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P.O.V. films have won every coveted television and film award, including 18 Emmys, 10 George Foster Peabody Awards, 8 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Broadcast Journalism Awards, 3 Academy Awards, and the Prix Italia.

ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS

• Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision by Freida Lee Mock (1996)
• Days of Waiting by Stephen Okazaki (1990)
• Best Boy by Ira Wohl (1988)

EMMY AWARD WINNERS - NEWS / DOCUMENTARY

• Promises by B.Z. Goldberg, Justine Shapiro and Carlos Bolado (2001)
• Of Civil Wrongs and Rights: The Fred Korematsu Story by Eric Paul Fournier(2001)
• Blink by Elizabeth Thompson (2000)
• Rabbit in the Moon by Emiko Omori (1999)
• School Prayer: A Community at War by Ben Crane and Slawomir Grunberg (1999)
• Nobody's Business by Alan Berliner (1997)
• Girls Like Us by Tina DiFeliciantonio and Jane C. Wagner (1997)
• a.k.a. Don Bonus by Spencer Nakasako and Sokly "Don Bonus" Ny (1996)
• The Transformation by Susana Aiken and Carlos Aparicio (1996)
• Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter by Deborah Hoffman (1995)
• Dialogues with Madwomen by Allie Light and Irving Saraf (1994)
• Last Images of War by Stephen Olsson and Scott Andrews (1992)
• Honorable Nations by Chana Gazit and David Stewart (1991)
• Dark Circle by Christopher Beaver, Judy Irving and Ruth Landy (1989)
• No Applause, Just Throw Money by Karen Goodman (1989)
• Living with AIDS by Tina DiFeliciantonio (1988)

GEORGE FOSTER PEABODY AWARD WINNERS

• CHISHOLM '72 – Unbought & Unbossed by Shola Lynch (2006)
• Flag Wars by Linda Goode Bryant and Laura Poitras (2004)
• Two Towns of Jasper by Whitney Dow and Marco Williams (2004)
• Regret to Inform by Barbara Sonneborn (2000)
• A Healthy Baby Girl by Judith Helfand (1997)
• Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter by Deborah Hoffman (1995)
• Silverlake Life: The View From Here by Tom Joslin and Peter Friedman (1993)
• Color Adjustment by Marlon Riggs (1992)
• Days of Waiting by Stephen Okazaki (1990)
• Who Killed Vincent Chin? by Christine Choy and Renee Tajima (1989)
• American Tongues by Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker (1988)

DUPONT-COLUMBIA BROADCAST JOURNALISM AWARD WINNERS

• Two Towns of Jasper by Whitney Dow and Marco Williams (2003)
• The Smith Family by Tasha Oldham (2002)
• If I Can't Do It by Walter Brock (1998)
• Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary by Laura Angelica Simón (1997)
• Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter by Deborah Hoffman (1995)
• Louisiana Boys: Raised on Politics by Paul Stekler, Andrew Kolker and Louis Alvarez (1992)
• Berkeley in the Sixties by Mark Kitchell (1991)
• Who Killed Vincent Chin? by Christine Choy and Renee Tajima (1989)

INDEPENDENT SPIRIT "TRUER THAN FICTION" AWARD WINNERS

• Lost Boys of Sudan by Megan Mylan and Jon Shenk (2004)
• Love & Diane by Jennifer Dworkin (2003)
• Hybrid by Monteith McCollum (2002)

CINE MASTERS SERIES AWARD

• Waging a Living by Roger Weisberg (2006)

CINE GOLDEN EAGLE AWARD WINNERS

• Kokoyakyu by Kenneth Eng (2006)
• Lomax the Songhunter by Rogier Kappers (2006)
• Maquilapolis [city of factories] by Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre (2006)
• My Country, My Country by Laura Poitras (2006)
• No Bigger Than a Minute by Steven Delano (2006)
• No More Tears Sister by Helene Klodawsky (2006)
• The Boys of Baraka by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (2006)
• The Fall of Fujimori by Ellen Perry (2006)
• Tintin and I by Anders Østergaard (2006)
• Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela by Thomas Allen Harris (2006)
• Big Enough by Jan Krawitz (2005)
• Hardwood by Hubert Davis (2005)
• In the Realms of the Unreal by Jessica Yu (2005)
• Omar & Pete by Tod Lending (2005)
• Street Fight by Marshall Curry (2005)
• The Brooklyn Connection by Klaartje Quirijns (2005)
• The Hobart Shakespeareans by Mel Stuart (2005)
• The Self-Made Man by Susan Stern (2005)
• Love & Diane by Jennifer Dworkin (2004)
• Farmingville by Carlos Sandoval and Catherine Tambini (2004)
• Bill's Run: A Political Journey in Rural Kansas by Richard Kassebaum (2004)
• Thirst by Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman (2004)
• Last Man Standing: Politics-Texas Style by Paul Stekler (2004)
• Every Mother's Son by Tami Gold and Kelly Anderson (2004)
• A Panther in Africa by Aaron Matthews (2004)
• Lost Boys of Sudan by Megan Mylan and Jon Shenk (2004)
• Wattstax by Mel Stuart (2004)
• Georgie Girl by Annie Goldson and Peter Wells (2003)
• American Aloha: Hula Beyond Hawai'i by Lisette Marie Flanary (2003)
• Family Fundamentals by Arthur Dong (2003)
• Flag Wars by Linda Goode Bryant and Laura Poitras (2003)
• The Flute Player by Jocelyn Glatzer (2003)
• What I Want My Words To Do To You by Gary Sunshine, Madeleine Gavin and Judith Katz (2003)
• The Sixth Section by Alex Rivera (2003)
• Discovering Dominga by Pat Flynn with Mary Jo McConahay (2003)

PRIX ITALIA AWARD WINNER

• Silverlake Life: The View From Here by Tom Joslin and Peter Friedman (1993)

INTERACTIVE AWARDS

• P.O.V. Interactive - Nominated for the Webby Award for Best TV Site (2006)
• P.O.V. | Street Fight - Nominated for the Webby Award for Best Political Site (2006)
• P.O.V.'s Borders | American ID - Batten Award for Innovative Online Journalism, Notable Mention (2006)
• P.O.V. Interactive - "W3" Gold Award for Creative Excellence, Television (2006)
• P.O.V. Interactive - "W3" Gold Award for Creative Excellence, Film & Television (2006)
• P.O.V. | Street Fight - "W3" Gold Award for Creative Excellence, Politics (2006)
• P.O.V.'s Borders | American ID - "W3" Silver Award for Creative Excellence, Broadband (2006)
• P.O.V.'s | In the Realms of the Unreal - "W3" Silver Award for Creative Excellence, Arts (2006)
• P.O.V. Interactive - nomination for the Online News Association's Award for General Excellence (2004)
• P.O.V.'s Borders | Environment - Webby Award: Best Broadband Site of the Year (2004)
• P.O.V.'s Borders | Environment - Batten Award for Innovative Online Journalism (2004)
• P.O.V.'s Borders | Environment - Online Journalism Award: Creative Use of the Medium (2004)
• P.O.V.'s Borders | Environment - Parents' Choice Silver Awards (2004)

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