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Season 36 Episode 3615 | 1h 22m 58sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions

At MIT, an alum follows four African students striving to become change agents for home.

Aired 01/15/2024 | Expires 01/15/2028 | Rating TV-14

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Brief Tender Light
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Brief Tender Light

Season 36 Episode 3615 | 1h 22m 58sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions

At MIT, an alum follows four African students striving to become change agents for home.

A Ghanaian MIT alum follows four African students at his alma mater as they strive to become agents of change for their home countries Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. Over an intimate, nearly decade-long journey, all must decide how much of America to absorb, how much of Africa to hold on to, and how to reconcile teenage ideals with the truths they discover about the world and themselves.

Aired 01/15/2024 | Expires 01/15/2028 | Rating TV-14

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Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the...

POV

Brief Tender Light

Season 36 Episode 3615 | 1h 22m 58sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions

A Ghanaian MIT alum follows four African students at his alma mater as they strive to become agents of change for their home countries Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. Over an intimate, nearly decade-long journey, all must decide how much of America to absorb, how much of Africa to hold on to, and how to reconcile teenage ideals with the truths they discover about the world and themselves.

Aired 01/15/2024 | Expires 01/15/2028 | Rating TV-14

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