POV (TV series)
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Genre | Documentary |
Created by | Marc Weiss |
Developed by | Marc Weiss |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 30 |
No. of episodes | 400+ (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 60-90 minutes |
Production companies | American Documentary, Inc. |
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Original network | PBS |
Original release | July 5, 1988 present | –
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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 30+ years on television. POV films have won every major film and broadcasting award including[3] 38 Emmys, 26 George Foster Peabody Awards,[4] 13 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, .[2]
Episodes[]
See also[]
- Independent Lens (PBS series)
References[]
- ^ "About POV At a Glance". PBS. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ a b "American Documentary, Inc. About Us". Retrieved 2008-01-20.
- ^ "POV Awards". Retrieved October 17, 2018.
- ^ Peabody Awards for POV, accessed October 17, 2018.
External links[]
- POV official site
- POV at IMDb
- American Documentary, Inc. (series production company)
- 1988 American television series debuts
- 1980s American documentary television series
- 1990s American documentary television series
- 2000s American documentary television series
- 2010s American documentary television series
- 2020s American documentary television series
- PBS original programming
- Peabody Award-winning television programs