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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. | »

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.  | »

POV Wins International Documentary Association Award For Best Continuing Series Dec 2 2009 - POV (Point of View) has won the International Documentary Association's 2009 IDA Award for Continuing Series, it was announced yesterday by the IDA in Los Angeles. The 2009 IDA Documentary Awards will take place on Friday, Dec. 4 at 8 PM at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles.  | »

POV's "The Way We Get By" Special Airs on Veterans Day Nov 11 2009 - The Way We Get By has its national broadcast premiere on the POV (Point of View) series on Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, at 9 PM, in a special presentation on PBS. (Check local listings.) American television's longest-running independent documentary series, POV is the recipient of a Special Emmy for Excellence in Television Documentary Filmmaking.  | »

POV Documentary "Inheritance" by James Moll Wins Emmy Award Sep 22 2009 - James Moll's film Inheritance, which aired on the POV (Point of View) documentary series on PBS in 2008, won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Interview at the 30th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards, presented Sept. 21 in New York. Accepting the award were Director/Producer/Editor James Moll, Producer Christopher Pavlick, Executive Producer Chris Malachowsky, film subject Helen Jonas and her daughter, Vivian Delman. PBS won six Emmys — more than any other network.  | »

POV Receives Record-Setting 10 News & Documentary Emmy Award Nominations Jul 16 2009 - POV (Point of View), public television's premier showcase for independent documentaries, has received a record-setting 10 nominations in the 30th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards, announced July 14 by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). The nominated POV films are (in alphabetical order): Ars Magna, The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández, Belarusian Waltz, In the Family, Inheritance (two nominations, including Best Documentary), The Judge and the General, Soldiers of Conscience, Traces of the Trade and Up the Yangtze. POV is the second most-nominated program after CBS News' 60 Minutes. | »

P.O.V. Founder Marc N. Weiss to Receive 2009 North Star Award Apr 29 2009 - North Star Fund awards Marc N. Weiss, the founder of the P.O.V. series on PBS, with the 2009 North Star Award for his commitment to social justice. Marc will receive the North Star Award at North Star Fund's 30th Anniversary Community Gala on April 30, 2009 at Tribeca Rooftop. As a committed supporter of North Star Fund and advocate and producer of independent media, Marc has worked to give voice and power to unheard individuals and groups working for social justice. | »

P.O.V. Website Nominated for 2009 Webby Award Apr 17 2009 - The P.O.V. Web site, www.pbs.org/pov, has been nominated for a 2009 Webby Award in the category of Movie and Film, it was announced Tuesday. Hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet," the Webby Film and Video Awards are the leading industry awards honoring original film and video premiering on the Internet. Winners will be announced on May 5, 2009 and honored at a ceremony in New York City on June 8. | »

P.O.V. Documentaries Win Peabody, Christopher and Cinema Eye Awards Apr 2 2009 - P.O.V. documentaries have won awards in three distinguished competitions: the Peabody Awards, the Christopher Awards and the Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking. The award-winning films, Campaign, Inheritance and Up the Yangtze, had their national broadcast premieres on P.O.V. in... | »

P.O.V. Season 22: New Stories of People Remaking Themselves In the Face of Social Obstacles, Unexpected Tragedy Mar 17 2009 - Islam meets hip-hop on America's streets. Crime victims who refuse to hate. A celebrated doctor working in backward conditions. Public school principals undaunted by the poverty of their districts. Women who would be bullfighters. A determined jurist who roams the world fighting for prosecution of crimes against humanity. Patti Smith's own intimate "dream of life," as only she can tell it. These stories of human ingenuity in the face of social turmoil and personal tragedy are some of the highlights of the 22nd season of public television's P.O.V. series. | »

Watch Full-Length P.O.V. Films Online, Free of Charge Feb 25 2009 - Documentary fans will have the opportunity to see award-winning P.O.V. films again — or discover them for the first time — in a new monthly online series. Groundbreaking documentaries from P.O.V.'s 21 seasons on PBS can now be seen in... | »

P.O.V.'S The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) Nominated for Academy Award Jan 22 2009 - The Betrayal (Nerakhoon), which will have its national broadcast premiere on the 22nd season of PBS's P.O.V. (Point of View) series in 2009, received an Academy Award® nomination for Best Documentary Feature | »

P.O.V. Acquires Sundance 2009 Documentaries El General and William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe for National Broadcast on PBS Jan 15 2009 - Two films premiering at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Documentary Feature Film Competition, El General by Natalia Almada and William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe by Sarah and Emily Kunstler, will have their national broadcast premieres on P.O.V. | »

P.O.V.'s "Made in L.A." Wins 2008 News and Documentary Emmy Award Sep 24 2008 - Film by Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar looks inside Los Angeles' garment industry through the eyes of immigrant workers wins Emmy in the category of Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story — Long Form. | »

P.O.V. Devotes Two Nights to Health Care in America Sep 10 2008 - Special broadcast of Critical Condition on Sept. 30 looks at America's uninsured, followed by MacNeil/Lehrer Election Special; On Oct. 1, In the Family spotlights DNA testing through the eyes of a young woman carrying the "breast cancer gene" | »

P.O.V. Receives Six News and Documentary Emmy Nominations Jul 16 2008 - P.O.V., public television's premier showcase for independent point-of-view films, has received six nominations in the 29th Annual News and Documentary Emmy® Awards. | »

American Voters Go on a 'News Hunt' for the Best Coverage of the 2008 Election Jul 7 2008 - Thousands of Americans are joining forces online to find the best news coverage of the 2008 presidential election, thanks to a partnership between PBS's social media site, PBS Engage, the award-winning documentary series P.O.V. and NewsTrust, a social news network promoting quality journalism.  | »

Why Vote? Share Your Story as P.O.V. Partners Online with NPR, WGBH, and Film Your Issue to Discover American Voters' Points of View Apr 17 2008 - During this election season, P.O.V. wants to know what your point of view is. As a leading broadcaster of social-issue documentary films, P.O.V. is partnering with NPR, WGHB Lab, and Film Your Issue to encourage talented young visionaries to produce work that will address issues related to the elections.  | »

P.O.V. Web Site Nominated for 2008 Webby Award Apr 8 2008 - The P.O.V. Web site, www.pbs.org/pov, has been nominated for a 2008 Webby Award in the category of Movie and Film, it was announced today. Hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet," the Webby Film and Video Awards are the leading industry awards honoring original film and video premiering on the Internet. Winners will be announced on May 6, 2008 and honored at a ceremony in New York City on June 9. | »

P.O.V. Announces 2008 Schedule Mar 18 2008 - Fresh on the heels of its 2007 Emmy Award for Excellence in Television Documentary Filmmaking, P.O.V. returns for its 21st season on PBS with a powerful and provocative slate of films that explore the human stakes in such American election-year issues as war and peace, health care, border issues and race relations.  | »

MacArthur Foundation Renews Support for American Documentary | P.O.V. Feb 26 2008 - The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has renewed its support of American Documentary | P.O.V. with a grant of $1,500,000 over the next three years. The funds will support the P.O.V. ("Point of View") series and related online... | »

Sundance 2008 Film Festival Documentaries To Premiere Nationally on P.O.V. and P.O.V. Launches New Blog About Documentaries Jan 16 2008 - Three films selected for the 2008 Sundance Film Festival will have their national broadcast premieres on the P.O.V., it was announced by Simon Kilmurry, Executive Director, American Documentary | P.O.V. Patti Smith: Dream of Life, NERAKHOON (The Betrayal) and Traces... | »

American Documentary Launches Third Season Of "True Lives" Series on Public Television in 2008 Jan 16 2008 - American Documentary, Inc., producer of PBS's acclaimed independent documentary series P.O.V., will present a third season of the True Lives limited series to public television stations starting in March 2008. The new season will showcase five documentary films that originally... | »

American Documentary | P.O.V. Grants Third Annual "Best Pitch" Award At DocFest07 Nov 1 2007 - How do you sell your documentary idea? Five emerging nonfiction filmmakers got the opportunity to pitch their story proposals to a panel of decision-makers at the popular The Art of the Documentary Pitch workshop in New York on Saturday, Oct. 27, part of DocFest07, the eighth annual documentary festival at The Paley Center for Media. American Documentary, Inc., producer of the award-winning P.O.V. series on PBS, sponsored the third annual award, presented during the competition portion of the session. The winner, Canadian filmmaker Angad Bhalla, received a $5,000 grant to be used toward the completion of the pitched film, The House That Herman Built.  | »

News & Documentary Emmy Awards to Honor FRONTLINE, P.O.V. American Documentary, Sept. 24 Sep 12 2007 - Two of PBS's flagship documentary series, FRONTLINE and P.O.V./American Documentary, will be honored with a Special Award for Excellence in Television Documentary Filmmaking at the 28th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards. FRONTLINE, which will mark its 25th anniversary in January 2008, will be honored for more than 24 years of outstanding long-form public affairs documentaries. P.O.V./American Documentary, which is in its 20th season on PBS this year, will be commended for its two decades as a showcase for outstanding independent documentary films.  | »

P.O.V. Garners Four News and Documentary Emmy Nominations Jul 18 2007 - P.O.V., public television's premier showcase for independent point-of-view films has received four nominations in the 28th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards. P.O.V. is currently presenting its 20th season on PBS.  | »

AmDoc Presents the 20th Anniversary P.O.V. DVD Collection Jun 17 2007 - Fifteen unforgettable documentaries from the last 20 years of critically acclaimed P.O.V. films are packaged together for the first time in this beautiful, limited edition set. | »

P.O.V.'s 2008 Call for Entries is Open May 3 2007 - Public television's premiere showcase for independent non-fiction film seeks submissions from all perspectives to showcase in its annual PBS series. P.O.V. welcomes all subjects, styles, lengths and work that expands the notion of what documentary can be. Unfinished films may be eligible for completion funds. The submission arrival deadline is June 29. | »

P.O.V. Nominated for 2007 Webby Award Apr 19 2007 - The PBS documentary series P.O.V. — www.pbs.org/pov — has been nominated for a Webby Award, the leading international honor for Web sites, for Best Television Web Site. This marks the fourth Webby Award nomination for P.O.V. | »

P.O.V. Staff Appearances at Upcoming Festivals and Events Apr 18 2007 - P.O.V. staffers Cynthia López, Chris White and Yance Ford and will be at the Tribeca Film Festival and Hot Docs later this month. Cynthia López will be participating in a panel at the New York Women in Film and Television in New York City next week. | »

P.O.V. Announces 2007 Schedule Mar 13 2007 - P.O.V. celebrates its 20th anniversary with a new slate of films on PBS beginning Tuesday, June 19, 2007, and a limited-edition DVD collection. Two hundred fifty films and countless awards later, P.O.V. has become the nation's longest-running television showcase for independent documentary storytelling.  | »

P.O.V. at the Celebration of Teaching and Learning Mar 9 2007 - On March 24, 2007, P.O.V./AmDoc will present an "In the Classroom" session at the second annual Celebration of Teaching and Learning at Pier 94 in New York City. Dubbed by many as the "World's Fair for Educators," the Celebration is presented by Thirteen/WNET and WLIW21, the public television stations of the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut tri-state area.  | »

P.O.V. Film Screenings & Staff Appearances at Upcoming Events Mar 2 2007 - Several P.O.V. films, including "The Camden 28" (pictured left), will be screening at film festivals around the country this month. P.O.V. staffers Simon Kilmurry, Cynthia López and Anne del Castillo will be participating in panels taking place at the South by Southwest Film Festival, the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, the Miami International Film Festival and the National Association of Independent Latino Producers conference. | »

American Documentary | P.O.V. Celebrates 20 Years Feb 26 2007 - P.O.V. celebrates its 20th anniversary with a limited-edition DVD collection to be released on February 27, 2007, a new slate of PBS films beginning Tuesday, June 19, and a host of events throughout the year in partnership with leading arts organizations. | »

P.O.V.'s My Country, My Country Nominated for 2007 Oscar® in Best Documentary Feature Category Feb 5 2007 - P.O.V.'s My Country, My Country by Laura Poitras has received an Academy Award® nomination for Best Documentary Feature. | »

P.O.V.'s The Chances of the World Changing at Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival Nov 21 2006 - The Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival — the longest-running documentary film festival in the United States, now celebrating its 30th year — will screen P.O.V.'s The Chances of the World Changing by Eric Daniel Metzgar. | »

P.O.V.'s Web Site Wins Five "W3" Awards for Creative Excellence Nov 5 2006 - P.O.V.'s Web site, www.pbs.org/pov has won five awards in the first W3 competition, presented by the International Academy of the Visual Arts.  | »

Emerging Filmmakers Given Powerful Voice on Public Television Through P.O.V.'s "Diverse Voices Project" Oct 29 2006 - P.O.V., public television's acclaimed showcase of independent nonfiction films, has named four productions to receive support from the series' Diverse Voices Project (DVP), made possible through major funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). | »

P.O.V. Presents the Fifth Annual Youth Views Institute Oct 20 2006 - P.O.V., public television's pre-eminent showcase for independent social-issue documentary film, will host the fifth annual Youth Views Institute (YVI) Friday-Tuesday, November 3-7, 2006. | »

American Documentary | P.O.V. Grants Second Annual "Best Pitch" Award Oct 16 2006 - American Documentary, Inc., producer of the award-winning P.O.V. documentary series on PBS, sponsored its second emerging filmmaker award at the popular The Art of the Documentary Pitch workshop at the annual Museum of Television and Radio (MTR) DocFest in New York City. A $5,000 grant from American Documentary was awarded to Christopher Wong, the producer/director of Whatever It Takes, at the conclusion of the workshop on Saturday, Oct. 14.  | »

P.O.V. Garners Six News and Documentary Emmy Nominations Jul 20 2006 - P.O.V., public televisionâs premier showcase for independent point-of-view films, has received six nominations in the 27th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards, a record for the series which is now in its 19th season on PBS. | »

P.O.V. Receives First Primetime Emmy Nomination For Jessica Yu's "In the Realms of the Unreal" Jul 6 2006 - P.O.V., public television's premier showcase for independent point-of-view films, has garnered its first Primetime Emmy nomination, for Jessica Yu's In the Realms of the Unreal. | »

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