Episode guide
POV: Season 3
16 episodes · first aired Jun 26, 1990
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- 1 Through the Wire Jun 26, 1990 · 1h An underground, high-security isolation unit at the Federal prison in Lexington, Kentucky, was built to house three female inmates convicted of politically motivated crimes. An…
- 2 Metamorphosis: Man Into Woman Jul 3, 1990 · 1h Gary, a 39 year-old successful animation artist and devout Christian, is pursuing a lifelong dream — to become a woman. A candid, non-sensational and sometimes humorous journey of nearly…
- 3 Larry Wright Jul 10, 1990 · 1h With a subway platform as his stage and a plastic can as his instrument, 14-year-old Larry Wright is a self-taught drummer with astonishing talent. A rousing tribute to the Harlem youth…
- 4 On Ice Jul 10, 1990 · 1h Cryonics — the freezing of human beings after death for future revival — is the focus of this off-beat film by two science buffs-turned-film-majors. Alternately deadpan and dead serious…
- 5 Salesman Jul 24, 1990 · 1h In its national broadcast premiere, this bittersweet classic from pioneering filmmakers follows four door-to-door Bible salesmen as they walk the line between hype and despair. The critics…
- 6 Police Chiefs Jul 31, 1990 · 1h Three big-city police chiefs reveal sharply differing philosophies of law enforcement. Daryl Gates introduced SWAT to Los Angeles. Anthony Bouza ruffled feathers in Minneapolis. Lee Brown…
- 7 Kamala and Raji Aug 7, 1990 · 1h Two poor women in India attempt to improve their lives. Kamala and Raji's resourcefulness, aspirations, and capacity for joy shatter stereotypes of Indian women as voiceless figures…
- 8 Days of Waiting Aug 15, 1990 · 30m Artist Estelle Peck Ishigo went with her Japanese American husband into an internment camp during World War II, one of the few Caucasians to do so. An "outsider's" perspective on the…
- 9 Golub Aug 14, 1990 · 1h 20m The role of art in America has been debated everywhere from the Halls of Congress to the local shopping mall. More than a portrait of the socially committed painter Leon Golub, whose…
- 10 Green Streets Aug 21, 1990 If a tree can grow in Brooklyn, can an eggplant flourish in the Bronx? Community gardens in New York City have helped to nourish neighborhood pride, racial tolerance, and a budding sense…
- 11 Going Up Aug 21, 1990 · 30m The creation of a skyscraper is transformed into a breathtaking visual experience as time-lapse photography, hard hat banter and construction worker choreography are set to a score by 15…
- 12 Motel Aug 28, 1990 · 1h 24m Behind the faded signs of three motels in the American Southwest lay entire worlds of passion, loyalty, adventure and fate. Veteran filmmaker Christian Blackwood winds his way into the…
- 13 Ossian: American Boy, Tibetan Monk Sep 4, 1990 · 1h Ossian Maclise is not an average American teenager. Born in Massachusetts, he has been living in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery since the age of four. At seven, his monastic order recognized…
- 14 ¡Teatro! Sep 4, 1990 · 1h Founded by a Jesuit priest from St. Louis, a grassroots theatre company takes its shows on the unpaved roads of Honduras to enlighten and inspire villagers in the impoverished countryside.
- 15 People Power Sep 11, 1990 · 1h After years of witnessing firsthand the horrors of guerrilla wars, Israeli-born producer Ilan Ziv traveled to Chile, the Philippines and the West Bank to explore the development of "People…
- 16 Letter to the Next Generation Jul 17, 1990 · 1h Are college students today apathetic and self-centered? Twenty years after National Guardsmen opened fire on student antiwar demonstrators, Jim Klein, a '60s radical-turned-filmmaker…