Have you used POV lesson plans or discussion guides? Do you want to help shape our Season 24 resources? If so, just fill in your email at http://www.pbs.org/pov/educators/education-survey.php and we’ll email you our Community Engagement & Education survey. One lucky entrant will win our Anniversary Collection and three others will win a select POV DVD, […]

No family is without its unique qualities. And no family is without its flaws. The five jury-shortlisted videos for the People’s Choice Award represent five very distinct iterations of what makes a family. From celebrating differences to encountering personal and self-defining hurdles, watch the 5 finalist videos and vote for your favorite. From a music […]

We are excited to announce our This is My Family jury members — journalists, filmmakers, songwriters and adoption experts including CNN’s Soledad O’Brien, Dr. Jane Aronson, Zara Phillips and Phil Bertelsen to name just a few. Check out the full list here: This Is My Family: The Jury. This is your chance to dig into […]

We were excited this week to see the launch of This is My Family pull in our first video submissions. The range of style was as eclectic as the perspectives and individuals posting the videos. Already we have children of LGBTQ parents, extended-family-families, foster families, adoptive parents, adoptees — singing songs, recording from their computer’s […]

This week, POV is racking up the awards and getting ready for Sundance. Read on for more news, a smattering of links and a giveaway! It’s been a great week for POV filmmakers. Three POV filmmakers have been nominated for the DGA Awards for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries (Geoffrey Smith for The English Surgeon, […]