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Erika Dilday named among the 17 jurors for the 6th AIDC Awards at the Australian International Documentary Conference!
Erika will join industry leaders from around the world in selecting outstanding documentary and factual work across the Awards categories. loom.ly/d-tU_LU
Erika will join industry leaders from around the world in selecting outstanding documentary and factual work across the Awards categories. loom.ly/d-tU_LU
Marc Fennell, Kyas Hepworth among 17 jurors for 6th AIDC Awards - IF Magazine
The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) has announced the jurors for the conference's 6th annual awards, with 17 local and international creators, producers, and executives from acr...
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January 22, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Erika Dilday named among the 17 jurors for the 6th AIDC Awards at the Australian International Documentary Conference!
Erika will join industry leaders from around the world in selecting outstanding documentary and factual work across the Awards categories. loom.ly/d-tU_LU
Erika will join industry leaders from around the world in selecting outstanding documentary and factual work across the Awards categories. loom.ly/d-tU_LU
American Documentary at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival ’s DocShop Forum! We’re excited to share that Opal H. Bennett and Erika Dilday will be participating in two DocShop panels spotlighting the future of documentary storytelling and impact. loom.ly/V-nztBM
DocShop Schedule | Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival celebrates the art of nonfiction film by giving voice to the powerful ideas that come forth in documentary. The festival is an important international platform, b...
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January 21, 2026 at 8:16 PM
American Documentary at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival ’s DocShop Forum! We’re excited to share that Opal H. Bennett and Erika Dilday will be participating in two DocShop panels spotlighting the future of documentary storytelling and impact. loom.ly/V-nztBM
Our Oscar shortlisted POV Shorts film CLASSROOM 4 was recently featured on KATU’s AM Northwest, highlighting the powerful real-life classroom inside a prison. loom.ly/YBlGs9U
Watch it streaming now as part of POV Shorts on PBS.
Watch it streaming now as part of POV Shorts on PBS.
"Classroom 4" Documentary Features Prison Program Led by Lewis & Clark Professor
It's a documentary short featuring an Oregon college professor that's just been shortlisted for an Oscar! Eden Wurmfeld, director/producer of "Classroom 4", joi
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January 20, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Our Oscar shortlisted POV Shorts film CLASSROOM 4 was recently featured on KATU’s AM Northwest, highlighting the powerful real-life classroom inside a prison. loom.ly/YBlGs9U
Watch it streaming now as part of POV Shorts on PBS.
Watch it streaming now as part of POV Shorts on PBS.
We’re heading to Brown Girls Doc Mafia’s Solidarity House at Sundance!
Our very own Asad Muhammad & Cecilia R. Mejia will be in attendance throughout the week, showing up in solidarity and supporting the conversations happening there. Panels are open to all: loom.ly/fAYuLlo.
Our very own Asad Muhammad & Cecilia R. Mejia will be in attendance throughout the week, showing up in solidarity and supporting the conversations happening there. Panels are open to all: loom.ly/fAYuLlo.
Schedule — The Solidarity House
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January 20, 2026 at 8:17 PM
We’re heading to Brown Girls Doc Mafia’s Solidarity House at Sundance!
Our very own Asad Muhammad & Cecilia R. Mejia will be in attendance throughout the week, showing up in solidarity and supporting the conversations happening there. Panels are open to all: loom.ly/fAYuLlo.
Our very own Asad Muhammad & Cecilia R. Mejia will be in attendance throughout the week, showing up in solidarity and supporting the conversations happening there. Panels are open to all: loom.ly/fAYuLlo.
Deadline features a new conversation with Edward Norton and director Eden Wurmfeld on the Oscar-shortlisted POV Shorts film CLASSROOM 4, reflecting on the film’s impact, themes of education and empathy, and the journey behind the documentary.
Read the interview: loom.ly/sUhP8eY.
Read the interview: loom.ly/sUhP8eY.
Director Eden Wurmfeld And E.P. Edward Norton On Why Oscar-Shortlisted ‘Classroom 4’ Brings People To Tears
E.P. Edward Norton and director Eden Wurmfeld on their Oscar-shortlisted short documentary 'Classroom 4,' set inside an Oregon prison.
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January 16, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Deadline features a new conversation with Edward Norton and director Eden Wurmfeld on the Oscar-shortlisted POV Shorts film CLASSROOM 4, reflecting on the film’s impact, themes of education and empathy, and the journey behind the documentary.
Read the interview: loom.ly/sUhP8eY.
Read the interview: loom.ly/sUhP8eY.
The Hollywood Reporter’s Brande Victorian hosts an inspiring discussion with director Eden Wurmfeld and the participants from the Oscar-shortlisted POV Shorts: CLASSROOM 4.
Watch the full conversation here (starting 36:05): loom.ly/5bBTo88.
Watch the full conversation here (starting 36:05): loom.ly/5bBTo88.
January 14, 2026 at 6:35 PM
The Hollywood Reporter’s Brande Victorian hosts an inspiring discussion with director Eden Wurmfeld and the participants from the Oscar-shortlisted POV Shorts: CLASSROOM 4.
Watch the full conversation here (starting 36:05): loom.ly/5bBTo88.
Watch the full conversation here (starting 36:05): loom.ly/5bBTo88.
POV’s Oscar shortlisted short CLASSROOM 4 is featured in Awards Buzz!
In this thoughtful interview, filmmaker Eden Wurmfeld reflects on building trust, embracing vulnerability, and the intimate process behind telling the story of CLASSROOM 4.
Read the full interview: loom.ly/kgT5b3I.
In this thoughtful interview, filmmaker Eden Wurmfeld reflects on building trust, embracing vulnerability, and the intimate process behind telling the story of CLASSROOM 4.
Read the full interview: loom.ly/kgT5b3I.
Interview: Eden Wurmfeld on the Oscar-Shortlisted ‘Classroom 4’
Eden Wurmfeld discusses the transformative process of breaking down barriers in the Oscar-shortlisted ‘Classroom 4.’
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January 13, 2026 at 8:05 PM
POV’s Oscar shortlisted short CLASSROOM 4 is featured in Awards Buzz!
In this thoughtful interview, filmmaker Eden Wurmfeld reflects on building trust, embracing vulnerability, and the intimate process behind telling the story of CLASSROOM 4.
Read the full interview: loom.ly/kgT5b3I.
In this thoughtful interview, filmmaker Eden Wurmfeld reflects on building trust, embracing vulnerability, and the intimate process behind telling the story of CLASSROOM 4.
Read the full interview: loom.ly/kgT5b3I.
We’re thrilled to share that Erika Dilday will be featured on the Impact Lounge panel “The Public Investment Renaissance: A New Vision for Publicly Supported Documentary Film” at Sundance on Friday, January 23 at 2:30pm.
Learn more: loom.ly/HUokWtU
Learn more: loom.ly/HUokWtU
January 13, 2026 at 4:11 PM
We’re thrilled to share that Erika Dilday will be featured on the Impact Lounge panel “The Public Investment Renaissance: A New Vision for Publicly Supported Documentary Film” at Sundance on Friday, January 23 at 2:30pm.
Learn more: loom.ly/HUokWtU
Learn more: loom.ly/HUokWtU
We’re proud to celebrate POV’s UNION and POV Shorts: CLASSROOM 4 as SIMA Award Finalists; two powerful, impact-driven films advancing bold storytelling and social change. loom.ly/sclYJGc
SIMA 2026 Shortlist Announced —Films From 43 Countries Advance as Finalists
Championing documentary storytelling of creative excellence and social resonance.
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January 8, 2026 at 7:11 PM
We’re proud to celebrate POV’s UNION and POV Shorts: CLASSROOM 4 as SIMA Award Finalists; two powerful, impact-driven films advancing bold storytelling and social change. loom.ly/sclYJGc
Happy New Year from American Documentary!
After a restorative holiday break, our team is back on the road to kick off festival season 2026. This January, AmDoc staff will be representing our organization at major documentary festivals in the U.S. and Europe. loom.ly/n80lqAY
After a restorative holiday break, our team is back on the road to kick off festival season 2026. This January, AmDoc staff will be representing our organization at major documentary festivals in the U.S. and Europe. loom.ly/n80lqAY
In the Field: Your Guide to AmDoc Events & Appearances, January 2026 | American Documentary
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January 8, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Happy New Year from American Documentary!
After a restorative holiday break, our team is back on the road to kick off festival season 2026. This January, AmDoc staff will be representing our organization at major documentary festivals in the U.S. and Europe. loom.ly/n80lqAY
After a restorative holiday break, our team is back on the road to kick off festival season 2026. This January, AmDoc staff will be representing our organization at major documentary festivals in the U.S. and Europe. loom.ly/n80lqAY
We’re thrilled to share that POV’s A MOTHER APART has been nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary at the 37th Annual GLAAD Media Awards!
Huge congrats to the filmmakers and team who brought this story to life. loom.ly/8XZPOT4
Huge congrats to the filmmakers and team who brought this story to life. loom.ly/8XZPOT4
GLAAD Media Awards: ‘Heated Rivalry’, ‘Stranger Things’ & ‘Christy’ Among 2026 Nominees
Here are the nominees for the 2026 GLAAD Media Awards for fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the LGBTQ community in film, TV, music and more.
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January 7, 2026 at 5:49 PM
We’re thrilled to share that POV’s A MOTHER APART has been nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary at the 37th Annual GLAAD Media Awards!
Huge congrats to the filmmakers and team who brought this story to life. loom.ly/8XZPOT4
Huge congrats to the filmmakers and team who brought this story to life. loom.ly/8XZPOT4
This month’s Awards All-Stars 2026 Collection celebrates four standout films from POV Shorts Season 8 that have earned industry recognition and helped usher in Oscar® season.
Stream the Awards All-Stars Collection now. loom.ly/93JnDlI
Stream the Awards All-Stars Collection now. loom.ly/93JnDlI
January 5, 2026 at 7:24 PM
This month’s Awards All-Stars 2026 Collection celebrates four standout films from POV Shorts Season 8 that have earned industry recognition and helped usher in Oscar® season.
Stream the Awards All-Stars Collection now. loom.ly/93JnDlI
Stream the Awards All-Stars Collection now. loom.ly/93JnDlI
Following a screening of POV Shorts: CLASSROOM 4, former students reflect on the lasting impact of an open, compassionate approach to education.
Hear their voices and learn more in this post-screening interview, and watch CLASSROOM 4 now streaming on PBS.
Listen here: loom.ly/VaqAdT0.
Hear their voices and learn more in this post-screening interview, and watch CLASSROOM 4 now streaming on PBS.
Listen here: loom.ly/VaqAdT0.
Classroom 4
Karen James interviews students about a Lewis & Clark College course taught by Dr. Reiko Hillyer. “CLASSROOM 4”, an award-winning documentary film about the course will air on PBS's POV on November 25...
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December 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Following a screening of POV Shorts: CLASSROOM 4, former students reflect on the lasting impact of an open, compassionate approach to education.
Hear their voices and learn more in this post-screening interview, and watch CLASSROOM 4 now streaming on PBS.
Listen here: loom.ly/VaqAdT0.
Hear their voices and learn more in this post-screening interview, and watch CLASSROOM 4 now streaming on PBS.
Listen here: loom.ly/VaqAdT0.
A memoir for the world’s glaciers.
Sierra spotlights POV Shorts: CHASING TIME, featuring exclusive quotes from the filmmakers on witnessing and documenting the rapid disappearance of ice across the planet.
Now streaming on PBS: loom.ly/dZ1dywk.
Sierra spotlights POV Shorts: CHASING TIME, featuring exclusive quotes from the filmmakers on witnessing and documenting the rapid disappearance of ice across the planet.
Now streaming on PBS: loom.ly/dZ1dywk.
A Memoir for the World’s Glaciers
In "Chasing Time," photographer James Balog weighs mortality with thousands of frames
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December 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A memoir for the world’s glaciers.
Sierra spotlights POV Shorts: CHASING TIME, featuring exclusive quotes from the filmmakers on witnessing and documenting the rapid disappearance of ice across the planet.
Now streaming on PBS: loom.ly/dZ1dywk.
Sierra spotlights POV Shorts: CHASING TIME, featuring exclusive quotes from the filmmakers on witnessing and documenting the rapid disappearance of ice across the planet.
Now streaming on PBS: loom.ly/dZ1dywk.
In honor of Kwanzaa, we’re spotlighting a powerful collection of films that reflect the guiding principles at the heart of the holiday.
Join us in celebrating the culture. Explore the KWANZAA 2025 COLLECTION, now streaming on PBS. #POVonPBS #POVShortsonPBS #AmericanDocumentary loom.ly/M-WHlow
Join us in celebrating the culture. Explore the KWANZAA 2025 COLLECTION, now streaming on PBS. #POVonPBS #POVShortsonPBS #AmericanDocumentary loom.ly/M-WHlow
December 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
In honor of Kwanzaa, we’re spotlighting a powerful collection of films that reflect the guiding principles at the heart of the holiday.
Join us in celebrating the culture. Explore the KWANZAA 2025 COLLECTION, now streaming on PBS. #POVonPBS #POVShortsonPBS #AmericanDocumentary loom.ly/M-WHlow
Join us in celebrating the culture. Explore the KWANZAA 2025 COLLECTION, now streaming on PBS. #POVonPBS #POVShortsonPBS #AmericanDocumentary loom.ly/M-WHlow
Where craft meets community, POV Shorts: AMERICAN SEAMS celebrates the traditions, skills, and collaborations that bind people together, creating spaces of connection and resilience.
Watch now as part of our in the Community Grassroots collection: loom.ly/CbF6yGM.
Watch now as part of our in the Community Grassroots collection: loom.ly/CbF6yGM.
December 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Where craft meets community, POV Shorts: AMERICAN SEAMS celebrates the traditions, skills, and collaborations that bind people together, creating spaces of connection and resilience.
Watch now as part of our in the Community Grassroots collection: loom.ly/CbF6yGM.
Watch now as part of our in the Community Grassroots collection: loom.ly/CbF6yGM.
LA Blade interviews filmmaker Jota Mun about POV’s BETWEEN GOODBYES, a powerful exploration of queer identity, adoption, and healing.
Now streaming on PBS, the film explores identity, loss, and what it means to come home to oneself and to others.
Read the interview: loom.ly/oLMGLNM.
Now streaming on PBS, the film explores identity, loss, and what it means to come home to oneself and to others.
Read the interview: loom.ly/oLMGLNM.
“I should have been there”: A queer Korean adoptee finds healing with original family members
'Between Goodbyes' director Jota Mun talks about their filmmaking ethos behind this layered, moving portrait, now streaming on PBS.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
LA Blade interviews filmmaker Jota Mun about POV’s BETWEEN GOODBYES, a powerful exploration of queer identity, adoption, and healing.
Now streaming on PBS, the film explores identity, loss, and what it means to come home to oneself and to others.
Read the interview: loom.ly/oLMGLNM.
Now streaming on PBS, the film explores identity, loss, and what it means to come home to oneself and to others.
Read the interview: loom.ly/oLMGLNM.
Stanford Magazine profiles filmmaker Jeff Orlowski-Yang exploring how his work, including POV Shorts: CHASING TIME, uses the power of images to connect us more deeply with the world around us.
Read the feature: loom.ly/RwlGWZA.
Read the feature: loom.ly/RwlGWZA.
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How documentarian Jeff Orlowski-Yang connects us with the world around us.
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December 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Stanford Magazine profiles filmmaker Jeff Orlowski-Yang exploring how his work, including POV Shorts: CHASING TIME, uses the power of images to connect us more deeply with the world around us.
Read the feature: loom.ly/RwlGWZA.
Read the feature: loom.ly/RwlGWZA.
The Oberlin Review spoke with filmmaker Justin Emeka about his forays in filmmaking and his work spotlighting Black culture in SONGS OF BLACK FOLK.
Read the full feature: loom.ly/8AO74nI.
Watch POV Shorts: SONGS OF BLACK FOLK on PBS. loom.ly/3CLYskw
Read the full feature: loom.ly/8AO74nI.
Watch POV Shorts: SONGS OF BLACK FOLK on PBS. loom.ly/3CLYskw
On the Record with Justin Emeka: Forays in Filmmaking, Spotlighting Black Culture
Professor of Theater and Africana Studies Justin Emeka, OC ’95, has been a theater director for most of his professional career, but has recently turned to filmmaking. His newest documentary short, “S...
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December 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The Oberlin Review spoke with filmmaker Justin Emeka about his forays in filmmaking and his work spotlighting Black culture in SONGS OF BLACK FOLK.
Read the full feature: loom.ly/8AO74nI.
Watch POV Shorts: SONGS OF BLACK FOLK on PBS. loom.ly/3CLYskw
Read the full feature: loom.ly/8AO74nI.
Watch POV Shorts: SONGS OF BLACK FOLK on PBS. loom.ly/3CLYskw
WABE captures how La Orquesta illuminates a hidden immigrant community in Atlanta bringing their music, stories, and resilience to the forefront.
Read more: loom.ly/Ue78Wn4.
Watch POV Shorts: La Orquesta on PBS: loom.ly/dhyie3A.
Read more: loom.ly/Ue78Wn4.
Watch POV Shorts: La Orquesta on PBS: loom.ly/dhyie3A.
‘La Orquesta’ captures hidden Atlanta immigrant community
PBS documentary "La Orquesta" follows a Buford Highway youth orchestra challenging perceptions about the South's immigrant communities.
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December 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
WABE captures how La Orquesta illuminates a hidden immigrant community in Atlanta bringing their music, stories, and resilience to the forefront.
Read more: loom.ly/Ue78Wn4.
Watch POV Shorts: La Orquesta on PBS: loom.ly/dhyie3A.
Read more: loom.ly/Ue78Wn4.
Watch POV Shorts: La Orquesta on PBS: loom.ly/dhyie3A.
🎉 American Documentary is proud to celebrate CLASSROOM 4 being named to the 98th Academy Awards® Documentary Short Film Shortlist, alongside CHASING TIME (Director’s Cut).
Congratulations to the filmmakers and creative teams behind these extraordinary works. loom.ly/aWSQrQ8
Congratulations to the filmmakers and creative teams behind these extraordinary works. loom.ly/aWSQrQ8
American Documentary’s POV Shorts Celebrates Classroom 4 Among the Year’s Standouts in 98th Academy Awards® Documentary Shortlist | American Documentary
Shortlisted Films Reveal a Shared Humanity in Transformation Within Spaces of Incarceration and In a Photographer’s Impassioned Call for Climate Action
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December 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🎉 American Documentary is proud to celebrate CLASSROOM 4 being named to the 98th Academy Awards® Documentary Short Film Shortlist, alongside CHASING TIME (Director’s Cut).
Congratulations to the filmmakers and creative teams behind these extraordinary works. loom.ly/aWSQrQ8
Congratulations to the filmmakers and creative teams behind these extraordinary works. loom.ly/aWSQrQ8
We’re thrilled to share that POV Shorts: SONGS OF BLACK FOLK is the winner of Best Pacific Northwest Short from the Seattle Film Critics Society.
Congratulations to the filmmakers on this well-deserved honor.
Read the full list of winners on The Seattle Times: loom.ly/ri_dU-c.
Congratulations to the filmmakers on this well-deserved honor.
Read the full list of winners on The Seattle Times: loom.ly/ri_dU-c.
Seattle Film Critics Society names ‘One Battle After Another’ best movie
Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" led the list of winners in the annual local film critic awards.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
We’re thrilled to share that POV Shorts: SONGS OF BLACK FOLK is the winner of Best Pacific Northwest Short from the Seattle Film Critics Society.
Congratulations to the filmmakers on this well-deserved honor.
Read the full list of winners on The Seattle Times: loom.ly/ri_dU-c.
Congratulations to the filmmakers on this well-deserved honor.
Read the full list of winners on The Seattle Times: loom.ly/ri_dU-c.
Georgia Public Broadcasting wrapped up a remarkable 2025 filled with community engagement, storytelling, and meaningful dialogue including powerful screenings of POV films like HUMMINGBIRDS and THE BODY POLITIC that spotlight underrepresented voices and important conversations. loom.ly/Qm5M8gM
The Year That Connected Georgia: GPB’s 2025 Highlights
2025 was a big year for Community Engagement. Let's reminiscence as we bring in 2026!
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December 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Georgia Public Broadcasting wrapped up a remarkable 2025 filled with community engagement, storytelling, and meaningful dialogue including powerful screenings of POV films like HUMMINGBIRDS and THE BODY POLITIC that spotlight underrepresented voices and important conversations. loom.ly/Qm5M8gM
Big news! Our longtime PR consultant Caitlin Hughes is launching her new firm together with collaborator Pat King.
We’re proud to be part of Caitlin’s journey, and we can’t wait to see how Sound & Vision helps amplify more independent film and documentary voices. loom.ly/LvcR-zY
We’re proud to be part of Caitlin’s journey, and we can’t wait to see how Sound & Vision helps amplify more independent film and documentary voices. loom.ly/LvcR-zY
Caitlin Hughes & Pat King Launch PR Label Sound & Vision
Veteran indie film publicist Caitlin Hughes has joined forces with longtime collaborator Pat King to launch PR firm Sound & Vision.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Big news! Our longtime PR consultant Caitlin Hughes is launching her new firm together with collaborator Pat King.
We’re proud to be part of Caitlin’s journey, and we can’t wait to see how Sound & Vision helps amplify more independent film and documentary voices. loom.ly/LvcR-zY
We’re proud to be part of Caitlin’s journey, and we can’t wait to see how Sound & Vision helps amplify more independent film and documentary voices. loom.ly/LvcR-zY
TONIGHT: A reunion decades in the making.
A queer Korean adoptee returns to Seoul to reunite with her birth mother — uncovering love, loss, and the search for belonging. Watch POV’s BETWEEN GOODBYES at 10 PM on PBS or stream free on the PBS App. #POVonPBS www.pbs.org/pov/films/be...
A queer Korean adoptee returns to Seoul to reunite with her birth mother — uncovering love, loss, and the search for belonging. Watch POV’s BETWEEN GOODBYES at 10 PM on PBS or stream free on the PBS App. #POVonPBS www.pbs.org/pov/films/be...
December 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
TONIGHT: A reunion decades in the making.
A queer Korean adoptee returns to Seoul to reunite with her birth mother — uncovering love, loss, and the search for belonging. Watch POV’s BETWEEN GOODBYES at 10 PM on PBS or stream free on the PBS App. #POVonPBS www.pbs.org/pov/films/be...
A queer Korean adoptee returns to Seoul to reunite with her birth mother — uncovering love, loss, and the search for belonging. Watch POV’s BETWEEN GOODBYES at 10 PM on PBS or stream free on the PBS App. #POVonPBS www.pbs.org/pov/films/be...