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Since its 1988 premiere, this critically acclaimed documentary series has presented hundreds of films that put a human face on contemporary social issues by relating a compelling story in an intimate fashion. "POV" has won virtually every major film and broadcasting award available, including 38 Emmys, 22 Peabody Awards and three Oscars.

Showing Season 15 of 38

Season 15

2002

No overview available.

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01. Hybrid

2002-07-09

Milford Beeghly discusses his company Beeghly's Best Hybrids.

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02. Refrigerator Mothers

2002-07-16

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."

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03. Fenceline: A Company Town Divided

2002-07-23

How black and white populations in Norco, La., have responded to links between a refinery's activities and people's illnesses.

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04. Sweet Old Song

2002-07-30

Sweet Old Song is a 2002 documentary film directed by Leah Mahan.

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05. Mai's America

2002-08-06

A high school girl leaves Hanoi and comes to Mississippi.

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06. Senorita Extraviada

2002-08-20

Circumstances surrounding the discovery of the remains of more than 200 murdered girls in the desert around Juarez, Mexico.

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07. Escuela

2002-08-27

A Mexican-American migrant teenager's freshman year in high school and how she handled work, education and family life.

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08. Afghanistan 1380

2002-09-10

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)

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