Point of View Season 36, Episode 11: Aurora's Sunrise

After Sherman

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

83 min

A Story of Bones

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

83 min

Liquor Store Dreams

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

83 min

A House Made of Splinters

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

83 min

Eat Your Catfish

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

71 min

Children of the Mist

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

While We Watched

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

83 min

Bulls and Saints

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

53 min

Uýra: The Rising Forest

Uýra shares ancestral knowledge with Indigenous youth in the Amazon.

53 min

Murders That Matter

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

83 min

Fire Through Dry Grass

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

83 min

Wisdom Gone Wild

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

71 min

How to Have an American Baby

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.

116 min

Brief Tender Light

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

83 min

unseen

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

83 min