Standing Above The Clouds (2021, dir. Jalena Keane-Lee)
You flip the calendar over, and do a double take. November, already? Where did 2022 go? Wasn't summer just yesterday? Before you panic, POV invites you to take a breath, and celebrate narrative abundance with another edition of our spirited, deeply human nonfiction films.
Trans Awareness Monthhonors, celebrates, and advocates for the artistic visions of transgender and gender diverse storytelling including Angelo Madsen Minax’s North By Current, an award-winning meditation on faith, family, and grief from Season 34, along with Little Miss Westie and Jack & Yaya, two popular coming of age portraits.
Season 35continues on November 21st with the broadcast premiere of Midwives, winner of the 2022 Excellence In Verité Filmmaking World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award at Sundance.
A 24-year-old artist and musician in Amarillo, TX makes an unorthodox run for city council.
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, Perspective Fund 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, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, 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.
