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  • Featured Event: Don't Tell Anyone (No Le Digas a Nadie) at the Chicago Public Library
    Join the Chicago Public Library-South Chicago Branch for a free screening of "Don't Tell Anyone (No Le Digas a Nadie)" as part of their Hispanic Heritage Month celebration.
    POV Staff 1 min read October 9, 2015 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Next on POV: Don't Tell Anyone (No Le Digas a Nadie)
    Since the age of 4, Angy Rivera has lived in the United States with a secret that threatens to upend her life: She is undocumented. Watch Don't Tell Anyone (No Le Digas a Nadie) - Monday on PBS.
    POV Staff 3 min read September 21, 2015 POV Films Blog Comments
  • 2012 Webby Award Nominees in the Documentary and Social Issue Categories
    The Webby Awards has announced its nominees for 2012, and the list of honorees includes StoryCorps Shorts: September 11 Stories!
    POV Staff 3 min read April 10, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Critics Call 'Better This World' a Riveting Thriller – Watch It Tonight on PBS!
    Critics are raving about Better This World, a dramatic tale of idealism, loyalty, crime and betrayal that follows the radicalization of boyhood friends under the tutelage of a revolutionary activist.
    POV Staff 2 min read September 6, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Soup: Is a Remarkable Story Enough?
    Serves me right for giving the BBC’s Nick Fraser a hard time about his criticism of social activist documentaries last week. As soon as I put down my pen, I am led like a cow to water, to drink from the very same liberal industrial complex that Fraser decried. I was asked to look at […]
    Tom Roston 2 min read October 4, 2010 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Soup: Burritos and Socially-Conscious Docs
    There I was, just another guy standing on a long line of guys waiting to get a burrito at a Chipotle in Manhattan, when I noticed a poster for Food, Inc. placed right above the guacamole. I don’t usually think of socially-conscious docs and fast food chains as natural partners, so I looked it up […]
    Tom Roston 2 min read August 3, 2009 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Soup: Docs as Art or Activism?
    On Tuesday night, you’re going to get to see a very compelling doc called The Last Conquistador, about sculptor John Houser‘s building of the largest bronze equestrian statue in El Paso. The good people at POV gave me a DVD screener of the film, so I got to see it and I have a lot […]
    Tom Roston 2 min read July 14, 2008 Doc Soup Comments
  • Film and Environmental Activism: Catching up with Everything's Cool's Judith Helfand and Daniel B. Gold
    Environmental issues are a hot topic this election year. David Nanasi caught up with POV alum Judith Helfand (A Healthy Baby Girl, POV 1997 and True Lives 2005, and The Uprising of ’34, POV 1995) and Daniel B. Gold to hear more about what they’ve been doing to support their latest film, Everything’s Cool. Both […]
    David Nanasi 6 min read January 29, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Soup: Changing the World Through Docs
    Made any good docs lately? I just recently sat down with director Jehane Noujaim (Startup.com, Control Room), and she told me about an impressive project she’s working on. First, let me ask how many filmmakers under the age of 35 (Jehane is 33) have managed to knock out two great, successful, critically-praised, culturally-significant docs? Jehane […]
    Tom Roston 3 min read January 4, 2008 Doc Soup Comments
  • Filmmaker Spotlight: Freida Lee Mock
    Academy Award-winning filmmaker Freida Lee Mock returns to POV on December 12th with her new film Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner. In the film, Mock followed the acclaimed playwright from 2001 to 2004, documenting his creative process, his collaborations with actors, composers and directors, and his steadfast commitment to political activism. In 1995, Freida […]
    Ruiyan Xu 2 min read December 3, 2007 Documentary News Comments