POV will release its historic 36th season with Descriptive Video Service
America’s longest-running non-fiction series on television, POV, will release its newest season next January 26th, with 16 feature documentaries.
America’s longest-running non-fiction series on television, POV, will release its newest season next January 26th, with 16 feature documentaries. As in previous seasons, Dicapta is working with POV to provide Audio Description/Descriptive Video Service (DVS) for its films. This fresh batch of non-fiction will include movies with themes of caregiving, transnationalism, activism, childhood aspirations, accessibility, and intergenerational relationships.
Several of the films that will be presented this season tackle accessibility, an issue that is fundamental to the values of Dicapta. For example, there's the film Eat Your Catfish, filmed from the perspective of Kathryn, a woman with ALS, which is an unvarnished account of a family’s bond and of a woman’s will to live. On the other hand, unseen tackles the life of an undocumented, blind man as he tries to become a social worker and support his family.
POV episodes premiere Monday nights and will be available for streaming concurrent with broadcast on all station-branded PBS platforms, including PBS.org and the PBS App, available on iOS, Android, Roku streaming devices, Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung Smart TV, Chromecast and VIZIO.
Funding for POV's accessibility elements is provided by the United States' Department of Education.
Those elements will be available through the accessibility menu of your cable box (look for Audio, MTS, or SAP). If you are using streaming, follow PBS's instructions to access them. And lastly, you can always use All4Access!
How do I enable Audio Description on PBS videos?
About POV:
POV is one of the most highly-acclaimed documentary series on television. Recently, POV took home the IDA Documentary Award for “Best Curated Series” for its landmark 35th anniversary season (2022). In 2021, the series received seven News & Documentary Emmy nominations, and won Best Documentary for Advocate (POV Season 33). This marked the second year in a row that a POV film took home that honor; POV earned the 2020 Best Documentary award for The Silence of Others (POV Season 32). POV won two Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Awards for Through the Night (POV Season 33) and Softie (POV Season 33). In addition to its Academy Award® nomination for Best Documentary Feature, The Mole Agent (POV Season 33) was also shortlisted for Best International Feature. Recently,Let the Little Light Shine (POV Season 35) received a Peabody nomination and last year, Mayor (POV Season 34) was awarded a Peabody.
