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- POV and American Documentary Receive Shorty Awards Honors Digital storytelling projects from POV were among this year's honorees for the 9th Annual Shorty Awards. POV received two Audience Honors from the annual contest in the Non-Profit and Snapchat Discover categories.
- POV Documentary 'Hooligan Sparrow' Wins a Peabody Award Hooligan Sparrow, which had its national broadcast premiere in on PBS' POV series in 2016, has won the 2016 Peabody Award.
- POV's 30th Season on PBS Provides Moving Stories on World Conflicts and Compelling Narratives of Humanity's Faith, Courage and Diversity Starting Monday, June 26, 2017, POV’s 30th season presents powerful stories from the unseen and unheard, and from seemingly distant and disparate communities.
- POV's Original Snapchat Documentary Is a Webby Awards Finalist POV's Snapchat Films Series, the first films created specifically for the platform, has been nominated for a 2017 Webby Award.
- POV's 'Hooligan Sparrow' Honored at Special Screening for 2017 George Polk Awards POV's 'Hooligan Sparrow,' which won the 2017 George Polk Documentary Film Award in February, was honored at a special screening at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) yesterday evening.
- POV Nominated for 4 Peabody Awards POV has received 4 nominations for the 76th Annual Peabody Awards.
- POV Acquires Second Oscar-Nominated Short '4.1 Miles' for 2017 Broadcast on PBS An Academy Award nominee in Best Documentary (Short Subject), the film joins Joe's Violin as one of two Oscar-nominated shorts debuting on the public television showcase's 30th season.
- POV Acquires Oscar-Nominated Short 'Joe's Violin' for 2017 Broadcast on PBS Music Connects Holocaust Survivor and Bronx Schoolgirl in Film Nominated for Academy Award in Best Documentary Short Subject
- American Documentary | POV Kicks off 30th Anniversary Year With New Board Chair, Sundance Premieres and More Celebrated documentary institution American Documentary | POV announces new board leadership and initiatives coinciding with the organization's 30th anniversary.
- Hospice Patients Embrace Life with Music in POV Documentary 'Seven Songs for a Long Life' to premiere on PBS Series on Monday, Jan. 30, 2017 Hospice care is rarely associated with song and dance, unless the songs happen to be dirges or solemn hymns. But a new hospice-centered documentary, 'Seven Songs for a Long Life,' sings a very different tune.
- What Does a 'Film' Look Like on Snapchat? POV and NowThis Are the First to Bring Independent Films to Snapchat Discover POV launches 'Snapchat Films' series with two Snapchat-native documentaries available for viewing for 24 hours each this month.
- Girls' School in Rural Afghanistan Defies the Odds and Uncertain Future In 'What Tomorrow Brings' Cultural taboos, Taliban threats can't keep these students and their teachers away.
- Women's Rights Activist in China Takes on Officials Accused of Raping Young Girls—And Pays a Steep Price POV documentary 'Hooligan Sparrow' tells harrowing story of corruption and the woman who fought back—aided by social media and an intrepid young filmmaker.
- POV Wins Two News & Documentary Emmy® Awards, Including Best Documentary for Second Consecutive Year 'Cutie and the Boxer' Named Best Documentary; 'StoryCorps Shorts: Traffic Stop' Awarded for New Approaches: Arts, Lifestyle and Culture.
- POV’s 'From This Day Forward' Gives Inside View of Family with Transgender Dad, Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 on PBS A unique—and traditional—love story shows how a Midwestern family adapted to a life-altering transformation.
- POV's 'Make All the Difference' Engagement Campaign Is in Full Swing, with Support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's American Graduate: Let's Make It Happen Campaign to help mobilize students, families, educators, mentors and PBS stations to support first-generation students and young men of color as they prepare for college.
- POV and The New York Times Select Three Multimedia Storytellers to Create New Interactive Conversations About Race Meet the three mediamakers that will innovate with POV and The New York Times within the Race/Related team.
- POV Nominated for 4 News & Documentary Emmy Awards Nominees include Cutie and the Boxer (Best Documentary), Art and Craft, Point and Shoot and StoryCorps: Traffic Stop.