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  • Alan Berliner's 'First Cousin Once Removed'
    Berliner’s film ought to resonate in a deeply personal way to anyone who has struggled to remember a lost love, a precious memory, or who has had a family member who experienced dementia in any way. In other words, the film could speak to just about anyone.
    Tom Roston 3 min read October 2, 2012 Doc Soup Comments
  • Where Are the First-Person Women Documentarians?
    With Tiffany Shlain's personal documentary Connected wrapping up its theatrical run, Doc Soup Man Tom Roston asks why the best known first-person documentarians are men.
    Tom Roston 3 min read December 15, 2011 Doc Soup Comments
  • A Holiday Gift Guide for Documentary Fans and Documentarians
    Watch, Make, Learn! This year give the gift of documentaries. For once, we mean it literally!
    POV Staff 10 min read December 9, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Father Knows Best? Not Always! 12 Dad-centric Docs for Father's Day
    In the run up to Father's Day, independent journalist Tom Roston checks in with a list of daddy-centric documentaries that by no means put pops on a pedestal.
    Tom Roston 4 min read June 13, 2011 Doc Soup
  • How Common Is Your Last Name?
    In 1990, my last name — the prosaic-in-China but seemingly obscure-in-America “Xu” — was the 10,540th most common name in America. In 2000, my last name had made an incredible leap — it climbed more than 7,000 spots to become the 2,701st most common name in America. What a difference a decade makes! How common […]
    Ruiyan Xu 1 min read October 29, 2009 Documentary News Comments
  • From the Archives: The Sweetest Sound
    From now until New Year’s day, the POV Blog will be posting about great documentaries from the POV archives. Rent one at the local video store or via Netflix to watch with your friends and family during the holiday season. The Sweetest Sound by Alan Berliner (POV 2001) What’s in a name? Alan Berliner — […]
    Ruiyan Xu 2 min read December 27, 2007 Documentary News Comments