POV Season 36 Cancelled or Renewed; When Does It Start?

What Is POV About?

The 35th season opens July 11 with Wuhan Wuhan, by Yung Chang, a stirring observational documentary on the first wave of the COVID-19 lockdown. Episodes premiere Monday nights and will be available for streaming concurrent with broadcast on all station-branded PBS platforms, including PBS.org and the PBS Video app, available on iOS, Android, Roku streaming devices, Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung Smart TV, Chromecast and VIZIO. For more information about PBS Passport, visit the PBS Passport FAQ website.

In addition to standard closed captioning, POV partners with DiCapta for audio description services to provide real time audio or text interpretations for audiences with sensory disabilities. Films are accompanied by free educational resources, with many available for local screenings through POV’s Community Network digital lending library.

The season also examines systemic inequity in U.S. institutions and the true costs of the American Dream for Black and Brown communities. Dan Chen’s directorial debut Accepted follows four high school students at T.M. Landry College Prep, a controversial K-12 day school in rural Louisiana, known for sending its graduates to elite universities. The Last Out, by Academy Award nominee Sami Khan and Michael Gassert, follows three Cuban baseball players who risk exile to chase their dream of playing in the U.S. major leagues. Kevin Shaw’s Let the Little Light Shine dives into the dynamic between parents, educators, and students embroiled in a battle over closing a high-performing elementary school with a predominantly Black student population in a gentrified Chicago neighborhood.

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