POV - Season 15

POV - Season 15

Season 15

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DatesJun 25, 2002 - Jan 22, 2003
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Episodes

The Smith Family
Season 15Episode 160 min

The Smith Family

Jun 25, 2002
Boomtown
Season 15Episode 260 min

Boomtown

It is America of the 1950s and 1960s, when a woman's most important contribution to society is generally considered to be her ability to raise happy, well-adjusted children. But for the mother whose child is diagnosed with autism, her life's purpose will soon become a twisted nightmare. Looking for help and support, she encounters instead a medical establishment that pins the blame for her child's bizarre behaviors on her supposedly frigid and detached mothering. Along with a heartbreaking label for her child, she receives a devastating label of her own. She is a "refrigerator mother". Refrigerator Mothers paints an intimate portrait of an entire generation of mothers, already laden with the challenge of raising profoundly disordered children, who lived for years under the dehumanizing shadow of professionally promoted "mother blame."
Jul 2, 2002
Hybrid
Season 15Episode 360 min

Hybrid

How black and white populations in Norco, La., have responded to links between a refinery's activities and people's illnesses.
Jul 9, 2002
Refrigerator Mothers
Season 15Episode 460 min

Refrigerator Mothers

It is America of the 1950s and 1960s, when a woman's most important contribution to society is generally considered to be her ability to raise happy, well-adjusted children. But for the mother whose child is diagnosed with autism, her life's purpose will soon become a twisted nightmare. Looking for help and support, she encounters instead a medical establishment that pins the blame for her child's bizarre behaviors on her supposedly frigid and detached mothering. Along with a heartbreaking label for her child, she receives a devastating label of her own. She is a "refrigerator mother".Refrigerator Mothers paints an intimate portrait of an entire generation of mothers, already laden with the challenge of raising profoundly disordered children, who lived for years under the dehumanizing shadow of professionally promoted "mother blame."Once isolated and unheard, these mothers have emerged with strong, resilient voices to share the details of their personal journeys. Through their poignant stories, Refrigerator Mothers puts a human face on what can happen when authority goes unquestioned and humanity is removed from the search for scientific answers.
Jul 16, 2002
Fenceline: A Company Town Divided
Season 15Episode 560 min

Fenceline: A Company Town Divided

A high school girl leaves Hanoi and comes to Mississippi.
Jul 23, 2002
Sweet Old Song
Season 15Episode 660 min

Sweet Old Song

Sweet Old Song is a 2002 documentary film directed by Leah Mahan.
Jul 30, 2002
Mai's America
Season 15Episode 760 min

Mai's America

A Mexican-American migrant teenager's freshman year in high school and how she handled work, education and family life.
Aug 6, 2002
Señorita Extraviada
Season 15Episode 860 min

Señorita Extraviada

Surgeon Gino Strada and coordinator Kate Rowlands try to provide medical and humanitarian support to civilian victims of war in Afghanistan. (Dari, Italian and English with English subtitles)
Aug 20, 2002
Escuela
Season 15Episode 960 min

Escuela

Aug 27, 2002
Afghanistan Year 1380
Season 15Episode 1060 min

Afghanistan Year 1380

Sep 9, 2002
Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin
Season 15Episode 1160 min

Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin

Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin is a 2003 documentary film written by Marc Weiss and directed by Nancy D. Kates and Bennett Singer.
Jan 20, 2003
Two Towns of Jasper
Season 15Episode 1260 min

Two Towns of Jasper

Two film crews document the aftermath of the murder of a black man by three white men in 1998 and the trials of the men charged with the crime.
Jan 22, 2003

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