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P.O.V.: "RAISING BERTIE"
August 28, 2017  | By David Bianculli

PBS, 10:00 p.m. ET

 

There’s been so much bleak news blaring across TV since Friday, I feel obliged to reveal that tonight’s P.O.V. documentary, Raising Bertie, is hopeful, and ends with an uplifting conclusion. Normally, that would require some sort of Spoiler Alert – but today, in particular, I suspect that the last thing viewers will be seeking out on TV is bad news or bleak outlooks. The Bertie in the title isn’t a person, but a place. It’s Bertie County in rural North Carolina, where this film tracks three young men as they try to define themselves, and pursue a future, while pursuing local job opportunities, football, and education, and battling to avoid hurdles and temptations thrown in their way. Check local listings. For a full review, see our newest TVWW contributor, Roger Catlin's TV Eye.

 
 
 
 
 
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