POV Shorts
The best and boldest independent short films, curated by America's longest-running documentary
Slices of life from opposite sides of the world--where the everyday veers into comedy.
POV Shorts: Comic Culture
A South Korean community is torn apart by a disaster. The victims’ families seek justice.
POV Shorts: In The Absence
Three stories reflecting the many faces of love through memory, community and family.
POV Shorts: Cherish
One man runs a marathon in hopes of lifting the veil of racial terror in his town.
POV Shorts: The Changing Same
A group of Jewish seniors celebrate the Sabbath (Shabbat) at the local Wendy's restaurant.
Wendy's Shabbat
This film tells the story of the first image captured of the Earth from space in 1968.
POV Shorts: Earthrise
A plague of North American grey squirrels threatens the beloved British red squirrel.
Nutkin's Last Stand
Meryland Gonzales, a twelve-year-old boxer trains to be the 2019 Junior Olympics champion.
Team Meryland
Kathleen reflects on her experience as a hairdresser while we bear witness to her work.
The Hairdresser
A story about the reunion and repair between Mike Africa Jr and his mother Debbie Africa.
I'm Free Now, You Are Free
A nonbinary trans boy is found between his immigrant family and living happily ever after.
To The Future, with Love
Un adolescente trans entrapado entre la lealtad a su familia inmigrante y sus sueños.
Al Futuro, con Amor
StoryCorps Shorts: September 12
A man reflects on feeling responsible for the September 11 attacks.
StoryCorps Shorts: September 12
StoryCorps Shorts: Father Mychal's Blessing
Remembering the September 11 victim who died praying for others.
StoryCorps Shorts: Father Mychal's Blessing
Native Hawaiian mother-daughter activists stand to protect their sacred mountain.
Standing Above the Clouds
In the 1980s, self-help guru Louise Hay created a space for healing -- called the Hayride.
Another Hayride
A daughter searches for her mother's birth parents in Taiwan, unraveling complex tensions.
Sing Me a Lullaby
A traffic separating device illustrates how practical solutions can become human failures.
Traffic Separating Device
Filmmaker Nadine Natour tells the story of her parents’ emigration to the United States.
Natour's Grocery
Maribel tells us how it feels to be stricken with the world's oldest affliction.
True Love in Pueblo Textil
A decades-old cigar factory in Cuba is home to the long-standing tradition of La Lectora.
La Lectora
The Velvet Underground Played At My High School
In 1965, the Velvet Underground played for a crowd of shocked New Jersey high schoolers.
The Velvet Underground Played At My High School
Home videos and animation tell the story of Keeth Smart, an Olympic Fencer from Brooklyn.
Stay Close
A Ghanaian gay man struggles to reconcile his love for his mother with his sexuality.
