- POV to Spotlight Syrian and Refugee Crises in First Three Weeks of 30th Season
In a series first, following events nationwide commemorating World Refugee Day on June 20, POV’s 30th season opens with three feature films and two shorts about a single subject: the Syrian war and global refugee crisis.
- The Making of a Star—On YouTube—in ‘Presenting Princess Shaw,’ Airing July 17, 2017 on POV
Presenting Princess Shaw has its national broadcast premiere on the PBS documentary series POV (Point of View) on July 17, 2017 at 10 p.m.
- 'Last Men in Aleppo,' Airing July 10, 2017 on POV, Documents Syrian Volunteers' Heroic Work
The White Helmets are the subject of Last Men in Aleppo, the final film in this season's special series highlighting the Syrian conflict and refugee crisis.
- Contemplating the Cut 2017 | Panel 1: Creative Use of Archival Footage
Joseph Krings, Mary Lampson, and Maya Mumma in conversation with Ashley Clark examine creative approaches to editing with archival footage.
- Contemplating the Cut 2017 | Panel 2: Craft Conversations
Lindsay Utz and Chyld King share insights with moderator Marshall Curry about their process, deconstructing approaches to vérité and interview-based films.
- Friends Face Down Syrian Regime in 'The War Show,' Airing July 3, 2017 on POV
POV's three-part series on the Syrian war and refugee crisis continues with 'The War Show,' premiering July 3, 2017 at 10 p.m.
- A Syrian Girl Finds Her Way in 'Dalya's Other Country,' Airing June 26, 2017 on POV
POV's 30th season kicks off with a series of films on the Syrian war and the ongoing global refugee crisis. The first, Dalya's Other Country, follows a young Syrian girl and her mother who have been displaced by the war at home and are adjusting to their new life in Los Angeles.
- AMERICA REFRAMED UNFILTERED: On Grief and Filmmaking
Filmmaker Dinesh Das Sabu writes about facing depression and trauma in his family and his own life.
- POV Documentary 'Hooligan Sparrow' Wins a Peabody Award
Hooligan Sparrow, which had its national broadcast premiere in on PBS' POV series in 2016, has won the 2016 Peabody Award.
- POV's 30th Season on PBS Provides Moving Stories on World Conflicts and Compelling Narratives of Humanity's Faith, Courage and Diversity
Starting Monday, June 26, 2017, POV’s 30th season presents powerful stories from the unseen and unheard, and from seemingly distant and disparate communities.
- AMERICA REFRAMED UNFILTERED: Sometimes the Impossible Just Isn't
How Tamar Rogoff and Daisy Wright's Enter The Faun became a case of art imitating life, imitating art.
- Who Watches Documentaries? Who Doesn't? Festival Directors Evaluate Their Audience in the Trump Era
Within the issues, festival directors see an opportunity.
- Doc Memo: Inside the Oscar Pipeline for Emerging Filmmakers, TIFF Scales Down
POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
- POV Acquires Second Oscar-Nominated Short '4.1 Miles' for 2017 Broadcast on PBS
An Academy Award nominee in Best Documentary (Short Subject), the film joins Joe's Violin as one of two Oscar-nominated shorts debuting on the public television showcase's 30th season.
- AMERICA REFRAMED UNFILTERED: The 20-Year Journey Behind '70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green'
Director Ronit Bezalel credits the people that helped her stick to a story for 20 years.
- Doc Memo: Nonfiction Filmmaking at MoMA, Notorious B.I.G. Subject of New Documentary
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- AMERICA REFRAMED UNFILTERED: The Color of Change is #LOVE
Edythe Boone is an artist/activist driven by the practice of engaging others through public art and mural making.
- Doc Memo: Black Documentarians Make Oscar History, Risks Young Syrian Took to Film Oscar-Nom 'The White Helmets'
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