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POV Short Stay Close on Oscar Shortlist
Earlier this week the Academy announced a first batch of shortlists, including the shortlist for Documentary Short Subject. Out of 96 submissions, 10 were shortlisted, including Stay Close, which was featured in Season 2 of POV Shorts. Stay Close blends home videos and animation in an expressionistic montage to tell the underdog story of Keeth Smart, an African American fencer from Brooklyn who overcomes a gauntlet of hardships on his road to the Olympics.
The Columbia Journalism School announced the 16 winners of the 50th annual duPont-Columbia University Awards, which honor excellence in broadcast and digital journalism. POV Season 31 films The Apology and Dark Money were both recognized.
YouTube TV subscribers now have access to PBS's award-winning content, including POV. More than 100 PBS member stations are now streaming live on YouTube TV, with additional stations launching next year. This partnership expands PBS’s digital footprint and offers viewers additional ways to stream PBS content.
Thank you to everybody who has donated! We're SO close to raising our end-of-year goal with an opportunity to double your impact with a match from our generous donors. Help spread the word and support your favorite documentaries by making a tax-deductible contribution to American Documentary.
The Bertha Challenge is an opportunity for activists and investigative journalists to spend a year deep-diving into one pressing social justice challenge. Apply by February 10, 2020.
The One World Media Awards are open to journalists and filmmakers and recognize the best media coverage of developing countries. Apply by February 13, 2020.
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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, 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.
