American Documentary | POV

About American Documentary | POV

American Documentary, Inc. (AmDoc) is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit arts organization and producer of the award-winning PBS documentary series POV (“point of view”) and America ReFramed.

For 35 years, AmDoc has produced and presented over 500 of the most significant documentary films of our time, engaging public television audiences with perspectives that reflect the diversity of American society and putting a human face on critical issues. Our films have won every major film and broadcasting award, including 37 Emmys, 20 George Foster Peabody Awards, 12 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Broadcast Journalism Awards, three Academy Awards®, the first-ever George Polk Documentary Film Award and the Prix Italia.

America ReFramed is a new series co-produced by American Documentary and the WORLD Channel and hosted by journalist Natasha Del Toro. Through the lens of independent documentaries, America ReFramed brings to national audiences compelling stories that illuminate the changing contours of an ever-evolving America. The 52-week, social-issue documentary series presents an array of personal voices and experiences through which we learn from our past, understand our present and are challenged to seek new frameworks for America’s future.

Reviews

Community Engagement Intern

June 2019 - August 2019 • Brooklyn Heights, NY

“This was a fantastic internship program that I highly recommend for students interested in the world of nonfiction media and/or public media. Careful attention was paid to offering interns professional development opportunities, in particular workshops led by staff that covered skills such as networking and self-promotion. I appreciated the monthly goals check-ins we had with our supervisor. We had ample opportunities to network with staff from all the departments during informal office gatherings (like Thursday morning bagel bash!). There were lots of events at partner organizations such as DCTV that were provided further networking opportunities. The work we did was rewarding and engaging—not just administrative work (although we did some of that to be sure) but 'meatier' stuff like conducting research for and editing POV Engage communications. The office culture was warm and inclusive, and there was definitely a concerted effort made to make sure that there were lots of opportunities for interns to get to know each other as well as staff.”

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