P.O.V.

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P.O.V. (a cinema term for "point of view") is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. P.O.V. premieres 14-16 of the best, boldest and innovative programs every year on PBS. Since 1988, P.O.V. has presented nearly 250 films to public television audiences across the country by America's best documentary filmmakers, including Frederick Wiseman, Mel Stuart, Michael Moore, Judith Helfand, and Albert Maysles. P.O.V. films are known for their intimacy, their unforgettable storytelling and their timeliness, putting a human face on contemporary social issues.

P.O.V. films have won every major film and broadcasting award including 18 Emmys, ten George Foster Peabody Awards, eight Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Broadcast Journalism Awards, and three Academy Awards.

P.O.V.s Webby Award-winning website, [www.pbs.org/pov] offers companion websites to broadcast films with original content exploring issues raised in the documentaries, as well as a Web-only series, P.O.V.'s Borders', which explores the borders in our lives. The current episode deals with environmental issues, from bottled water, to hybrid cars, to GMOs. A new installment launches late April 2006, exploring what it means to be an American in the world today.

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