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Developed by Marc Weiss No. of seasons 29 Language English | 8.1/10 IMDb Created by Marc Weiss Country of origin United States Program creator Marc Weiss Awards Peabody Award | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. of episodes 400+ (list of episodes) Nominations News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Arts and Culture Programming Similar Independent Lens, America ReFramed, Frontline, American Masters, Wide Angle Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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, and Ross McElwee have had work screened as part of the POV series.
The series has garnered both critical and industry acclaim over its almost 30 years on television. POV films have won every major film and broadcasting award including 34 Emmys, 19 George Foster Peabody Awards, 12 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Broadcast Journalism Awards, three Academy Awards, the first-ever George Polk Documentary Film Award and the Prix Italia. It is a project of the independent non-profit, American Documentary, Inc.