- Camera, Lens, Drone! The Documentary Gear to Keep, Add or Remove From Your Kit
The basics of documentary storytelling don't change all that much, but the tools for creating films evolve.
- 4 Films to Open Dialogue Around Refugees
As the nation's policymakers debate how to respond to refugees, community members may seek out resources that help open dialogue around the issues.
- Understanding the Colombian Peace Process Through Documentary Film
The nonfiction films that illustrate some of the main causes of the Colombian armed conflict and its peace process.
- An Ode to Google Sheets: Creating a Basic Library and Taxonomy
Never underestimate the power of spreadsheets when organizing a project and setting up a system.
- American Documentary's Year in Review
With the new year in sight, it's a great time to look back on 2016. Here are some of our favorite highlights.
- Enter the Edit: Activating Feelings of Immediacy and Intimacy With a Film
How to make the audience feel like they're in the moment.
- 10 Minutes with Filmmaker Nanfu Wang: Hooligan Sparrow and Activism in China
Have you ever seen a documentary and thought to yourself, "I can't believe they filmed that and lived to tell it"?
- Docu-Series 'America Divided' is the Latest to Chronicle New York's Housing Crisis
'America Divided' is the latest entry into the canon of films about New York City's housing crisis.
- POV Receives the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism
The Missouri School of Journalism awarded the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism to POV in recognition of almost three decades of creating public dialogue about important social issues through documentary journalism.
- 10 Minutes With Robert Kenner: What We Need to Know About Making Command & Control and Nuclear Weapons
Walking out of a screening of 'Command and Control', I turned to my colleague Kait and said "Well, I'm definitely not going to be able to sleep tonight."
- Enter the Edit: How to Navigate the Documentary Editing World
It's a tired cliche, but don't be afraid to ask questions.
- 11 Documentaries to Watch on POV.org in October and November
Discover new and classic films at pov.org/video and on the POV channel on your PBS app.
- Here's What's Streaming for Free on POV in the Fall
Discover new and classic films at pov.org/video and on the POV channel on your PBS app.
- The International Film Festivals to Submit Virtual Reality Movies in 2016
If you produce VR films or 360 videos, make sure to submit to these international film festivals and get your name out there.
- Deadline Extended! The Late Deadline for POV's 2016 Digital Labs in LA and SF is now September 9
The late deadline for POV Digital Lab in San Francisco and Los Angeles is September 9 at 9 PM PST.
- Keeping Score: How Documentary Filmmakers Can Work With Composers
Tyler Strickland shares why he started scoring documentaries, and how filmmakers can best work with composers.
- Enter the Edit: The Challenges of Being Both Director and Editor
What happens when you have to be both at the same time?
- What's Streaming This Summer on POV?
Discover new and classic films at pov.org/video and on the POV channel on your PBS app.