The clip highlights the work of two young photographers in particular: Denise and Russell Akemon, then 4th graders.

This short clip is suggested for use with POV’s educational resources for the film, available at https://www.amdoc.org/engage/resources/

This short clip is suggested for use with POV’s educational resources for the film, available at https://www.amdoc.org/engage/resources/

Clear-eyed and intimate, Farmsteaders follows Nick Nolan and his young family on a journey to resurrect his late grandfather’s dairy farm as agriculture moves toward large-scale farming. A study of place and persistence, Farmsteaders points an honest and tender lens at everyday life in rural America, offering an unexpected voice for a forsaken people: those who grow the food that sustains us.

Life’s easy for Diego, who works in a surf shop and performs on the boardwalk for tourists. Yet when his grandmother América injures herself, and his father— América’s sole caretaker—is imprisoned for negligence, Diego returns to his hometown of Colima, Mexico, to care for her with his brothers Rodrigo and Bruno.

The Silence of Others reveals the struggle of victims and survivors of Spain’s 40-year dictatorship under General Franco as they organize the groundbreaking “Argentine Lawsuit” and fight a state-imposed amnesia of crimes against humanity.

A multinational natural gas drilling company is believed to be responsible for the displacement of 60,000 people in an East Java village left submerged by a tsunami of mud. Fed up with the company’s delayed cleanup, Dian, a politically active teenager, galvanizes her neighbors to fight against the corporate powers accused of one of the largest environmental disasters in recent history.

The Distant Barking of Dogs follows the life of 10-year-old Ukrainian boy Oleg over a year, witnessing the gradual erosion of his innocence beneath the pressures of the on-going war in Eastern Ukraine. Having no other place to go, Oleg and his grandmother Alexandra stay and watch as others leave the village, showing just how crucial—and fragile—family is for survival.

Passionate teenage innovators from around the globe create cutting-edge solutions to confront the world’s environmental threats—found right in their own backyards—while navigating the doubts and insecurities that mark adolescence. These inspiring teens prepare their projects for the largest convening of high school scientists in the world: the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

Radically combining documentary and scripted elements, Bisbee ’17 follows several members of the close-knit community in Bisbee, Arizona, a former mining town, as they commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Bisbee Deportation, when 1,200 immigrant miners were violently taken from their homes by a deputized force, shipped to the desert on cattle cars and left to die.

306 Hollywood is a magical realist documentary of two siblings who undertake an archaeological excavation of their late grandmother’s house. They embark on a journey from her home in New Jersey to ancient Rome, from fashion to physics, in search of what life remains in the objects we leave behind.

This short clip is suggested for use with POV’s educational resources for the film, available at https://www.amdoc.org/engage/resources/

This short clip is suggested for use with POV’s educational resources for the film, available at https://www.amdoc.org/engage/resources/

This short clip is suggested for use with POV’s educational resources for the film, available at https://www.amdoc.org/engage/resources/

At a pre-season party in small-town Steubenville, Ohio, the now-infamous sexual assault of a teenage girl by members of the beloved high school football team took place. Roll Red Roll is a true-crime thriller that goes behind the headlines to uncover the deep-seated and social media-fueled “boys-will be-boys” culture at the root of high school sexual assault in America.

The filmmakers create catalogs from their grandmother’s belongings, including items spanning a century of U.S. history.

Annette describes her sometimes rocky relationship with her husband. We also learn about her son David, and how the tapes keep her presence alive for the filmmakers.

This short clip is suggested for use with POV’s educational resources for the film, available at https://www.amdoc.org/engage/resources/

Nadia Murad, a 23-year-old Yazidi, survived genocide and sexual slavery committed by ISIS. Repeating her story to the world, this ordinary girl finds herself thrust onto the international stage as the voice of her people. Away from the podium, she must navigate bureaucracy, fame and people’s good intentions.

Working within a broken criminal justice system, a team of rebel heroines work to change the way women arrested for prostitution are prosecuted. With intimate camerawork that lingers on details and brings the Queens criminal courtroom to life, Blowin’ Up celebrates acts of steadfast defiance, even as it reveals the hurdles these women must face.

This short clip is suggested for use with POV’s educational resources for the film, available at https://www.amdoc.org/engage/resources/

This short clip is suggested for use with POV’s educational resources for the film, available at https://www.amdoc.org/engage/resources/

This short clip is suggested for use with POV’s educational resources for the film, available at https://www.amdoc.org/engage/resources/

This short clip is suggested for use with POV’s educational resources for the film, available at https://www.amdoc.org/engage/resources/