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We’re back in the office and it feels like the best kind of “full circle” moment!

Last week marked the return of our in-house Behind the Lens filmmaker interview shoot, our first time bringing filmmakers back into the space after a few years of virtual production.

There’s always been a special kind of buzz when filmmakers walk through the door, conversations unfolding in real time, and the entire office shifting into creative gear. Seeing that come alive again reminded us why this series has always felt so central to what we do.

Huge thanks to the filmmakers who joined us and to the team who helped bring the space back to life.

This is just the beginning, keep an eye out for more behind-the-scenes moments in the coming weeks!

We’re back in the office and it feels like the best kind of “full circle” moment!

Last week marked the return of our in-house Behind the Lens filmmaker interview shoot, our first time bringing filmmakers back into the space after a few years of virtual production.

There’s always been a special kind of buzz when filmmakers walk through the door, conversations unfolding in real time, and the entire office shifting into creative gear. Seeing that come alive again reminded us why this series has always felt so central to what we do.

Huge thanks to the filmmakers who joined us and to the team who helped bring the space back to life.

This is just the beginning, keep an eye out for more behind-the-scenes moments in the coming weeks!

We’re back in the office and it feels like the best kind of “full circle” moment!

Last week marked the return of our in-house Behind the Lens filmmaker interview shoot, our first time bringing filmmakers back into the space after a few years of virtual production.

There’s always been a special kind of buzz when filmmakers walk through the door, conversations unfolding in real time, and the entire office shifting into creative gear. Seeing that come alive again reminded us why this series has always felt so central to what we do.

Huge thanks to the filmmakers who joined us and to the team who helped bring the space back to life.

This is just the beginning, keep an eye out for more behind-the-scenes moments in the coming weeks!

This May, we honor Mental Health Awareness Month with a POV collection centered on healing, resilience, and the power of creative expression.

In partnership with @film.in.mind, The D-Word, and @documentalityproject, this collection reflects the 2026 theme “In Every Story, There’s Strength,” highlighting stories of compassion, reflection, and the many ways we cope with life’s challenges.

From intimate portraits of mother-daughter relationships to meditations on grief, absence, and connection, these films reveal pathways toward understanding, healing, and reconciliation. Across the collection, art emerges as a powerful lifeline offering expression, identity, and hope in the face of adversity.

Stream the collection now on POV! @amdocdocumentary

#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #POVonPBS #AmericanDocumentary #Documentary #MentalHealth

American Documentary is at @PBS Annual Meeting, where PBS station partners, filmmakers, and public media colleagues came together to talk about what’s next, and how we get there together!

Our Executive Director, Erika Dilday (@dildaydoc), and Station Manager, Gina Basso (@ginabasso), are on the ground spending time connecting with station partners, sharing ideas, and digging into the future of storytelling in public media.

A highlight: Erika shared an early look at the POV Season 39 trailer giving stations a first glimpse of the powerful lineup of films coming soon to PBS.

Big energy, big ideas, and a lot of momentum heading into the year ahead.

American Documentary is at @PBS Annual Meeting, where PBS station partners, filmmakers, and public media colleagues came together to talk about what’s next, and how we get there together!

Our Executive Director, Erika Dilday (@dildaydoc), and Station Manager, Gina Basso (@ginabasso), are on the ground spending time connecting with station partners, sharing ideas, and digging into the future of storytelling in public media.

A highlight: Erika shared an early look at the POV Season 39 trailer giving stations a first glimpse of the powerful lineup of films coming soon to PBS.

Big energy, big ideas, and a lot of momentum heading into the year ahead.

American Documentary is at @PBS Annual Meeting, where PBS station partners, filmmakers, and public media colleagues came together to talk about what’s next, and how we get there together!

Our Executive Director, Erika Dilday (@dildaydoc), and Station Manager, Gina Basso (@ginabasso), are on the ground spending time connecting with station partners, sharing ideas, and digging into the future of storytelling in public media.

A highlight: Erika shared an early look at the POV Season 39 trailer giving stations a first glimpse of the powerful lineup of films coming soon to PBS.

Big energy, big ideas, and a lot of momentum heading into the year ahead.

American Documentary is at @PBS Annual Meeting, where PBS station partners, filmmakers, and public media colleagues came together to talk about what’s next, and how we get there together!

Our Executive Director, Erika Dilday (@dildaydoc), and Station Manager, Gina Basso (@ginabasso), are on the ground spending time connecting with station partners, sharing ideas, and digging into the future of storytelling in public media.

A highlight: Erika shared an early look at the POV Season 39 trailer giving stations a first glimpse of the powerful lineup of films coming soon to PBS.

Big energy, big ideas, and a lot of momentum heading into the year ahead.

This May, we celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a curated POV collection honoring stories of identity, migration, memory, and belonging.

Co-presented with @caamedia and @picpacific, this collection spotlights AAPI filmmakers whose work reflects the richness and complexity of lives shaped by immigration and cultural connection.

Across these films, personal journeys unfold into powerful reflections bridging generations, revealing unexpected intersections, and showing how differences become strengths.

Watch the full collection, streaming this May on POV and the @PBS App.

#AAPIHeritageMonth #POVonPBS #AmericanDocumentary #AAPIStories #Documentary

Through activists, community leaders, and archival footage, An Act of Worship traces the experiences of Muslim Americans in the decades following 9/11 and reflects on belonging, identity, and resistance.

Watch now as part of POV’s Arab-American Heritage Heritage Month on @PBS.

#AmericanDocumentary #POVonPBS #Documentary #ArabAmerican #PBS

Time is running out, and the evidence is undeniable.

POV Shorts: Chasing Time follows photographer James Balog as he concludes a 15-year journey documenting the accelerating impact of climate change through powerful, time-lapse imagery.

Now streaming on the @PBS Documentaries YouTube channel! https://loom.ly/Ybwx8JQ

#POVonPBS #POVShortsonPBS #ChasingTime #ClimateChange #Documentary

A powerful story of land, water, and resistance. Manzanar, Diverted examines how the diversion of water from the Owens Valley continues to impact communities and the environment today.

Watch now as part of POV’s Earth Month Collection on @PBS.

#AmericanDocumentary #POVonPBS #Documentary #EarthMonth #PBS

When three children die of leukemia in a rural Mexican community, two mothers team up with a scientist to investigate their water supply. Their shocking discovery of dangerous radioactivity exposes government denial and community backlash, revealing how deep aquifers still hold ancient nuclear traces from the last ice age.

Watch The Age of Water as part of POV’s Earth Month Collection on @PBS.

#AmericanDocumentary #POVonPBS #PBS #Documentary #EarthMonth

We are thrilled to announce that UNION has been nominated for the 47th News & Documentary Emmy Awards for “Best Documentary!”

Thank you to @pbs @povdocs for bringing this powerful story of worker power to audiences across the U.S. through public media.

Congratulations to fellow nominees!

Made in Ethiopia has been nominated for an @theemmys.tv Emmy Award for Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary! Thanks to the whole team at @pbs @povdocs for believing in the project since the beginning and including it in their 38th season. 🙌

Made in Ethiopia tells the human story at the heart of one of the most important but least-understood economic phenomena of our time - China’s huge and growing investment in Africa and the wider Global South. Through the eyes of three hardworking women, it observes what rapid industrialization really means for the individuals and communities it affects most.

It took four years and a labour of love to make this film the way we wanted, so this recognition means a lot. 🌟

CREDITS:
Directors: @echoyuxinyan @maximduncan
Producers: @gobezmedia @maximduncan @echoyuxinyan

Director of Photography: @maximduncan
Additional Cinematography: @echoyuxinyan

Editors:
Biel Andrés @cric_crec
Jeppe Bødskov @jeppebodskov
Siyi Chen @siyichenlalala

Associate editor: Wenjing Zhang
Assistant editors: Julie Trillo @julie.trillo Marta Nebot Zurita @martanebott Ruolin Xu Luyo @lin_cine Jiuxin Zhu @jiuxin_zhu

Original score: Ali Helnwein @alihelnwein

Executive Producers:
Anna Godas @annagodas2726
Oli Harbottle
Mehret Mandefro @drmehret
Susan Jakes @susanjohannajakes
Roger Graef

Field producers: Sura Abera Amayu @surabera2073
Goush Girmay Fissehatsion @honeyochika

Postproduction: @elamediaestudios @milciclos
Colour: Juan Hernando @juanhernandoc
Sound design: Steve Miller
Sound editing: Angie He @saraqiqi

Post supervision: Yamila F. Colman for Amyga

Produced with support from:
@fordfoundation
@detdanskefilminstitut
@idaorg
@firelight_media
@inmaatfoundation
@sffilm
@browngirlsdocmafia
@newamericaorg
@ebs_eidf
@hyundai.homeshopping
@storyboard.collective
@hotdocs_
@omroepvpro
@drtv_dr
@videoconsortium
@thegotham
@logannonfiction
@yaddotoday
@idfafestival
@sheffdocfest
@womenmakemovies

#madeinethiopia #madeinethiopiafilm

Made in Ethiopia has been nominated for an @theemmys.tv Emmy Award for Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary! Thanks to the whole team at @pbs @povdocs for believing in the project since the beginning and including it in their 38th season. 🙌

Made in Ethiopia tells the human story at the heart of one of the most important but least-understood economic phenomena of our time - China’s huge and growing investment in Africa and the wider Global South. Through the eyes of three hardworking women, it observes what rapid industrialization really means for the individuals and communities it affects most.

It took four years and a labour of love to make this film the way we wanted, so this recognition means a lot. 🌟

CREDITS:
Directors: @echoyuxinyan @maximduncan
Producers: @gobezmedia @maximduncan @echoyuxinyan

Director of Photography: @maximduncan
Additional Cinematography: @echoyuxinyan

Editors:
Biel Andrés @cric_crec
Jeppe Bødskov @jeppebodskov
Siyi Chen @siyichenlalala

Associate editor: Wenjing Zhang
Assistant editors: Julie Trillo @julie.trillo Marta Nebot Zurita @martanebott Ruolin Xu Luyo @lin_cine Jiuxin Zhu @jiuxin_zhu

Original score: Ali Helnwein @alihelnwein

Executive Producers:
Anna Godas @annagodas2726
Oli Harbottle
Mehret Mandefro @drmehret
Susan Jakes @susanjohannajakes
Roger Graef

Field producers: Sura Abera Amayu @surabera2073
Goush Girmay Fissehatsion @honeyochika

Postproduction: @elamediaestudios @milciclos
Colour: Juan Hernando @juanhernandoc
Sound design: Steve Miller
Sound editing: Angie He @saraqiqi

Post supervision: Yamila F. Colman for Amyga

Produced with support from:
@fordfoundation
@detdanskefilminstitut
@idaorg
@firelight_media
@inmaatfoundation
@sffilm
@browngirlsdocmafia
@newamericaorg
@ebs_eidf
@hyundai.homeshopping
@storyboard.collective
@hotdocs_
@omroepvpro
@drtv_dr
@videoconsortium
@thegotham
@logannonfiction
@yaddotoday
@idfafestival
@sheffdocfest
@womenmakemovies

#madeinethiopia #madeinethiopiafilm

American Documentary is honored to receive eight nominations from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for the 47th News & Documentary Emmy® Awards. 🎉

Spanning the 38th season of POV and Season 8 of POV Shorts, this recognition highlights the power and impact of nonfiction storytelling across program and craft categories. Nominated films include:

Best Documentary
UNION
Black Snow

Outstanding Social Issue Documentary
The Ride Ahead

Outstanding Business & Economic Documentary
Made in Ethiopia
DRIVER

Outstanding Short Documentary
Chasing Time

Additional craft honors:
The Ride Ahead — Outstanding Graphic Design
Chasing Time — Outstanding Music Composition

We’re deeply grateful to the visionary filmmakers and teams behind these works.

See the full list of nominees here: https://loom.ly/UIt9GLk.

#AmericanDocumentary #POVonPBS #POVShortsonPBS #PBS #Emmys Documentary

#TheRideAhead is Emmy®-nominated!! 🏆

We're ecstatic to share that our film has been nominated for two News & Documentary Emmy® Awards: Outstanding Social Issue Documentary, and Outstanding Graphic Design for the animation by Ben Luce and Xilia Faye of @SoulProprietorStudios.

This recognition feels very full circle as our short doc My Disability Roadmap won an Emmy Award in 2023!
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Image Descriptions:
1- An animation of Samuel Habib wearing sunglasses with white text "The Ride Ahead. 2026 Emmy® Nominee." In the top right corner is the Doc Emmys logo.
2- A film still of Samuel Habib on a catamaran with text "Nominated! Outstanding Social Issue Doc"In the top left corner is the Doc Emmys logo.
3- An animation of Samuel Habib dancing in his wheelchair on a sidewalk with text "Nominated! Outstanding Graphic Design" In the top right corner is the Doc Emmys logo.

#TheRideAhead is Emmy®-nominated!! 🏆

We're ecstatic to share that our film has been nominated for two News & Documentary Emmy® Awards: Outstanding Social Issue Documentary, and Outstanding Graphic Design for the animation by Ben Luce and Xilia Faye of @SoulProprietorStudios.

This recognition feels very full circle as our short doc My Disability Roadmap won an Emmy Award in 2023!
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Image Descriptions:
1- An animation of Samuel Habib wearing sunglasses with white text "The Ride Ahead. 2026 Emmy® Nominee." In the top right corner is the Doc Emmys logo.
2- A film still of Samuel Habib on a catamaran with text "Nominated! Outstanding Social Issue Doc"In the top left corner is the Doc Emmys logo.
3- An animation of Samuel Habib dancing in his wheelchair on a sidewalk with text "Nominated! Outstanding Graphic Design" In the top right corner is the Doc Emmys logo.

#TheRideAhead is Emmy®-nominated!! 🏆

We're ecstatic to share that our film has been nominated for two News & Documentary Emmy® Awards: Outstanding Social Issue Documentary, and Outstanding Graphic Design for the animation by Ben Luce and Xilia Faye of @SoulProprietorStudios.

This recognition feels very full circle as our short doc My Disability Roadmap won an Emmy Award in 2023!
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Image Descriptions:
1- An animation of Samuel Habib wearing sunglasses with white text "The Ride Ahead. 2026 Emmy® Nominee." In the top right corner is the Doc Emmys logo.
2- A film still of Samuel Habib on a catamaran with text "Nominated! Outstanding Social Issue Doc"In the top left corner is the Doc Emmys logo.
3- An animation of Samuel Habib dancing in his wheelchair on a sidewalk with text "Nominated! Outstanding Graphic Design" In the top right corner is the Doc Emmys logo.