ITVS Receives 16 Emmy Nominations

ITVS was excited to learn that we received 15 nominations for the 36th annual News & Doc Emmys, including Best Documentary noms for The Trials of Muhammad Ali, Bully, and American Promise. There were seven Independent Lens films to receive Emmy nominations along with three ITVS-funded POV films. This is in addition to the Independent Lens documentary The Great Invisible receiving a Primetime Emmy Award this week. 

All told, PBS nabbed an Emmy-leading 57 nominations in the News and Doc awards alone, including for the series FRONTLINE, American Experience, and Nature, as well as many excellent stand-alone programs. Here's the full list of ITVS's Emmy-nominated films: 

POV: 

American Promise (directors Michèle Stephenson and Joe Brewster)
– Outstanding Coverage of a Current News Story-Long Form
– Best Documentary
– Outstanding Editing: Documentary and Long Form 

Fallen City (director Qi Zhao)
– Outstanding Informational Programming-Long-Form 

When I Walk (director Jason daSilva)
– Outstanding Informational Programming-Long-Form

Independent Lens:

The Trials of Muhammad Ali (director Bill Siegel)
– Outstanding Historical Programming, Long Form
– Best Documentary
– Outstanding Editing: Documentary and Long Form 

Bully (director Lee Hirsch)
– Best Documentary
– Outstanding Informational Programming Long Form 

The State of Arizona (directors Carlos Sandoval & Catherine Tambini)
– Outstanding Investigative Journalism Long Form 

Medora (directors Andrew Cohn & Davy Rothbart)
– Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting Long Form 

Muscle Shoals (director Greg "Freddy" Camalier)
– Outstanding Arts and Culture Programming 

Happiness (director Thomas Balmès)
– Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary and Long Form 

Blood Brother (director Steve Hoover )
– Outstanding Music & Sound 

Congratulations to all the filmmakers on this list, as well as to all the excellent programs and directors receiving an Emmy Award. We're once again in very fine company.