About the Series
Created in the aftermath of the 2016 election, “Our America: Documentaries in Dialogue” offers grants to regional PBS stations and their neighboring community spaces to design locally-curated screening events around POV films. These screenings, alongside educational and creative programming, are meant to inspire dialogue, community action, and mutual understanding around the most divisive social issues in modern-day America.
As an organization, POV is committed to mobilizing PBS stations to expand existing partnerships and forge new partnerships, working across their regions to produce events around POV films that spark meaningful public engagement.
South Carolina ETV is participating in its first season of the Our America grant program. Check back with this page regularly for the latest information and to find a screening event near you.
Interested in more screening events like this? Check out our screening event page for Independent Lens' Indie Lens Pop-Up events here.
Murders that Matter
Murders that Matter
How would you handle the trauma of losing a loved one? Murders That Matter documents African American Muslim mother Movita Johnson-Harrell over five years as she transforms from a victim of violent trauma into a fierce advocate against gun violence in Black communities. Produced in association with ITVS.
South Carolina ETV (SCETV) is joining with community partners to screen Murders that Matter on Wednesday, September 27, at 6 p.m., hosted by the Phillis Wheatley Community Center.
We will begin with a light reception followed by viewing the hour-long episode, then will engage in a panel discussion led by Dr. Carmen Harris of USC Upstate. Our discussion panelists are representatives from the partnering organizations below. This event is free and open to the public.
Partnering organizations:
Murders that Matter premieres Monday, October 2, at 10 p.m. on SCETV.
For more information or to register to attend, please click here.
After Sherman
After Sherman
ETV Education will be hosting an after school workshop for educators on February 27. For more information, contact Brian Day (bday@scetv.org).
Returning to the coastal South Carolina land that his family purchased after emancipation, filmmaker Jon-Sesrie Goff's desire to explore his Gullah/Geechee roots transforms into a poetic investigation of Black inheritance, trauma, and generational wisdom, amidst the violent tensions that define America's collective history. Produced in association with ITVS, Black Public Media, Hedera Pictures LLC.
unseen
unseen
As a blind, undocumented immigrant, Pedro faces uncertainty to obtain his college degree, become a social worker, and support his family. Through experimental cinematography and sound, unseen reimagines the accessibility of cinema, while exploring the intersections of immigration, disability, and mental health. A Co-Presentation with Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB).
unseen will be screened Friday, March 15 at the Columbia Museum of Art. After a light reception from 5 - 6 p.m., the screening and discussion will begin at 6 p.m. To register, click here.
Liquor Store Dreams
Liquor Store Dreams
Two Korean American children of liquor store owners reconcile their own dreams with those of their immigrant parents. 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. Co-presented with The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM).
Liquor Store Dreams will be screened Tuesday, April 23 at the Columbia Museum of Art. To register, click here.
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