POV
Every Mother's Son
Three women from vastly different backgrounds unite to protest the deaths of their sons, all of whom died suspiciously in custody of the NYPD.
Emergent City
Grappling with a new development project, residents in a Brooklyn community stare down the triple threat of climate change, deindustrialization, and gentrification.
- Series
- POV
- Premiere Date
- August 18, 2025
- Length
- 90 minutes
- Funding Initiative
- Open Call
Director/Producer
Kelly Anderson
Kelly Anderson is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker whose documentaries include My Brooklyn (America ReFramed), Every Mother's Son (POV/ITVS), and Out At Work (HBO). Her work has received the Tribeca Audience Award, a GLAAD Award, and a national Emmy nomination. She currently chairs the Department of Film and Media Studies at Hunter College.
- Other ITVS Films
- Every Mother's Son
- Shift
Director/Editor
Jay Arthur Sterrenberg
Jay Sterrenberg is a New York-based director, editor, and a founder of Meerkat Media Collective. Editing work includes Dark Money (POV), After Maria (Netflix), Trophy (CNN), and Peabody and Independent Spirit Award-winner Immigration Nation (Netflix). He directed Public Money (POV), about an experiment in participatory democracy in Sunset Park.
Producer
Brenda Avila-Hanna
Brenda Avila-Hanna is a Mexican filmmaker and educator whose work connects to the complexities within transnational identities. She is a Sundance Producers Lab Fellow, a recent Rockwood/Just Films Fellow and a DOC NYC Documentary New Leader. She is a board member of the Watsonville Film Fest and a professor at UCSC.
- Other ITVS Films
- The Ballad of Luis Valdez
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The Film
Grappling with a new development project, residents in a Brooklyn community stare down the triple threat of climate change, deindustrialization, and gentrification.
