In Hummingbirds, Silvia and Beba tell their own coming-of-age story, transforming their hometown on the Texas border into a wonderland of creative expression and activist hijinks. Filmed collaboratively over the final summer of their fleeting youth, their cinematic self-portrait celebrates the power of friendship and joy as tools of survival and resistance. Grand Prize, 2023 Berlinale Generation. A Co-Presentation with Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB).
Afterwards, stay tuned for a film is a goodbye that never ends where a woman waits for a visa with Turbo, a dog she grows to adore. As time passes, she grapples with their goodbye.
The award-winning television series POV presents the broadcast premiere of Hummingbirds TONIGHT at 10 p.m. ET. Watch it on PBS (check local listings) or stream it online or the PBS App.
Ella Glendining embarks on a quest to connect with others who share her rare disability. Watch the broadcast premiere of Is There Anybody Out There? on Monday, July 8th at 10 p.m. E.T.
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Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, Open Society Foundations and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding comes from Nancy Blachman and David desJardins, Bertha Foundation, The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Charitable Trust, Park Foundation, Sage Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Chris and Nancy Plaut, Abby Pucker, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee and public television viewers. POV is presented by a consortium of public television stations, including KQED San Francisco, WGBH Boston and THIRTEEN in association with WNET.ORG.
