POV (TV series)

For other uses, see POV (disambiguation).
POV
Genre Documentary
Created by Marc Weiss
Developed by Marc Weiss
Country of origin  United States
No. of seasons 29
No. of episodes 400+ (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s) American Documentary, Inc.
Release
Original network PBS
Original release July 5, 1988 – present
External links
Website
Production website

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, and Ross McElwee have had work screened as part of the POV series.

The series has garnered both critical and industry acclaim over its almost 30 years on television. POV films have won every major film and broadcasting award including 34 Emmys, 19 George Foster Peabody Awards,[3][4] 12 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Broadcast Journalism Awards, three Academy Awards, the first-ever George Polk Documentary Film Award and the Prix Italia. It is a project of the independent non-profit, American Documentary, Inc.

POV seasons

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About POV At a Glance". PBS. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
  2. ↑ "American Documentary, Inc. About Us". Retrieved 2008-01-20.
  3. ↑ Peabody Awards for POV ,accessed September 2014.
  4. ↑ Awards for POV accessed April 2016
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