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** Introducing PUBLIC UPDATE
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POV Spark, the interactive arm of the award winning PBS series POV, announced today the launch of PUBLIC UPDATE, a public media project dedicated to expanding documentary formats and forms, driven by and curated for nontraditional voices. Volume One features five nontraditional nonfiction projects and will be on view through October 2020.
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** POV Leads Peabody Nominations in Doc Category
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Today POV on PBS received six nominations for the 79th Annual Peabody Awards, announced by the Peabody Awards Board of Jurors: Roll Red Roll, The Silence of Others, Inventing Tomorrow, América, Midnight Traveler and The Distant Barking of Dogs.
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** ICYMI: New Season of POV!
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On April 29, POV announced its historic 33rd season of America’s longest running documentary series, which premieres on July 20. The series will feature thirteen films tackling social issues, from economic inequity to voter suppression, eighty percent of which are directed by women and two thirds by filmmakers of color.
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** Opportunities From Our Friends:
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IFP is currently accepting submissions ([link removed][UNIQID] ) for the 42nd annual IFP Week (September 20-24, 2020). Final Submission deadlines are May 19.
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[link removed][UNIQID] William Greaves Fund ([link removed][UNIQID]) is a new dedicated fund to resource 5-7 talented mid-career filmmakers per year from racially and ethnically underrepresented communities in the United States, and filmmakers who identify as indigenous and/or of African descent in Mexico, Brasil, Puerto Rico, and Colombia. Deadline: May 14, 2020.
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Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Wyncote Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, Open Society Foundations and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding comes from Acton Family Giving, Nancy Blachman and David desJardins, Bertha Foundation, The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Charitable Trust, Park Foundation, Sage Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Chris and Nancy Plaut, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee and public television viewers. POV is presented by a consortium of public television stations, including KQED San Francisco, WGBH Boston and THIRTEEN in association with WNET.ORG.
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