Attention, Documentary Fans: POV Premiere Parties are Back! Watch Documentaries and Enter for a Chance to Win Great Prizes

Premiere Parties Can Be Small or Large; All You Need Is a TV or Laptop + Friends/Family;

Enter for a Chance to Win a POV Party Pack Including POV Season 26 DVDs, Autographed Posters, Popcorn, Chocolate and Coffee.

NEW YORK, July 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Attention, documentary fans: POV (Point of View), American television's longest-running independent documentary series, is celebrating its 26th season by bringing back POV Premiere Parties. You don't need a designer dress or tux, red carpet or throngs of paparazzi — just gather as many people as you like and watch any of POV's new documentary premieres on a television or laptop. Tell POV about your party – either before or after – to enter into a random drawing for a chance to win a POV Party Pack of three DVDs, signed film posters and organic chocolate, popcorn and coffee. There will be one Party Pack winner for each POV broadcast and one Grand Prize winner. The Grand Prize winner will be announced in January 2014 on www.pbs.org/pov.

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How to enter:

Watch the POV film on television or online at video.pbs.org when it streams for 30 days following the broadcast premiere; visit the POV website www.pov.org/premiereparty and tell POV about your Premiere Party to enter the promotion.

POV Party Packs – What You'll Get If You Win

The POV Party Pack includes everything you need to host your next POV Premiere Party – the perfect gift for the documentary fan!

• Three signed DVDs and/or posters from POV Season 26 films
• A POV folding sling tote bag
• Divine Chocolate: 70% Dark Chocolate Hearts
• Grounds for Change: Cafe Femenino Peru Coffee (8 oz.)
• Quinn Popcorn: Lemon and Sea Salt Organic Microwave Popcorn

POV 2013 Broadcast Dates

All films premiere on Mondays at 10 p.m. (check local listings), unless otherwise noted, and begin streaming online the following day:

July 15 – Only the Young by Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims

July 22 – High Tech, Low Life by Stephen Maing

July 29 – Neurotypical by Adam Larsen

Aug. 19 – The Law in These Parts by Ra'anan Alexandrowicz and Liran Atzmor

Aug. 26 – 5 Broken Cameras by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi

Sept. 9 – Ping Pong by Hugh Hartford and Anson Hartford

Sept. 16 – The World Before Her by Nisha Pahuja

Sept. 23 – Best Kept Secret by Samantha Buck

Oct. 7 – Brooklyn Castle by Katie Dellamaggiore

Oct. 14 – 56 Up by Michael Apted

Thursday, Nov. 28 at 9 p.m. – Listening Is an Act of Love: A StoryCorps Special by the Rauch Brothers

Visit www.pov.org/premiereparty for official entry rules and a full list of prizes and sponsors.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Starts on 6/13/13 at 10:00:01 a.m. ET and ends on 1/6/2014 at 4:59:59 p.m. ET. Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older. Void where prohibited. To enter and for official rules, visit www.pov.org/premiereparty.

Produced by American Documentary, Inc. and now in its 26th season on PBS, the award-winning POV is the longest-running showcase on American television to feature the work of today's best independent documentary filmmakers. POV has brought more than 365 acclaimed documentaries to millions nationwide. POV films have won every major film and broadcasting award, including 32 Emmys, 15 George Foster Peabody Awards, 10 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards, three Academy Awards® and the Prix Italia. Since 1988, POV has pioneered the art of presentation and outreach using independent nonfiction media to build new communities in conversation about today's most pressing social issues. Visit www.pbs.org/pov.

POV has the honor of receiving a 2013 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the desJardins/Blachman Fund and public television viewers. Funding for POV's Diverse Voices Project is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Special support provided by The Fledgling Fund and the Lucius and Eva Eastman Fund. POV is presented by a consortium of public television stations, including KQED San Francisco, WGBH Boston and THIRTEEN in association with WNET.ORG.

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