EXCLUSIVE: Women are front and center in PBS’ slate for its 32nd season of POV. A total of 16 feature films in this year’s lineup were created by women directors, while four of the five short films are helmed by females. To further diversify its season, POV has a global reach with 10 of the feature films coming from…

EXCLUSIVE: The Nancy Schwartzman-directed documentary Roll Red Roll has been acquired by Together Films and will have a limited theatrical release starting March 22 at the Film Forum in New York. The launch marks Together Films’ first foray into the U.S. market and will come ahead of the documentary’s nationwide…

EXCLUSIVE: POV, American television's longest-running independent documentary series, has announced their slate for their 31st season. The series kicks off with Bill Nye: Science Guy, which puts the spotlight on the beloved titular children's personality in celebration of Earth Day on April 18. POV will also premiere…

EXCLUSIVE: Public television docu series POV has acquired broadcast rights to Oscar nominee for best documentary short Joe’s Violin and will air it over the summer. The film is about the ways in which a donated musical instrument forges an improbable friendship between 91-year-old Holocaust survivor Joseph Feingold…

On the eve of the commercial broadcast network’s Upfront Week, PBS announced its summer season will start with its remake of one of its most popular crunchy-gravel miniseries Poldark, and wind up with its first ever live natural-history event program, Big Blue Live. The summer also marks the third season of Derek…

Nostalgia for the Light from Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzman was named best feature Friday night at The International Documentary Association’s 2011 Awards at the DGA Theatre in West Hollywood. Event was hosted by avant-garde impresario Josh Fox, Sundance veteran/Webby Awards founder Tiffany Shlain and IDA Board…

CBS topped the news and documentary Emmys, handed out in a ceremony tonight at the Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York. The network took home 10 awards, 7 of which were for 60 Minutes. National Geographic Channel followed with 7 total, and PBS won 6, with 2 of its Emmys going to the documentary Food Inc. A list of…