NaN/100 votes#1 - Through the Wire
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 6/26/1990
Produced in association with Amnesty International, THROUGH THE WIRE examines a controversial, underground high security isolation unit located in the Federal prison in Lexington, Kentucky, built to house three female inmates convicted of politically-motivated crimes, and the international campaign to close the unit on humanitarian grounds.
Director: Nina Rosenblum
Writer: Nina Rosenblum
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#2 - Metamorphosis: Man Into Woman
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 7/3/1990
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#3 - Larry Wright
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 7/10/1990
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#4 - On Ice
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 7/10/1990
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#5 - Salesman
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 7/24/1990
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#6 - Police Chiefs
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 7/31/1990
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#7 - Kamala And Raji
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 8/7/1990
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#8 - Days of Waiting
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 8/15/1990
Artist Estelle Peck Ishigo went with her Japanese American husband into an internment camp during World War II, one of the few Caucasians to do so. Vividly recreated from Ishigo's own memoirs, photos and paintings, Days of Waiting reveals the shattering relocation experience from an "outsider's" perspective.
Director: Steven Okazaki
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#9 - Golub
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 8/14/1990
The role of art in America has been debated everywhere from the Halls of Congress to the local shopping mall. Golub is more than a portrait of the socially committed painter Leon Golub, whose massive canvases are intended to provoke viewers. It is about media and contemporary society, social responsibility and creativity, art and information.
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#10 - Green Streets
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 8/21/1990
If a tree can grow in Brooklyn, can an eggplant flourish in the Bronx? Maria De Luca's Green Streets charts the spontaneous emergence of community gardens in New York City and how they've helped to nourish neighborhood pride, racial tolerance and a budding sense of hope for hundreds of enthusiastic gardeners in the urban jungle.
Director: Maria DeLuca
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#11 - Going Up
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 8/21/1990
The creation of a skyscraper is transformed by director Gary Pollard into a breathtaking visual experience as time-lapse photography, hard hat banter and construction worker choreography are set to a score by 15 new music composers in an urban ballet forty stories above New York harbor.
Director: Gary Pollard
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#12 - Motel
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 8/28/1990
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#13 - Ossian: American Boy, Tibetan Monk
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 9/4/1990
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#14 - ¡Teatro!
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 9/4/1990
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#15 - People Power
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 9/11/1990
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#16 - Letter To The Next Generation
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 7/17/1990
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The Best Episodes of POV Season 3
Every episode of POV Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of POV Season 3!
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 3 Ratings Summary
"Through the Wire" is the best rated episode of "POV" season 3. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Nina Rosenblum and written by Nina Rosenblum, it aired on 6/26/1990. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Metamorphosis: Man Into Woman".