Film at Eleven

Libby, Montana which was broadcast nationally in 2007 on the PBS Series, POV/The American Documentary, has received a News & Documentary Emmy nomination in the category, “Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story - Long Form.” The nominees were announced on July 15 by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). Four other television documentaries (including two more from POV) are nominated in the category. The News and Documentary Emmy Awards will be presented on Monday, Sept. 22 at a ceremony in Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, in New York’s Time Warner Center.

P.O.V., public television’s premier showcase for independent point-of-view films, received six total nominations in the 29th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards. “P.O.V. celebrated its 20th season on PBS last year with a diverse slate of films by established and emerging filmmakers,” said Simon Kilmurry, P.O.V.’s Executive Director. “From the struggles of refugees, immigrants and working Americans to stories of personal transformations, the nominated films introduce us to people whose lives, we hope, will enrich our own.”

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