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  • Upcoming POV Screenings
    Check out the great lineup of POV films being screened across the country this week! Don’t forget to visit our local events calendar for a full list of events.
    POV Staff 2 min read September 26, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Documentary Filmmakers: You Call That A Trailer?
    What's the deal with documentary trailers? Tom Roston considers some of the best and most disappointing doc trailers he's seen and wonders if they're a marketing tool finally on the upswing in the documentary world.
    Tom Roston 6 min read January 27, 2014 Doc Soup Comments
  • Watch the POV Documentary 'Armadillo' Online Starting November 9, 2013 (For Free!)
    Armadillo is available for streaming free on POV from November 9, 2013 through December 8, 2013.
    POV Staff 1 min read November 9, 2013 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Emmy 2012: Watch the Award-Winning POV Films – Free!
    Looking to watch some of the best documentaries from the past year? For a limited time, we're streaming the four documentaries that won 2012 Emmy Awards, including Best Documentary Last Train Home.
    POV Staff 3 min read October 2, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Emmy 2012: Watch Four Best Documentary Nominees Now Streaming on POV!
    Good news doc lovers! POV is pleased to announce streaming of many of its documentaries up for Emmy awards this year, including the four POV films that are up for Best Documentary!
    POV Staff 2 min read September 24, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • POV Films Garner A Record 16 Emmy Nominations!
    We are humbled this morning to have received a record 16 nominations in the 33rd News and Documentary Emmy Awards, including four nominations for Best Documentary.
    POV Staff 2 min read July 12, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Upcoming POV Community Screenings Commemorate Veterans Day
    POV community partners honor Veterans Day with screenings of the documentaries Where Soldiers Come From, Armadillo and The Way We Get By.
    Jamie Dobie 3 min read November 4, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Upcoming POV Community Screenings
    POV is bringing documentaries including 'Steam of Life,' 'Armadillo,' 'Sweetgrass' and 'Calavera Highway' to communities across the country this weekend, with post-screening Q&As and discussions about critical social issues.
    Jamie Dobie 2 min read September 16, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Broadcast of 'Armadillo' Prompts Reactions to War in Afghanistan
    Each Friday, we share a selection of comments relating to the week's documentary broadcast. This week, viewers watched Armadillo, the Danish war documentary that sparked controversy about the Afghanistan war in its home country.
    POV Staff 2 min read September 2, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Journalist Matthieu Aikins Responds to 'Armadillo'
    Matthieu Aikins is a journalist whose writing on Afghanistan has appeared in Harper's, the Guardian, the Walrus, and other publications. He splits his time between Kabul and New York.
    POV Guest Blogger 3 min read August 30, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • What Critics Are Saying About 'Armadillo' – Watch It Tonight!
    The critics are buzzing about Armadillo, the Danish war documentary that sparked controversy about the war in Afghanistan in its home country.
    Sean Holmquest 2 min read August 30, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Soup: What 'Armadillo,' 'The Tillman Story' and 'Restrepo' Teach Us
    POV's Doc Soup Man, Tom Roston, revisits three recent documentaries about war.
    Tom Roston 4 min read August 29, 2011 Doc Soup Comments
  • Next on POV: 'Armadillo'
    POV's 24th season on PBS continues Tuesday, August 30, 2011, with the U.S. broadcast premiere of the Cannes Critics' Week Grand Prix winner Armadillo, one of the most dramatic and candid accounts of combat to come out of Afghanistan.
    POV Staff 2 min read August 26, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Upcoming POV Community Screenings
    As POV gears up for an exciting fall lineup of documentary films, community partners across the country are gearing up for another week of exciting screenings — all free and open to the public!
    Jamie Dobie 2 min read August 26, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Catch a Sneak Peek of the Upcoming Season of POV!
    Celebrating its 24th season on PBS in 2011, POV features the work of the best independent documentary filmmakers from America and around the world. This season, POV films examine such diverse topics as the last generation of children to grow up behind the “Iron Curtain” of the USSR, the lives of soldiers before, during and […]
    POV Staff 1 min read May 26, 2011 Documentary News Comments