Gail Dolgin and Robin Fryday's Academy Award®-nominated short film The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement, which had its national broadcast premiere in 2012 on PBS's POV (Point of View) documentary series, has won a 2014 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, it was announced today by Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. This was the last film made by Dolgin, who passed away October 2010.

POV Awards Grants to PBS Stations to Build Awareness and Dialogue Around 'American Promise' and 'Brooklyn Castle' Documentaries

'Brooklyn Castle,' 'American Promise' to Screen on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013, in the 'Talking Transition' Tent in Lower Manhattan. New Yorkers Invited to Meet the Filmmakers, Discuss the Issues That Impact Our Children

StoryCorps' First Animated Television Special, Drawn from Its Oral History Archives,Unveils Dramatic Personal Stories from Everyday People. All You Have to Do Is Ask—And Listen.

StoryCorps Screenings, Q&A and StoryCorps MobileBooth Tour at DUMBO Arts Festival; Sneak-Peek of POV's 'Brooklyn Castle' at Brooklyn Museum: Meet the Film's Young Stars, Play Chess!

Passionate Teacher Janet Mino Struggles to Find Her Graduating Students a Place in the Adult World, Before They "Age Out" of the System

Chicken & Egg Pictures honored Cynthia López, Executive Vice President and Co-Executive Producer of the award-winning PBS documentary series POV, with its 2013 Good Egg Award in a ceremony at the Lower East Side Girls Club.

Downloads: Press Release Ruhi and Prachi Are Both Ambitious Young Women: One Hopes to Win the Miss India Beauty Pageant; The Other Leads a Fundamentalist Hindu Camp for Girls A Co-presentation With the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) “Riveting.” —Stephen Holden, The New York Times The World Before Her is a fascinating portrait of […]

Downloads: Press Release | Idris and Seun: Milestones Two African-American Boys Enter a Prestigious Private School and Their Families Confront the Opportunities and Frustrations Presented by the Changing Face of Success in America A Co-production of Rada Film Group with ITVS and POV’s Diverse Voices Project, Which Receive Funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; […]

Farmer Buys a Camera to Film His New Son's Childhood — and Focuses His Lens On a Bitter Struggle Over Land, Water and Dignity in the West Bank

Downloads: Press Release What Becomes of the Dreams of Children? Acclaimed Director Michael Apted Returns With Latest Installment of Groundbreaking Documentary Experiment That Began with ‘Seven Up!’ “It is a mystery, this business of life. I can’t think of any [other] cinematic undertaking that allows us to realize that more deeply.”—Roger Ebert Watch 56 Up […]

Downloads: Press Release Portrait of Five Students Reveals the Personal Struggles and Remarkable Program Behind Championships, Trophies and a School’s Special Pride “If you want to see what may well be the most optimistic, inspiring and downright thrilling movie released all year–then absolutely do not miss . . . Brooklyn Castle.”—Andrew O’Hehir, Salon Watch Brooklyn […]

Competitors in the Over-80 World Table Tennis Championship Show an Uncommon Drive to Win In the Face of Old Age

First-ever Interviews with the Military Professionals Who Created the Legal Framework for Occupation Reveal Contradictions Between Security and the Rule of Law

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'Nostalgia for the Light' Receives 2 Nominations, Including Best Documentary;'The City Dark,' 'Give Up Tomorrow,' 'Granito,' 'My Reincarnation,' 'StoryCorps Animated Series,' 'Sound of Vision,' POV 25th Anniversary Promotional Reel Nominated

The town in rural Maine where Ian Cheney spent much of his childhood has about 4,000 residents. Waldoboro had electric lights, but on a cloudless and moonless night, it was impossible not to be struck by the incredible array of stars visible above. Cheney became deeply curious about the stars, as humans have been for millennia.

Downloads: AWFJ Award Winners Heather Courtney, Deborah Hoffmann and Pamela Yates Honored New York, NY — The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ), a membership organization of leading women film journalists and critics from across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, has announced the recipients of three special EDA Awards, created to celebrate […]