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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. | »

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. 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. | »

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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... | »

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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. | »

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'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. | »

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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. | »

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