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POV Documentary "The Judge and the General" Wins 2010 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award

Jan 14 2010 - The POV (Point of View) documentary The Judge and the General, by Elizabeth Farnsworth and Patricio Lanfranco, has won an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for broadcast journalism, it was announced today by Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. This is POV's ninth duPont-Columbia Award. | »

Three POV Documentaries Premiere at 2010 Sundance Film Festival

Jan 12 2010 - Three films premiering at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival — Last Train Home, My Perestroika and The Oath — will have their national broadcast premieres on the award-winning POV (Point of View) documentary series on PBS, it was announced by Simon Kilmurry, Executive Director, American Documentary | POV. Sundance takes place Jan. 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. | »

Oscar Noms for POV Films "Food, Inc." and "The Most Dangerous Man in America"

Feb 5 2010 - Nominations for the 2010 Academy Awards were announced earlier this week in Los Angeles, and we were thrilled to hear that two upcoming POV films, Food Inc. and The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, were nominated for Best Documentary Feature. | »

Attention Food Lovers: Get Your Pots, Pans, Remotes and Laptops Ready For POV's Premiere of "Food, Inc." on PBS and the Web — And Host Your Own Potluck Screening Party!

Mar 25 2010 - POV website offers tips, recipes, blogs and free gifts to help you navigate the world of "slow food" and mindful eating ... and have fun doing it. | »

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POV's "Food, Inc." National Broadcast and Potluck Campaign A Smashing Success

May 19 2010 - The national broadcast premiere of the Oscar®-nominated documentary Food, Inc. on April 21, 2010 at 9 p.m. on PBS' POV (Point of View) series jump-started a national conversation about the food we eat, where it comes from and how we can consume a more healthful, sustainable diet. POV partnered with viewers, bloggers, journalists, public television stations, schools, community groups and eco-friendly companies to promote screenings, discussions and potluck parties; the Food, Inc. website streamed the full-length film for an additional week and conducted a National Potluck Campaign inviting people to host a meal, watch the film, talk about the issues and share their stories. Fifty people in 22 states and Canada have been selected to receive free gift baskets with products from corporate sponsors | »

Emmy-Winning POV Series Returns to PBS in 2010 With Two Academy Award®-nominated Documentaries

May 18 2010 - POV's regular schedule begins in June with portrait of radical attorney William Kunstler. The eclectic mix of films in POV's 23rd season looks at people and issues in Africa, Yemen and Mexico, as well as adoption and the power of the individual to change society. The season's slate of films also features the visual poetry of Agnès Varda and Murray Fredericks | »

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Sundance Award Winner "El General," Screens May 16 and May 21 at MoMA in New York; National Broadcast Premiere July 20 on PBS' POV Series

May 14 2010 - Sundance Award Winner, El General, unique glimpse into dictator who shaped the Mexican Revolution, screens May 16 and May 21 at MoMA in New York; national broadcast premiere July 20 on PBSâ POV series | »

StoryCorps Launches Animation Series

May 7 2010 - Nationally renowned oral history project StoryCorps debuts its first animated short in honor of Mother's Day. | »

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POV Films Receive Two Primetime Emmy® Award Nominations

Jul 9 2010 - POV's The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) and Patti Smith: Dream of Life, which both premiered on PBS in 2009, have been nominated for Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking. PBS received 32 Primetime Emmy nominations. | »

"The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)" Wins Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Award

Aug 23 2010 - The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) by Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath, which aired on POV won a Creative Arts Emmy® Award for Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking. | »

POV's The English Surgeon Wins News & Documentary Emmy Award

Sep 28 2010 - The English Surgeon, which had its national broadcast premiere on the POV (Point of View) series in 2009, has won a News & Documentary Emmy® Award for Outstanding Science and Technology Programming, it was announced last night by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. | »

POV Announces Short Video Competition "This is My Family" for National Adoption Day and National Adoption Awareness Month in November

Nov 3 2010 - In celebration of National Adoption Day, and National Adoption Awareness Month, POV is partnering with organizations, individuals and filmmakers across the country to collect video stories from the general public that expand the definition of "family." POV is encouraging PBS stations, adoption awareness organizations, foster care organizations, LGBTQ organizations, schools, community groups and viewers to produce short videos about what "family" means to them and to submit their videos to POV by November 15, 2010. | »

POV's "The English Surgeon" Wins Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award

Dec 22 2010 - We are thrilled to announce that Geoffrey Smith's acclaimed documentary The English Surgeon has won an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for broadcast journalism. The awards ceremony will be held in New York City on January 20, 2011. | »

POV Announces Winners of "This Is My Family" Video Competition

Dec 6 2010 - The votes are in, and the winners have been announced for POV's This is My Family video competition. | »

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