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POV Shorts: The People Could Fly

Season 38 Episode 802 | 21m 48s

A poetic exploration into the history of Black gathering spaces in Louisville, KY. Intimate portraits reveal the ritual of roller skating and the emergence of roller rinks as sanctuaries for Black culture. Mixing archival footage, newsreel, still photos and recent video this history of a segregated Louisville underscores the magic that its Black community has conjured as an act of resistance.

Aired: 11/17/25 | Expires: 11/17/29
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 National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding comes from Nancy Blachman and David desJardins, Bertha Foundation, The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Charitable Trust, Park Foundation, Sage Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Chris and Nancy Plaut, Abby Pucker, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee and public television viewers. POV is presented by a consortium of public television stations, including KQED San Francisco, WGBH Boston and THIRTEEN in association with WNET.ORG.
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