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  • Albert Maysles: Conjurer of Real Life
    Pioneering filmmaker Albert Maysles passed away earlier this year at the age of 88. POV's series creator Marc Weiss remembers Maysles for his profound influence on him and generations of documentarians.
    Marc N. Weiss 4 min read May 26, 2015 Documentary News Comments
  • March (of the Docs) Madness 2015
    Legends, stirring storylines and passionate fans are a few of the commonalities between college basketball and documentary filmmaking. 32 documentary symbols go head to head in our March Madness tournament. Vote now!
    Tom Roston 5 min read March 15, 2015 Doc Soup Comments
  • Remembering Documentary Pioneer Albert Maysles
    Tom Roston remembers veteran documentarian and mentor Albert Maysles.
    Tom Roston 3 min read March 6, 2015 Doc Soup Comments
  • Documentary Community Gathers at 2015 Cinema Eye Honors
    If there is ever a question whether or not there's an actual community of documentary filmmakers, the first bit of evidence should be the Cinema Eye Honors.
    Tom Roston 5 min read January 8, 2015 Doc Soup Comments
  • Giveaway: Win Signed 'Tell Me Something' Book With Advice From 60 of the World's Best Documentary Filmmakers
    Tell Me Something features advice from 60 of the world's best documentary filmmakers. Enter to win POV's giveaway of five e-books and two signed books by filmmakers Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me, One Direction: This Is Us) and Albert Maysles (Grey Gardens, Salesman).
    POV Staff 11 min read November 26, 2013 Documentary News Comments
  • Seven Reasons to Love Hot Docs
    Doc Soup Man Tom Roston reveals his favorite aspects of the 2013 Hot Docs Documentary Festival in Toronto, Canada.
    Tom Roston 6 min read May 6, 2013 Doc Soup Comments
  • “Tell Me Something” Features Advice From Fifty of the World's Best Documentary Filmmakers
    Doc Soup Man interviews Jessica Edwards, editor of "Tell me Something," an in-progress photography and creative advice book from fifty of the world's best documentary filmmakers.
    Tom Roston 5 min read March 18, 2013 Doc Soup Comments
  • A Message from Albert Maysles on the “Greatest” Documentary, “Grey Gardens”
    "I'm honored, and Big Edie and Little Edie would be too, that the public is so fond of them. Thank you POV fans for the appreciation."
    POV Staff 1 min read December 3, 2012 Documentary News Comments
  • Seven Mothers from Seven Mother's Day Documentaries
    In time for Mother's Day, Tom Roston presents a list of documentaries that celebrate motherhood in all its forms.
    Tom Roston 4 min read May 12, 2012 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Soup Man Presents: A Discussion of Branded Documentaries and Branded Documentarians
    Morgan Spurlock isn't the only documentarian who's crossed over into the commercial world. Did you know there's an agency that specializes in bringing that nonfiction touch to a 30-second spot?
    Tom Roston 5 min read April 30, 2012 Doc Soup Comments
  • Documentary Films? That's Entertainment!
    Documentaries have started to assert that they, like their Hollywood cousins, can be more than simply 'engaging.' Doc Soup Man Tom Roston says they can be entertaining diversions too.
    Tom Roston 9 min read April 3, 2012 Doc Soup Comments
  • Albert Maysles and Bradley Kaplan on the Post-9/11 Paul McCartney Doc 'The Love We Make'
    Legendary filmmaker Albert Maysles reflects on what led him to become a vérité filmmaker and connections between his new doc and the seminal Salesman.
    Adam Schartoff 7 min read November 14, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Soup: Werner Herzog: 'I am the director'
    Who is the director? Albert Maysles and Werner Herzog take two positions after DOC NYC's opening night premiere of Herzog's doc Into the Abyss.
    Tom Roston 3 min read November 3, 2011 Doc Soup Comments
  • A POV Intern Plays Mad Libs with Albert Maysles at the Cinema Eye Honors
    POV intern Alice Rhee is a sophomore at Oberlin College. This January, Alice is watching lots of documentaries and working with POV’s Interactive department on POV’s Web presence. She reports back from last week’s Cinema Eye Honors ceremony. Can you find a more fascinating group of people than documentary filmmakers? They are socially conscious, inspiring […]
    POV Guest Blogger 3 min read January 20, 2010 Documentary News Comments
  • “Congo in Harlem” Film Series and Events This Month in NYC
    I just got an email from the filmmakers of Lumo (POV 2007) that there will be films and events celebrating Congolese culture and raising awareness about the conflict at the Mayles Cinema in New York City all this month. Three of Lumo‘s producers — Louis Abelman, Lynn True and Nelson Walker — were involved with […]
    theresa 1 min read October 1, 2009 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Soup: The 10 Greatest Moments in Documentary Film, Part 2
    Finally — the post that you’ve all been waiting for: my top 5 greatest doc moments. You’ll note that POV’s Ruiyan wins an honorable mention for beating me to the punch in the comments section from last week, with her admiration for Harlan County, USA. What a moment, eh? I agree, and had ranked it […]
    Tom Roston 3 min read April 6, 2009 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Soup: Directors Who Doc
    There’s something that irks me when I see these giant full-page ads in The New York Times like the recent ones that have been promoting the Rolling Stones, Martin Scorsese, and the recent rock doc, Shine a Light. When big-time feature directors make docs, the amount of attention they get is just a little bit […]
    Tom Roston 3 min read April 14, 2008 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Soup: Telling the Truth in Film and in Print
    One of my favorite bands in the 1980s, Depeche Mode, used to sing: “get the balance right.” I might be the first person to quote David Gahan in defense of the mission of the nonfiction writer (what a way to hack at my own credibility), but that’s the state I’m in. I have always tried […]
    Tom Roston 3 min read March 21, 2008 Doc Soup Comments

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