"POV" (a cinema term for "point of view") is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. POV premieres 14-16 of the best, boldest and most innovative programs every year on PBS. Since 1988, POV has presented over 400 films to public television audiences across the country. POV films are known for their intimacy, their unforgettable storytelling and their timeliness, putting a human face on contemporary social issues.
POV's 'Last Men in Aleppo' Receives Historic Academy Award® Nomination for Best Documentary Feature
by Tori Hartshorn - January 24, 2018
POV's 'Last Men in Aleppo' Receives Historic Academy Award Nomination for Best Documentary Feature...
Academy Award Nominated Film LAST MEN IN ALEPPO Documents Syrian Volunteers' Heroic Work
by Tori Hartshorn - January 23, 2018
Academy Award Nominated Film LAST MEN IN ALEPPO Documents Syrian Volunteers' Heroic Work...
Bill Nye Fights for Science Documentary of TV Personality and Climate Advocate Coming to POV 4/18
by Tori Hartshorn - January 10, 2018
Bill Nye Fights for Science Documentary of TV Personality and Climate Advocate Coming to POV 4/18...
The Best Short Plays Of 2018, PICK OF THE VINE Opens 1/12
by A.A. Cristi - December 21, 2017
Little Fish Theatre is proud to present the 16th season of Pick of the Vine, the best-selling short play festival that has audiences lining up every year. For the first show of 2018, LFT will be presenting pieces that examine the Secrets We Keep, featuring a mix of new and familiar artists. P...
Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller Named EVP of HBO Documentary & Family Programing
by Caryn Robbins - December 19, 2017
Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller have been named executive vice presidents of HBO Documentary and FamilyProgramming, it was announced today by Casey Bloys, president, HBO programming....
Avocados From Mexico Celebrates 20 Years in United States
by Marina Kennedy - November 15, 2017
Last night, Avocados From Mexico (a not-for-profit organization whose charter is to build the Avocados From Mexico brand and drive U.S. demand for avocados) hosted a celebration like only one of America's favorite fruits could with a fiesta at the Mexican Cultural Institute featuring the exclusi...
Xenobia Bailey and Maria Hupfield to Create New Work Live In MAD's Galleries
by A.A. Cristi - October 24, 2017
The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) is pleased to announce the second cycle of Studio Views: Craft in the Expanded Field, a micro-residency/exhibition hybrid featuring alumni of MAD's Artist Studios Program. Working in the Museum's third-floor galleries to allow visitors a rare look into the...
ITVS Wins Five News & Documentary Emmys
by Caryn Robbins - October 06, 2017
Five ITVS documentaries, four for Independent Lens and one for POV, received News & Documentary Emmy Awards, it was announced today at the 38th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards....
BWW Review: Powerful, Thought-provoking FACELESS at Zeitgeist Stage Company
by Nancy Grossman - September 28, 2017
Zeitgeist Stage Company begins its 17th season with the East Coast premiere of Selina Fillinger's FACELESS, a play with a storyline that sits smack in the middle of the national zeitgeist. It pits a sheltered 18-year old white girl against a Harvard Law School graduate and practicing Muslim in a tau...
Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women Honoured in Chamber Opera MISSING
by A.A. Cristi - September 26, 2017
City Opera Vancouver with Pacific Opera Victoria presents the world premiere of Missing, a profoundly moving and pivotal opera that sheds new light on a national crisis, November 3,7,9 & 11 at 8pm, and November 5 at 2pm at The York Theatre. Written by distinguished Canadian M tis playwright Marie Cl...
TechCrunch Premieres Nigel Stanford's Next Mini-Movie 'Automatica - Robots vs. Music'
by Emily Bruno - September 15, 2017
Automatica is the title-track from Stanford's forthcoming Sony Music Masterworks debut album. 'Automatica - Robots vs. Music' is a follow up to 2015's viral video, 'Cymatics - Science vs. Music' which visualized a brand-new synthesis of music, art and physics. Stanford's latest brainchild raises the...
VIDEO: Bonnie McKee Debuts Voyeuristic Music Video for 'Thorns' Shot Entirely on VHS
by BWW News Desk - September 13, 2017
The video for Thorns is a sultry, voyeuristic adventure with a slightly unhinged Bonnie Mckee at the helm....
BWW Review: GIRLS MADE OF SNOW AND GLASS by Melissa Bashardoust
by Bonnie Lynn Wagner - September 07, 2017
GIRLS MADE OF SNOW AND GLASS, Melissa Bashardoust's debut novel, came out this past week, and it is wonderful. It's very different from many tales out there in that readers are treated to both the stepmother's POV and the stepdaughter's POV--albeit when both are teenagers. So one tale is told in fla...
BWW Review: NOT IN THE SCRIPT by Amy Finnegan
by Bonnie Lynn Wagner - August 31, 2017
If Emma Watson was to star in a Freeform (Formerly ABC Family) TV series after growing up making movies, I would very much expect her life to be similar to what Emma Taylor goes through in NOT IN THE SCRIPT by Amy Finnegan....
New PBS Documentary on Native American Judges Focuses on Rehabilitative Justice
by BWW News Desk - August 21, 2017
Tribal Justice has its national broadcast premiere on the PBS documentary series POV (Point of View) on Monday, August 21, 2017. POV is American television's longest-running independent documentary series, now in its 30th season....
Filmmaker Delves into Secrecy Surrounding Uncle's Death In MEMORIES OF A PENITENT HEART
by Caryn Robbins - August 16, 2017
Through home movies, audio recordings, family photos, letters and interviews, Cecilia Aldarondo's MEMORIES OF A PENITENT HEART reconstructs her uncle Miguel's New York life, one he lived far from his family, especially his religious mother....
JANE JOHNSON FOR THE STAY AT HOME SHOPPER Comes to The Wild Project
by A.A. Cristi - August 08, 2017
The Wild Project Presents the New York City Premiere ofJane Johnson for the Stay at Home ShopperAugust 31 - September 2 at 8:00 pm at The Wild Project...
BEST OF PICK OF THE VINE to Showcase Best Short Plays from 15 Seasons at Little Fish Theatre
by BWW News Desk - August 04, 2017
In commemoration of its 15th anniversary, Little Fish Theatre will present Best of Pick of the Vine as the crown jewel in its already sparkling 2017 season....
TEGNA and TV One Premiere New Daytime Live Talk Show SISTER CIRCLE, 9/11
by Caryn Robbins - July 27, 2017
TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) and TV One, the network which represents the best in Black culture and entertainment, announced today that SISTER CIRCLE, a live, daily talk show hosted by a panel of four female hosts, will premiere on Monday, September 11....
Personal Accounts of the Holocaust featured in SHALOM ITALIA on POV This July
by BWW News Desk - July 24, 2017
Reconciling personal accounts of the Holocaust, SHALOM ITALIA airs July 24, 2017 on POV. Watch the trailer below! The broadcast will be preceded by the national television debut of the Academy Award® nominated short subject documentary Joe's Violin...
Signdance Collective to Bring CARTHAGE/CARTAGENA to Theaterlab This July
by BWW News Desk - July 19, 2017
Theaterlab will host the UK-based performance company Signdance Collective as they celebrate their 30-year anniversary with its international tour of Carthage/Cartagena by Obie Award-winning playwright Caridad Svich. Performances are July 19 through 21, 2017 at Theaterlab's Midtown loft space (357 ...
Hyte Returns for Amsterdam Dance Event 2017 w/ Loco Dice & More
by Caryn Robbins - July 17, 2017
Global party brand HYTE returns to Amsterdam for the fourth consecutive year of Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) warehouse parties. Fr...
by Caryn Robbins - July 17, 2017
Global party brand HYTE returns to Amsterdam for the fourth consecutive year of Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) warehouse parties. Fr...
BEST OF PICK OF THE VINE to Showcase Best Short Plays from 15 Seasons at Little Fish Theatre
by BWW News Desk - July 14, 2017
In commemoration of its 15th anniversary, Little Fish Theatre will present Best of Pick of the Vine as the crown jewel in its already sparkling 2017 season....
by BWW News Desk - July 14, 2017
In commemoration of its 15th anniversary, Little Fish Theatre will present Best of Pick of the Vine as the crown jewel in its already sparkling 2017 season....
New PBS Documentary on Native American Judges Focuses on Rehabilitative Justice
by Caryn Robbins - July 12, 2017
Tribal Justice has its national broadcast premiere on the PBS documentary series POV (Point of View) on Monday, August 21, 2017. POV is American television's longest-running independent documentary series, now in its 30th season....
by Caryn Robbins - July 12, 2017
Tribal Justice has its national broadcast premiere on the PBS documentary series POV (Point of View) on Monday, August 21, 2017. POV is American television's longest-running independent documentary series, now in its 30th season....
Hero Syrian Volunteers Documented in LAST MEN IN ALEPPO on PBS 7/10
by BWW News Desk - July 10, 2017
Captured with incredible intimacy and urgency, LAST MEN IN ALEPPO shows the White Helmets at work in the wake of bombing raids....
by BWW News Desk - July 10, 2017
Captured with incredible intimacy and urgency, LAST MEN IN ALEPPO shows the White Helmets at work in the wake of bombing raids....
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