POV Shorts, the newest series from American Documentary, begins its 4th season with Where I’m From, an episodic compilation of three short films that is set to broadcast on Monday, September 6th at 10pm on PBS (check local listings) and streaming online at POV.org. Where I’m From is an episode dedicated to exploring family roots and all of the different ways our histories shape us.
Sing Me a Lullaby, directed by Tiffany Hsiung. Spanning 14 years and two continents, a daughter searches for her mother's birth parents in Taiwan, unraveling complex tensions between love and sacrifice.
A Broken House, directed by Jimmy Goldblum. Mohamad Hafez received a one-way ticket to the United States. Missing his homeland, he decided to create a stand-in. A story of love, loss and creating pathways home.
Joychild, directed by Aurora Brachman. A young child tells their mother "I'm not a girl" for the first time.
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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.
