Articles Tagged ‘POV’
POV calls for 2014 season entries
TVNow in its 26th season, the PBS documentary strand has put out a call for entries for its 2014 season and beyond.
‘POV’ slates “Brooklyn Castle,” “56 Up,” “American Promise”
FILM / TVPBS strand ‘POV’ will give U.S. TV premieres to Only the Young, 56 Up, Brooklyn Castle (pictured), 5 Broken Cameras and American Promise, as part of its forthcoming 26th season.
“Ai Weiwei,” “Bully,” “Interrupters” win at duPont-Columbia Awards
FILM / TVYesterday’s presentation of the awards, designed to highlight projects that reflect the highest standards of journalism, marked the first time theatrical doc releases were recognized. (Pictured: Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry)
PBS wins nine News and Doc Emmy Awards
FILM / TVPubcaster PBS led the winners at the 2012 News and Doc Emmy Awards, picking up nine statuettes including the outstanding documentary award for director Lixin Fan’s Last Train Home (pictured).
Radarscreen 2012: U.S. networks (part two)
RADARSCREENProgramming execs from National Geographic, Oxygen, PBS’s ‘POV’, Spike, Sundance Channel, TLC and more sound off on the content they’re looking for in the second part of our Global Pitch Guide’s look at U.S. networks.
IDA, Academy, Sundance, Tribeca call for Nyrabia release
FILM / PEOPLE NEWSThe International Documentary Association and the Sundance and Tribeca Film Institutes are among nearly 30 organizations calling for the release of missing Syrian filmmaker Owra Nyrabia (pictured).
News and Documentary Emmy nominations announced
FILM / TVCBS leads the pack with 43 nominations, while PBS takes second place for multiple noms with 37, including 15 for doc strand ‘POV.’ (Pictured: Better This World)
Jennifer Fox’s 20-year “Reincarnation”
FILMJennifer Fox’s (pictured) latest documentary My Reincarnation took 20 years to complete. Ahead of its U.S. broadcast premiere on PBS’s ‘POV’ tonight, realscreen talks to the veteran filmmaker about the creative challenges and tribulations she encountered during its lengthy production.
‘POV’ at 25: A quarter century of fearless films
TV‘POV,’ the longest-running showcase for independent documentary on television, kicks off its 25th season this Thursday (June 21) on PBS. Here, directors, producers and program execs discuss the strand’s past, present and future.
PBS slates “Broadway or Bust,” “Half the Sky” for fall
FILM / TVThe public broadcaster also revealed more films due to air on doc strands ‘Independent Lens’ and ‘POV’ over the fall season, including Give Up Tomorrow (pictured).


