Here’s a fresh surge of PBS documentaries

While some networks are in their summer slumbers, PBS seems to be surging with new documentaries.
Now “POV” starts its 39th season July 20, with a film (shown here) that views China’s unbalanced dating scene. It follows with five more films.
PBS had already set a busy non-fiction line-up. In one burst, it debuts a moving Holocaust film (“The Last Twin”) at 10 p.m. June 15; a deep profile of Katharine Graham, the late Washington Post publisher, at 9 p.m. June 16; and a joyous view of Australian wildlife, at 10 p.m. June 17. Then is a Friday string of multi-part reruns, starting with George H.W.Bush, at 9 p.m. June 19.
After that, it nears the country’s 250th birthday with films, both rerun (Ken Burns’ “American Revolution”) and new.
Then “POV” (short for “point of view”) settles into its Monday spot with:
— “The Dating Game,” July 20. Among marriage prospects in China, men outnumber women by 30 million. This follows three perpetual bachelors as they attend a seven-day training session for dating. It drew nominations at 11 film festivals, including Sundance.
— “For Verida, For Kaliel,” July 27. A poet and activist weaves generations — from the 1970s Black Panthers to her son’s arrest — to show the effect of mass incarceration.
— “The Gas Station Attendant,” Aug. 3. Using home movies and recorded phone calls, a filmmaker recalls her father’s journey from the streets of India to a new life in the U.S.
— “How to Build a Library,” Aug. 24. Two Kenyan women work to transform a Nairobi library, once for whites only, into a vibrant cultural hub.
— “Arrest the Midwife,” Aug. 31. This story began with the arrest of midwives serving Amish and Mennonite families in rural New York. Women from these communities, unaccustomed to activism, fought back.
— “Remake,” Sept. 7. Ever since his Sundance-winning “Sherman’s March” in 1986, Ross McElwee has made deeply personal films. Now he reflects on the death of his son, who appeared zestfully in his home movies.