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The Best Episodes of POV Season 12

Every episode of POV Season 12 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of POV Season 12!

Since its 1988 premiere, this critically acclaimed documentary series has presented hundreds of films that put a human face on contemporary social issues by relating...
Genre:Documentary
Network:PBS

Season 12 Ratings Summary

"The Legacy" is the best rated episode of "POV" season 12. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/1/1999. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Well-Founded Fear".

  • The Legacy
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    #1 - The Legacy

    Season 12 Episode 1 - Aired 6/1/1999

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  • Well-Founded Fear
    6.3/103 votes

    #2 - Well-Founded Fear

    Season 12 Episode 2 - Aired 6/5/1999

    Well-Founded Fear is a 2000 documentary film from directors Shari Robertson and Michael Camerini. The film takes its title from the formal definition of a refugee under the UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, as a person who deserves protection, "owing to a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion.” The film analyzes the US asylum process by following several asylum applicants and asylum officers through actual INS interviews.

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  • Golden Threads
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    #3 - Golden Threads

    Season 12 Episode 3 - Aired 6/8/1999

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  • In My Corner
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    #4 - In My Corner

    Season 12 Episode 4 - Aired 6/22/1999

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  • The Green Monster
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    #5 - The Green Monster

    Season 12 Episode 5 - Aired 6/29/1999

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  • Rabbit In The Moon
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    #6 - Rabbit In The Moon

    Season 12 Episode 6 - Aired 7/6/1999

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  • Corpus: A Home Movie For Selena
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    #7 - Corpus: A Home Movie For Selena

    Season 12 Episode 7 - Aired 7/13/1999

    Corpus: A Home Movie about Selena is a film by filmmaker, Lourdes Portillo about Mexican American singer-songwriter Selena Quintanilla-Pérez. It places emphasis on the transformation of Selena from a popular entertainer into a modern-day saint and role model. This documentary uses authentic home videos, news stories, footage from concerts and a debate between intellectuals to analyze the effect of Selena and Selena’s murder at the hands of Yolanda Saldivar, the president of her fan club.

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  • School Prayer: A Community At War
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    #8 - School Prayer: A Community At War

    Season 12 Episode 8 - Aired 7/20/1999

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  • The Double Life of Ernesto Gomez Gomez
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    #9 - The Double Life of Ernesto Gomez Gomez

    Season 12 Episode 9 - Aired 7/27/1999

    The Double Life of Ernesto Gomez Gomez is a TV episode/documentary film directed by Gary Weimberg and Catherine Ryan.

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  • Regret to Inform
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    #10 - Regret to Inform

    Season 12 Episode 10 - Aired 1/24/2000

    Regret to Inform is a 1998 American documentary film directed by Barbara Sonneborn. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film was made over a span of ten years. The documentary features filmmaker Barbara Sonneborn as she goes to the Vietnamese countryside where her husband was killed. Her translator is a fellow war widow named Xuan Ngoc Nguyen and together try to understand their losses. The film includes interviews with Vietnamese and American widows.

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