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POV 2010: Presumed Guilty
  • POV Wins Four News & Documentary Emmy Awards, Including Best Documentary for 'Food, Inc.'
    After receiving a record 12 nominations in the 32nd Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, the POV films Presumed Guilty, Good Fortune and Food, Inc. won a total of four Emmys.
    POV Staff 2 min read September 27, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • POV's 'Presumed Guilty' is Subject of Landmark Freedom of Speech and Censorship Case in Mexico
    The award-winning Presumed Guilty has become the highest-grossing documentary in Mexico's history, but last Wednesday, the film was pulled from the theatrical circuit by a federal judge. Another court has now overturned that ruling, but the legal battle continues.
    Sean Holmquest 2 min read March 11, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Weekly Roundup: Presumed Guilty, Streaming Films and Alum News
    We’re smack in the middle of POV’s 23rd season — and it’s been a great one so far. Encore presentations The Way We Get By and First Person Plural will be shown on select PBS stations in the next two weeks (check your local listings here). On August 17, we’ll be back with a brand […]
    Ruiyan Xu 3 min read July 29, 2010 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Soup: Presumed Guilty
    I found Presumed Guilty, which airs tonight on POV (10 PM, check local listings), very compelling. It’s the kind of doc that left me with several burning questions — so I decided to follow up with the lawyers-turned-filmmakers directly. Roberto Hernández graciously responded.   Doc Soup Man: Since the Thin Blue Line, as far as […]
    Tom Roston 6 min read July 27, 2010 Doc Soup Comments
  • Weekly Roundup: William Kunstler, Agnès Varda and Silverdocs
    This week, we take a look back at William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe, a look forward to The Beaches of Agnès, and catch up on some news from the documentary world. We kicked of the 2010 summer POV season (our 23rd season on PBS!) with William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe on Tuesday night. The film […]
    Ruiyan Xu 2 min read June 25, 2010 Documentary News Comments
  • Weekly Roundup: PBS Interactive, Human Rights Watch Film Festival and More
    This week, we take a look at a few film festivals and turn our attention to POV films — and their subjects — in the news. The Silverdocs Documentary Festival will take place from June 21- 27, 2010 (see our post about the festival in last week’s roundup). In addition to a great slate of […]
    Ruiyan Xu 2 min read June 10, 2010 Documentary News Comments