POV (TV series)

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POV
Genre	Documentary
Created by	Marc Weiss
Developed by	Marc Weiss
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	34
No. of episodes	400+ (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	60–90 minutes
Production companies	American Documentary, Inc.
Original release
Network	PBS
Release	July 5, 1988 –; present

POV (also written P.O.V.) is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) public television series which features independent nonfiction films. POV is an initialism for point of view.

POV is the longest-running showcase on television for independent documentary films.^[1] PBS presents 14–16 POV programs each year, and the series has premiered over 400 films to U.S. television audiences since 1988.^[2] POV's films have a strong first-person, social-issue focus. Many established directors, including Michael Moore, Jonathan Demme, Terry Zwigoff, Errol Morris, Albert and David Maysles, Michael Apted, Frederick Wiseman, Marlon Riggs, Ross McElwee, Liu Bing, and Laura Poitras have had work screened as part of the POV series.

The series has garnered both critical and industry acclaim over its 30+ years on television. POV films have won every major film and broadcasting award including^[3] 45 Emmys, 26 George Foster Peabody Awards,^[4] 15 duPont-Columbia Awards, three Academy Awards, three George Polk Documentary Film Awards and the Prix Italia. POV and America ReFramed are projects of the independent non-profit, American Documentary, Inc.^[2]

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Richard Roeper of Chicago Sun-Times wrote for the episode, 'And She Could Be Next', "Powerful and absolutely vital."^[5]

References

^ "About POV At a Glance". PBS. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "American Documentary, Inc. About Us". Retrieved January 20, 2008.
^ "POV Awards". PBS. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
^ Peabody Awards for POV, accessed October 17, 2018.
^ Roeper, Richard (June 28, 2020). "'And She Could Be Next' review: Vital PBS doc profiles heroines of politics". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved June 12, 2022.

External links

POV official site
POV at IMDb
American Documentary, Inc. (series production company)

[1] "About POV At a Glance". PBS. Retrieved August 12, 2020.

[AmDoc-2] "American Documentary, Inc. About Us". Retrieved January 20, 2008.

[3] "POV Awards". PBS. Retrieved October 17, 2018.

[4] Peabody Awards for POV, accessed October 17, 2018.

[5] Roeper, Richard (June 28, 2020). "'And She Could Be Next' review: Vital PBS doc profiles heroines of politics". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved June 12, 2022.

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v t e Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking
2000s	Death in Gaza (2005) Baghdad ER / Two Days in October (American Experience) (2006) A Lion in the House (Independent Lens) / When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2007) White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (2008) The Alzheimer's Project: "The Memory Loss Tapes" (2009)
2010s	The Betrayal – Nerakhoon (POV) (2010) Freedom Riders (American Experience) (2011) Have You Heard from Johannesburg? (Independent Lens) (2012) Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2013) Life According to Sam (2014) Citizenfour (2015) Cartel Land / Jim: The James Foley Story (2016) LA 92 (2017) Strong Island (2018) RBG / The Sentence (2019)
2020s	The Cave (2020) 76 Days (2021) When Claude Got Shot (2022) The Territory (2023) Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (2024)

v t e PBS
National Association of Educational Broadcasters (1925–1981) National Educational Television (1952–1970) American Public Television (1961–) Educational Television Stations (1963–1973) Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 Corporation for Public Broadcasting (1967–) America's Public Television Stations (1979–)
Documentaries	Independent Lens (episodes) (since August 9, 1999) PBS Short Film Festival (since 2012) POV (episodes) (since July 5, 1988)
Drama	Masterpiece (since January 10, 1971)
Music and fine arts	American Masters (since June 22, 1986) Art:21 (since 2001) Austin City Limits (since January 3, 1976) Bluegrass Underground (since 2011) Craft in America (since 2007) Great Performances (episodes) (since November 4, 1972) Next at the Kennedy Center (since 2023)
History	American Experience (episodes) (since October 4, 1988) Antiques Roadshow (since January 9, 1997) Finding Your Roots (since March 25, 2012) Secrets of the Dead (since May 15, 2000)
News and public affairs	Amanpour & Company (since September 10, 2018) BBC World News America (since June 3, 2019 from American Public Television) Firing Line (episodes) (April 4, 1966 – December 26, 1999; since June 22, 2018) Frontline (episodes) (since January 17, 1983) PBS News Hour (since October 20, 1975) To the Contrary (since April 3, 1992) Washington Week (since February 23, 1967)
Personalities	Samantha Brown Ken Burns Ric Burns Michael Gerson Amy Holmes Bill Moyers Hari Sreenivasan Judy Woodruff
How-to and special interest	MotorWeek (since October 15, 1981) This Old House (episodes) (since January 1, 1979)
Science and nature	Nature (episodes) (since October 10, 1982) Nova (episodes) (since March 3, 1974)
Networks	Create PBS PBS America (UK) PBS Digital Studios PBS Kids PBS YOU¹ World Channel
Major stations	Boston WGBH WGBX Chicago WTTW Dallas KERA Houston KUHT Los Angeles KCET KLCS KOCE Maryland MPT Miami–Ft. Lauderdale–West Palm Beach WLRN WPBT WXEL New Jersey NJ PBS New York WLIW WNET Philadelphia–Wilmington–Lehigh Valley WHYY WLVT Pittsburgh WQED San Francisco/Watsonville/San Jose KQED KQEH KQET Tampa–St. Petersburg WEDQ WEDU Washington, D.C. WETA WHUT
Former	BBC OS (January 1, 2020 – March 30, 2023) A Chef's Life (September 7, 2013 – October 22, 2018) Need to Know (May 7, 2010 – June 28, 2013) We'll Meet Again with Ann Curry (January 23, 2018 – January 8, 2019)
See also	List of PBS member stations List of programs broadcast by PBS PBS Distribution PBS Satellite Service
¹Defunct network ²Distributed by American Public Television (APT)

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