5.1/107 votes#1 - After Sherman
Season 36 Episode 1 - Aired 6/26/2023
Filmmaker Jon-Sesrie Goff returns to the coastal South Carolina land that his family purchased after emancipation. His desire to explore his Gullah/Geechee roots leads to a poetic investigation of Black inheritance, trauma, and generational wisdom, amidst the tensions that have shaped American history. In the wake of recent Southern violence, After Sherman is a reclamation of Black life and space.
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6.2/106 votes#2 - A Story of Bones
Season 36 Episode 2 - Aired 7/3/2023
As Construction Environmental Officer for St. Helena's troubled airport project, Annina van Neel learns about an unmarked mass burial ground of an estimated 9,000 formerly enslaved Africans. Haunted by this historical injustice, she and African American preservationist Peggy King Jorde fight for their proper memorialization, exposing the UK's colonial past and present.
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7.2/106 votes#3 - Liquor Store Dreams
Season 36 Episode 3 - Aired 7/10/2023
In Liquor Store Dreams, two Korean American children of liquor store owners reconcile their own dreams with those of their immigrant parents. Along the way, they confront the complex legacies of LA's racial landscape, including the 1991 murder of Latasha Harlins and the 1992 uprisings sparked by the police beating of Rodney King, while engaged in current struggles for social and economic justice.
Director: N/A
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6.8/106 votes#4 - A House Made of Splinters
Season 36 Episode 4 - Aired 7/17/2023
In the shadow of war by the frontlines in Eastern Ukraine, a safe haven provides refuge for children who have been temporarily separated from their parents. A House Made of Splinters chronicles three displaced kids who, despite the perils surrounding them, find moments of joy, friendship, and childhood wonder, with the aid of dedicated social workers who work tirelessly to protect them from harm.
Director: N/A
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6.2/106 votes#5 - Eat Your Catfish
Season 36 Episode 5 - Aired 7/24/2023
A woman's battle with late-stage Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS) leaves her paralyzed and pushes her family to the breaking point.
Director: N/A
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5.2/105 votes#6 - Children of the Mist
Season 36 Episode 6 - Aired 7/31/2023
A 13-year-old Hmong girl is caught between tradition and modernity in rural northwest Vietnam.
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7.7/106 votes#7 - While We Watched
Season 36 Episode 7 - Aired 9/4/2023
A timely depiction of a newsroom in crisis, While We Watched follows tormented journalist Ravish Kumar for two years as he battles a barrage of fake news, falling ratings and the resulting cutbacks. Are there viewers for fact-based analyses anymore? Will his show survive or become a swan song of reason – drowning out in sensationalism, misinformation, and ratings-driven editorial decisions?
Director: Vinay Shukla
Writer: Amaan Shaikh, Abhinav Tyagi, Vinay Shukla
4.7/106 votes#8 - Bulls and Saints
Season 36 Episode 8 - Aired 9/18/2023
An undocumented family decides to return home after 20 years of living in the U.S.
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- 6.0/108 votes
#9 - Uýra: The Rising Forest
Season 36 Episode 9 - Aired 9/25/2023
Uýra shares ancestral knowledge with Indigenous youth in the Amazon.
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- 5.3/106 votes
#10 - Murders That Matter
Season 36 Episode 10 - Aired 10/2/2023
Black Muslim mother Movita Johnson-Harrell transforms from a victim of violent trauma to a fierce advocate against gun violence in Black communities.
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- NaN/100 votes
#11 - Aurora's Sunrise
Season 36 Episode 11 - Aired 10/23/2023
At 14, Aurora Mardiganian survives the Armenian Genocide and escapes to New York, finding fame in "Auction of Souls."
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- NaN/100 votes
#12 - Fire Through Dry Grass
Season 36 Episode 12 - Aired 10/30/2023
Nursing home residents use poetry and art to describe the danger and imprisonment they feel during COVID-19's lockdown.
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- NaN/100 votes
#13 - Wisdom Gone Wild
Season 36 Episode 13 - Aired 11/20/2023
A film blending humour and sadness focuses on a mother and daughter confronting the reality of wisdom "gone wild" in the shadows of dementia.
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#14 - How to Have an American Baby
Season 36 Episode 14 - Aired 12/11/2023
A series of vignettes provide insight into Chinese tourists who travel to the U.S. to give birth in order to obtain citizenship for their babies.
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- NaN/100 votes
#15 - Brief Tender Light
Season 36 Episode 15 - Aired 1/15/2024
At MIT, a Ghanaian alum follows four African students striving to become agents of positive change for their home countries.
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- NaN/100 votes
#16 - unseen (2024)
Season 36 Episode 16 - Aired 3/18/2024
A blind, undocumented immigrant faces uncertainty to obtain his college degree.
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The Best Episodes of POV Season 36
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Season 36 Ratings Summary
"After Sherman" is the best rated episode of "POV" season 36. It scored 5.1/10 based on 7 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/26/2023. This episode is rated 1.1 points higher than the second-best, "A Story of Bones".