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Where's POV This Week?
AmDoc Annual Gala, Oct. 2, New York: It's the biggest celebration of the year for the indie doc community. Storytellers and changemakers alike will come together at PUBLIC Arts to keep bold storytelling alive, and will end the night with an afterparty for the ages: Doc Prom. The event is at capacity but you can still support: make a donation tomorrow and our generous supporters will match 50 percent of your gift, up to $25,000.
The DCTV Presents series continues this fall with a number of POV feature films at the famed Chinatown venue. Be sure to check out some of our Season 32 docs including:
When our film Dark Money premiered on PBS last year, it changed the way we think about the influence of unchecked, anonymous donors in our elections. Now, filmmaker Kimberly Reed and her Dark Money team have released a discussion guide and a newsletter keeping track of the latest news related to the upcoming elections. Be sure to subscribe below:
Our external affairs department is seeking a donor relations manager! We're looking for an enthusiastic team player to help develop, implement and execute an individual giving strategy—learn more about the position below.
Black Public Media is looking for feature-length docs and shorts (nonfiction or scripted) to fund. The deadline to submit is Nov. 15, 2019. Apply here.
The late deadline for Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is Friday, Oct. 14. Apply here.
The Doc Society New Perspectives seed fund is open to applicanations until Oct. 30. Learn more and apply here.
Stay updated on more resources and opportunities through the AmDoc website:
Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts and the Wyncote Foundation. Additional funding comes from The John S. and James Knight Foundation, Nancy Blachman and David desJardins, Bertha Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Chicago Media Project, Lefkofsky Family Foundation, Sage Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, 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.
