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Season 10

POV Season 10

June. 03,1997
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POV is a Public Broadcasting Service public television series which features independent nonfiction films. POV is an initialism for point of view. POV is the longest-running showcase on television for independent documentary films. PBS presents 14-16 POV programs each year, and the series has premiered over 300 films to U.S. television audiences since 1988. POV's films have a strong first-person, social-issue focus. Many established directors, including Michael Moore, Jonathan Demme, Terry Zwigoff, Errol Morris, Albert and David Maysles, Michael Apted, Frederick Wiseman, Marlon Riggs, and Ross McElwee have had work screened as part of the POV series. The series has garnered both critical and industry acclaim over its 20-plus years on television. POV programs have also won major industry awards including three Oscars, 32 Emmys, 36 Cine Golden Eagles, 15 Peabody Awards, 11 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Awards, the Prix Italia and the Webby Award.

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POV Season 10 Full Episode Guide

Episode 10 - A Perfect Candidate
First Aired: August. 05,1997

Disproving the adage that there are no second acts in American life, Iran/Contra legend Oliver North re-emerged to challenge incumbent Charles Robb in a hotly contested 1994 Virginia senatorial race. R.J. Cutler and David Van Taylor weave a modern-day parable about leadership in America and campaign culture in a cynical age. The result is a clear-eyed examination of the electoral process, where issues take a back seat to the machinations of spin doctors, and voter interests are lost in a media hall of mirrors.

Episode 9 - Blacks and Jews
First Aired: July. 29,1997

Episode 8 - Girls Like Us
First Aired: July. 22,1997

Episode 7 - In Whose Honor?
First Aired: July. 15,1997

Takes a critical look at the long-standing practice of 'honoring' American Indians by using their names for mascots and sports teams and delves into the accompanying issues of racism, stereotypes, minority representation, and the powerful effects of media imagery. Follows the efforts of Native American Charlene Teters, a woman who went from graduate student to what some call the 'Rosa Parks of American Indians, ' and details her work to ban the sports usage of Indian designations and protect her people's cultural symbols and identity. In Whose Honor? looks at the issues of racism, stereotypes, minority representation and the powerful effects of mass-media imagery, and the extent to which one university will go to defend and justify its mascot.

Episode 6 - Who Is Henry Jaglom?
First Aired: July. 08,1997

Who Is Henry Jaglom? is a 1997 documentary film directed by Henry Alex Rubin and Jeremy Workman.

Episode 5 - Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary
First Aired: July. 01,1997

Episode 4 - Jesse's Gone
First Aired: June. 24,1997

Episode 3 - A Healthy Baby Girl
First Aired: June. 17,1997

Episode 2 - Battle for the Minds
First Aired: June. 10,1997

Episode 1 - Nobody's Business
First Aired: June. 03,1997

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