POV (1988)

Original title

Point of View

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Length

39 seasons, 518 episodes

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This PBS series presents independent documentary films with a first-person focus on social issues. It has shown over 400 films since 1988, featuring work from both emerging and well-known directors.

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What happens

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. PBS presents 14–16 POV programs each year, and the series has premiered over 400 films to U.S. television audiences since 1988. 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 45 Emmys, 26 George Foster Peabody Awards, 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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