CBC Docs POV
Season 52017
CBCβs new documentary program gets to the heart of current affairs and social issues that matter to Canadians. With unique and often unexpected access, these stories will ignite discussions.
CBCβs new documentary program gets to the heart of current affairs and social issues that matter to Canadians. With unique and often unexpected access, these stories will ignite discussions.
16 Episodes
Witness the highs and lows as three inspirational students compete in the first-ever First Nations Provincial Spelling Bee in Canada.
September 24, 2017
The now pardoned Canadian-Egyptian journalist Mohamed Fahmy struggles to put his life back together after spending 438 days in a Cairo prison.
October 1, 2017
A bittersweet love letter to Montreal's legendary immigrant Park Extension neighbourhood, as seen through the eyes of some lifelong Greek inhabitants, their South Asian neighbours, and a filmmaker.
October 8, 2017
A terminally ill 29-year old man teams up with his two best friends to create a podcast that openly laughs in the face of serious illness. What started as a joke, quickly turns into an obsession.
October 15, 2017
A true crime cat-fishing story about a reclusive young woman from a small Manitoba First Nation that made international headlines.
October 29, 2017
Enter the world of ten year old conjoined twins Tatiana and Krista Hogan. They share sight, touch, taste, and may even know what the other is thinking.
November 5, 2017
Three sisters and a brother, removed from their mother's care as part of Canada's infamous Sixties Scoop and adopted as infants into separate families across North America, meet for the first time.
November 19, 2017
For 15 years Brad Galloway was at the centre of right wing extremism in Canada. He saw it all and knew all the players but now he's a 'former' and helping the RCMP map the active hate groups.
November 26, 2017
Exploring how Inuit hunters in tiny remote communities in the high arctic are negatively affected by animal rights groups protesting against the Canadian east coast seal hunt that happens a thousand kilometers away.
January 7, 2018
A candid and intimate portrait of three caregivers, each taking care of a spouse or patient with dementia.
January 14, 2018
A Canadian mother's mission to free her daughter and granddaughters from ISIS.
January 21, 2018
Ojibway author and humourist Drew Hayden Taylor's quest to understand the roots of the German obsession with Native North Americans.
January 28, 2018
Rhiana and Kaz Ehara's world turns upside-down when their daughter Chiyo is diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.
February 4, 2018
An extraordinarily intimate look inside a family as they deal with autism from birth to adulthood, and agonize over what happens next.
March 18, 2018
It's Best in Show with whiskers. Meet the felines and fans of the highly competitive cat show circuit in Catwalk.
April 1, 2018
First responders describe the long-term effects of what they've witnessed and the need for more support to treat a PTSD epidemic.
April 8, 2018