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The Best Episodes of POV Season 33

Every episode of POV Season 33 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of POV Season 33!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    POV Season 33 Episode 4 - Advocate
    8.1/10(7 votes)

    S33:E4

    Meet Israeli lawyer Lea Tsemel, a political firebrand who is known by her opponents as "the devil's advocate" for her decades-long defense of Palestinians who have been accused of resisting the occupation, both violently and non-violently.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. POV Season 33 Episode 5 - Chez Jolie Coiffure
    7.4/10(18 votes)

    S33:E5

    In this captivating documentary filmed in a single tiny room, viewers step inside an underground hair salon with its charismatic proprietor, a Cameroonian immigrant named Sabine. Here, she and her employees style extensions and glue on lashes while watching soaps, dishing romantic advice, sharing rumors about government programs to legalize migrants, and talking about life back home in Cameroon.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. POV Season 33 Episode 2 - And She Could Be Next, Part 2
    7.0/10(7 votes)

    S33:E2

    The story of a defiant movement of women of color, transforming politics from the ground up by fighting for a truly reflective democracy. Filmed during the historic 2018 midterm elections, the documentary features organizers and candidates (including Rashida Tlaib and Stacey Abrams) as they fight for a truly reflective government, asking whether democracy can be preserved—and made stronger—by those most marginalized

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. POV Season 33 Episode 6 - About Love
    6.6/10(6 votes)

    S33:E6

    Three generations of the Phadke family live together in their home in Mumbai. When the youngest daughter turns the camera towards her family, the personal becomes political as power structures within the family become visible, and eventually unravel. Cruel and comic in equal measure, the film examines the vagaries of affection across generations, tied together by something stranger than love.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. POV Season 33 Episode 7 - Portraits and Dreams
    6.2/10(6 votes)

    S33:E7

    Photographs taken by Kentucky schoolchildren in the 1970s, their lives since then, and the linkage of personal memory to the passage of time.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. POV Season 33 Episode 1 - And She Could Be Next, Part 1
    5.1/10(9 votes)

    S33:E1

    The story of a defiant movement of women of color, transforming politics from the ground up by fighting for a truly reflective democracy. Filmed during the historic 2018 midterm elections, the documentary features organizers and candidates (including Rashida Tlaib and Stacey Abrams) as they fight for a truly reflective government, asking whether democracy can be preserved—and made stronger—by those most marginalized.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. POV Season 33 Episode 3 - We Are the Radical Monarchs
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S33:E3

    Meet the Radical Monarchs, a group of young girls of color on the frontlines of social justice. Follow the group as they earn badges for completing units on such subjects as being an LGBTQ ally, preserving the environment and disability justice.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. POV Season 33 Episode 8 - Love Child
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S33:E8

    A young couple flees Iran with their son, Mani, seeking asylum in Turkey so they can start a new life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. POV Season 33 Episode 9 - In My Blood It Runs
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S33:E9

    Ten-year-old Aboriginal Dujuan is a child-healer, a good hunter and speaks three languages.Yet Dujuan is ‘failing’ in school and facing increasing scrutiny from welfare and the police. As he travels perilously close to incarceration, his family fight to give him a strong Arrernte education alongside his western education. We walk with him as he grapples with these pressures and shares his truths.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. POV Season 33 Episode 10 - Our Time Machine
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S33:E10

    When artist Maleonn realizes that his father suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, he creates “Papa’s Time Machine,” a magical, autobiographical stage performance featuring life-size mechanical puppets. Through the production of this play, the two men confront their mortality before time runs out and memories are lost forever.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. POV Season 33 Episode 11 - The Infiltrators
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S33:E11

    Two young immigrants, members of a group of radical Dreamers, are arrested by Border Patrol and put in a for-profit detention centre.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. POV Season 33 Episode 12 - Softie
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S33:E12

    Political activist Boniface "Softie" Mwangi runs for office in a regional Kenyan election, but learns that conducting a clean campaign against corrupt opponents is increasingly harder to combat with idealism alone.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. POV Season 33 Episode 13 - The Mole Agent
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S33:E13

    An investigator poses as a new resident in a retirement home after a family grows concerned for their mother's well-being.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. POV Season 33 Episode 14 - Through the Night
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S33:E14

    The stories of two working mothers and a child care provider whose lives intersect at a 24-hour day care in New Rochelle, N.Y.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 33 Ratings Summary

"Advocate" is the best rated episode of "POV" season 33. It scored 8.1/10 based on 7 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/27/2020. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Chez Jolie Coiffure".