,143-page fantasy manuscript entitled The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion, along with several hundred watercolor paintings and other drawings illustrating the story.
Aug 2, 2005
A Thousand Words
Season 18Episode 960 min

A Thousand Words

Hardwood is a 2005 short documentary film about Canadian director Hubert Davis' relationship to his father, former Harlem Globetrotters member Mel Davis. Through interviews with his mother, his father's wife, his half-brother, and Mel Davis himself, Hubert Davis explores why Mel made the decisions that he did, and how that has affected his life. Hardwood was met with high critical acclaim and received an Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject nomination. It also aired on PBS as part of its Point of View series in 2005.
Aug 16, 2005
Hardwood
Season 18Episode 1060 min

Hardwood

Aug 16, 2005
I Used to Be a Filmmaker
Season 18Episode 1160 min

I Used to Be a Filmmaker

Aug 16, 2005
A Song for Daniel
Season 18Episode 1260 min

A Song for Daniel

Aug 23, 2005
Bright Leaves
Season 18Episode 1360 min

Bright Leaves

Aug 23, 2005
Hiding and Seeking
Season 18Episode 1460 min

Hiding and Seeking

Aug 30, 2005
The Hobart Shakespeareans
Season 18Episode 1560 min

The Hobart Shakespeareans

Sep 6, 2005
Omar & Pete
Season 18Episode 1660 min

Omar & Pete

Sep 13, 2005

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