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  • Featured Event: 'QUEST' film screening with Company One and ZUMIX
  • PRESS RELEASE: Hasidic Women Upend Tradition by Forming An All-Female EMT Corps in ‘93QUEEN,’ Airing September 17, 2018 on POV
  • PRESS RELEASE: Voices of the Sea | Contradictions of Love and Freedom in Cuban Love Story
  • Critical Acclaim for 'Whose Streets?'
  • Featured Event: 'Whose Streets?' Screening and Discussion at St. Louis' Public Media Commons
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  • PRESS RELEASE: 'The War to Be Her' | A Young Female Athlete Fends Off the Taliban

    In one of the most dangerous places on earth, where the Taliban maintains a substantial presence, a young woman faces obstacles to pursue a simple passion: sports.

    POV Pressroom 9 min read July 12, 2018 Press Room
  • PRESS RELEASE: 'Lindy Lou, Juror Number 2' | Deciding the fate of a murderer

    If you kill a murderer, do you become a murderer as well? Lindy Lou Wells Isonhood asks her granddaughter this question, while explaining the role she played on a capital jury.

    POV Pressroom 7 min read July 11, 2018 Press Room Comments
  • Featured Event: 'Brimstone & Glory' with the SPACE Gallery

    Join the SPACE Gallery in Portland, ME for a free screening of ‘Brimstone & Glory’ followed by a discussion with their artist-in-residence, Justin Favela.

    POV Staff 1 min read July 6, 2018 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Featured Event: 'Lindy Lou, Juror Number 2' Screening and Talk-Back with the Abolitionist Action Committee and Death Penalty Action

    Join the Abolitionist Action Committee in Washington, D.C. for a free screening ‘Lindy Lou, Juror Number 2,’ featuring a live talk-back with Lindy Lou Wells.

    POV Staff 1 min read June 29, 2018 POV Films Blog Comments
  • PRESS RELEASE: 'The Workers Cup' | The sacrifice of migrant workers for the World Cup

    A glimpse of the massive stadiums and infrastructure projects now being built for the 2022 games in Qatar.

    POV Pressroom 8 min read June 26, 2018 Press Room Comments
  • Featured Event: 'Of Men and War' Screening with the Delaware Municipal Veterans Mission Court

    Join the Delaware Municipal Veterans Mission Court in Delaware, OH for a free screening of ‘Of Men and War’.

    POV Staff 1 min read June 22, 2018 POV Films Blog Comments
  • POV to broadcast Sundance Favorites '306 Hollywood' and 'Minding the Gap' for 31st Season

    “The films we are planning to finish out our 31st season with are powerful examples of how documentary can reexamine and reanimate lives past and present.”

    POV Pressroom 3 min read June 20, 2018 Press Room Comments
  • Critical Acclaim for 'QUEST'

    “‘Quest’ speaks volumes about working-class life and the necessity of community, parenting, perseverance, speaking out, speaking up, hope.”

    POV Pressroom 0 min read June 19, 2018 Press Room Comments
  • PRESS RELEASE: 'Brimstone & Glory' | Viktor Jakovleski’s Visually Stunning Documentary Reveals the Grandeur of Tultepec’s National Pyrotechnic Festival

    Brimstone & Glory has its national broadcast and streaming debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pov.org on Monday, July 2, 2018 at 10 p.m. (check local listings).

    POV Pressroom 7 min read June 11, 2018 Press Room Comments
  • American Documentary Launches Artist Emergency Fund Aimed at Providing Financial Assistance to Filmmakers Facing Unexpected Personal Hardship

    To date, this is the first fund of its kind dedicated to supporting nonfiction filmmakers.

    POV Pressroom 5 min read June 8, 2018 Press Room Comments
  • POV Acquires 'On Her Shoulders' and 'The Silence of Others' for Broadcast in 2019 and Beyond

    Both films will screen at the 2018 Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York.

    POV Pressroom 3 min read June 4, 2018 Press Room Comments
  • Five POV Films to Celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month

    Celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month by screening and discussing these POV films.

    POV Staff 4 min read June 1, 2018 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Featured Event: POV Documentary Nights: 'Motherland' with the North Port Public Library

    Join the North Port Public Library in North Port, FL for a free screening of ‘Motherland’.

    POV Staff 1 min read May 25, 2018 POV Films Blog Comments
  • PRESS RELEASE: 'Singing with Angry Bird' | Cultures and Families Unite in Song in the Heart-warming Documentary ‘Singing with Angry Bird’

    Learn more about this heartwarming film about family and the power of music. ‘Singing with Angry Bird’ premieres June 25, 2018 on PBS and pov.org.

    POV Pressroom 5 min read May 23, 2018 Press Room Comments
  • AMERICA REFRAMED UNFILTERED: Hero / Antihero – Who Is Arthur Chu?

    In the following America ReFramed UNFILTERED contribution, filmmaker Yu Gu discusses the cultural questions she wrestled with to disrupt the hero/villain framework.

    AMERICA REFRAMED 6 min read May 22, 2018 AMERICA REFRAMED: UNFILTERED Comments
  • Featured Event: Honolulu Vet Center Screening of 'Almost Sunrise'

    Join the Honolulu Vet Center in Honolulu, HI for a free screening of ‘Almost Sunrise’.

    POV Staff 1 min read May 18, 2018 POV Films Blog Comments
  • PRESS RELEASE: 'QUEST' | Family, Race, Class and the Triumph of the Human Spirit Examined in S31 Debut Film, Airing June 18 on POV

    Learn more about POV’s debut documentary for its 31st season. ‘QUEST’ premieres June 18, 2018 on PBS and pov.org.

    POV Pressroom 6 min read May 16, 2018 Press Room Comments
  • AMERICA REFRAMED UNFILTERED: Finding Story Amidst Decay in Random Acts of Legacy

    In the following UNFILTERED blog post, filmmaker Ali Kazimi, of Random Acts of Legacy, discusses the road to the discovery and restoration of a rare cache of vintage footage.

    AMERICA REFRAMED 10 min read May 15, 2018 AMERICA REFRAMED: UNFILTERED Comments

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