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Last Men in Aleppo Receives Historic Academy Award Nomination for Best Documentary Feature
Director Feras Fayyad’s Last Men in Aleppo ([link removed]) has been nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Documentary Feature category. The film, which premiered on POV ([link removed]) in July 2017 as part of the series’ 30th season, is a powerful firsthand account of the daily trauma that grips the city of Aleppo four years into Syria’s Civil War. Fayyad has made Oscars history as the first Syrian filmmaker to be nominated for the Documentary Feature Award.
Last Men in Aleppo is in excellent company in the Academy Awards Best Documentary Feature category. Former POV series producer Yance Ford received a nomination for his documentary film Strong Island, which was produced in association with POV. POV filmmaker Agnes Varda (The Beaches of Agnes, POV 2010) was also nominated for a Best Documentary Feature for her film Faces Places. The rest of the category is filled out with PBS Frontline documentary Abacus: Small Enough to Jail, directed by Steve James and executive produced by POV’s Justine Nagan, and Icarus, directed by Bryan Fogel.
The 90th Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, March 4, 2018 and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.
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AMERICA REFRAMED Kicks Off New Season with Films Honoring Black History Month
Black History Month honors the history, celebrates the heritage and remembers the people, past and present, of the African diaspora. America ReFramed will premiere three powerful films this February: Gentlemen of Vision ([link removed]) (Feb. 6), For Ahkeem ([link removed]) (Feb. 13), and Agents of Change ([link removed]) (Feb. 20). You'll also have the opportunity to catch rebroadcasts of Emmy-nominated BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez ([link removed]) (Feb. 27) alongside A New Color: The Art of Being Edythe Boone ([link removed]) (Jan. 30) and 70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green ([link removed]) (Jan. 23). These films will also stream free online at
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Bing Liu's Minding the Gap wins U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Filmmaking at Sundance
Minding the Gap at Sundance
Bing Liu director of Minding the Gap ([link removed]) , a co-production of American Documentary/POV, Kartemquin Films and ITVS, was honored with the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Filmmaking at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.
Former POV filmmaker Stephen Maing (High Tech, Low Life ([link removed]) , 2013) was also honored with the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact Filmmaking at Sundance for his very important documentary Crime & Punishment.
Congratulations to all the Sundance 2018 award winners!
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ICYMI: Bill Nye Live at POV World HQ
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Bill Nye is making his return to PBS ([link removed]) with a new documentary, Bill Nye: Science Guy ([link removed]) ! Before the April 18 premiere, Bill stopped by the POV office with co-director David Alvarado and hopped on Facebook Live to answer some burning science and bowtie questions. Watch a recap of the interview with questions from science teachers, students, Science Guy fans and POV staff.
Streaming Now Online
Tomorrow is the last day to binge watch intimate, groundbreaking documentaries from the past 30 years on POV's streaming marathon. Watch them now on pov.org ([link removed]) , worldchannel.org ([link removed]) or the PBS app ([link removed]) .
My American Girls: A Dominican Story
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American Promise
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When I Walk
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The Overnighters
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