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Season 27

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Season 27

96 :27x01 - When I walk

Jun/23/2014
Jason DaSilva's "When I Walk," chronicles his life after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at 25 years old. The documentary covers the first five years of living with the disease, including the moment when his legs give out, and meeting his wife, Alice Cook, at a support group.
Starring Roles: Jason Dasilva (1) as Himself (Film Maker) |
Guest Stars: Alice Cook as Herself

97 :27x02 - Americna Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs.

Jun/30/2014
Social activist, Grace Lee Boggs, is profiled. Nearly a century old, she's spent a large part of her life fighting for civil rights and female equality.
Special Guest Stars: Grace Lee Boggs as Herself

98 :27x03 - My Way to Olympia

Jul/07/2014
Niko Von Glasow profiles some of the participants at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. He finds his preconceptions and stereotypes about the sports and the Paralympics upended while covering athletes who do things like play volleyball sitting down, archery using his feet, and a paraplegic boccia player.
Starring Roles: Niko Von Glasow as Himself (Film Maker)

99 :27x04 - Getting Back to Abnormal

Jul/14/2014
What happens when America's most joyous, dysfunctional city rebuilds itself after a disaster? New Orleans is the setting for "Getting Back to Abnormal," a film that serves up a provocative mix of race, corruption and politics to tell the story of the re-election campaign of Stacy Head, a white woman in a city council seat traditionally held by a black representative. Supported by her irrepressible African-American aide Barbara Lacen-Keller, Head polarizes the city as her candidacy threatens to diminish the power and influence of its black citizens.

Source: PBS

100 :27x05 - (Vintage Milwaukee) Dance for Me

Jul/21/2014
Professional ballroom dancing is very big in little Denmark. Since success in this intensely competitive art depends on finding the right partner, aspiring Danish dancers often look beyond their borders to find their matches. In "Dance for Me," 15-year-old Russian performer Egor leaves home and family to team up with 14-year-old Mie, one of Denmark's most promising young dancers. Strikingly different, Egor and Mie bond over their passion for Latin dance -- and for winning. As they head to the championships, so much is at stake: emotional bonds, career and the future. This film is a poetic coming-of-age story, with a global twist and thrilling dance moves.

Source: PBS

101 :27x06 - Fallen City

Jul/28/2014
In today's go-go China, an old city completely destroyed by a devastating earthquake can be rebuilt -- boasting new and improved civic amenities -- in an astoundingly quick two years. But, as this film reveals, the journey from the ruined old city of Bichuan to the new Bichuan nearby is long and heartbreaking for the survivors. Three families struggle with loss -- most strikingly the loss of children and grandchildren -- and feelings of loneliness, fear and dislocation that no amount of propaganda can disguise. First-time director Zhao Qi offers an intimate look at a country torn between tradition and modernity.

Source: PBS

102 :27x07 - 15 to Life: Kenneth's Story

Aug/04/2014
Does sentencing a teenager to life without parole serve our society well? The United States is the only country in the world that routinely condemns children to die in prison. This is the story of one of those children, now a young man, seeking a second chance in Florida. At age 15, Kenneth Young received four consecutive life sentences for a series of armed robberies. Imprisoned for more than a decade, he believed he would die behind bars. Now a U.S. Supreme Court decision could set him free. This film follows Young's struggle for redemption, revealing a justice system with thousands of young people serving sentences intended for society's most dangerous criminals.

Source: PBS

103 :27x08 - A World Not Ours

Aug/18/2014
Three generations of a Palestinian family live in a refugee camp in southern Lebanon.

Source: PBS

104 :27x09 - Big Men

Aug/25/2014
Over five years, director Rachel Boynton and her cinematographer filmed the quest for oil in Ghana by Dallas-based Kosmos. The company develops the country's first commercial oil field, yet its success is quickly compromised by political intrigue and accusations of corruption. As Ghanaians wait to reap the benefits of oil, the filmmakers discover violent resistance down the coast in the Niger Delta, where poor Nigerians have yet to prosper from decades-old oil fields. This film, executive produced by Brad Pitt, provides an unprecedented inside look at the global deal making and dark underside of energy development -- a contest for money and power that is reshaping the world.

Source: PBS

105 :27x10 - After Tiller

Sep/01/2014
The show takes a look at former colleagues of Dr. George Tiller, who was murdered in 2009 in Wichita, who also performed third-term abortions.

106 :27x11 - The Genius of Marian

Sep/08/2014
The show takes a look at the experiences of 61-year-old Pam White and her family after she develops early onset Alzheimer's. With her ability to write slipping away, so does her plan of writing a book about her mother, the artist Marian Williams Steele. Son Banker comes to her rescue though and records her conversations.

107 :27x12 - Koch

Sep/22/2014
Ed Koch is known for being funny, blunt, fiscally conservative however socially liberal.

108 :27x13 - The Act of Killing

Oct/06/2014
about a former death-squad leader.

Source: PBS
Warning: P.O.V. guide may contain spoilers
Classification: Documentary
Genre: Drama
Status: Returning Series
Network: PBS ( USA)
Airs: Mondays at 10:00 pm
Runtime: 60 Minutes
Premiere: July 05, 1988
Episode Order: 15
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