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  • High Tech, Low Life: Live Chat with Filmmaker Stephen Maing and Subject Zola
    Join the #docchat Twitter chat with High Tech Low Life director Stephen Maing on Tuesday, July 23 from 5-7 PM ET (2-4 PM PT).
    POV Staff 2 min read July 17, 2013 POV Films Blog Comments
  • M-Team from “New Muslim Cool” on the Today Show This Sunday
    M-Team, the rap group consisting of Hamza Perez and his brother Suliman seen in New Muslim Cool, are performing on NBC’s Today Show on Sunday morning at 8 AM. Don’t forget to set your DVRs! You can listen to 2 tracks from M-Team, as well as other music from and inspired by New Muslim Cool, […]
    Ruiyan Xu 1 min read July 31, 2009 Documentary News Comments
  • Inheritance's James Moll Answers Viewer Questions
    James Moll is the director of Inheritance, which had its broadcast premiere on December 10. The film inspired many viewers to write in with questions and to share their thoughts about the film. Read on as he responds to some of the many questions and comments that have been submitted. James writes: Dear POV viewers, […]
    Catherine Jhee 7 min read December 19, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Ask the Filmmaker: Inheritance's James Moll
    When Inheritance filmmaker James Moll was working on a film for the Schindler’s List DVD about Oskar Schindler’s survivors, he needed to obtain permission to use a photograph of Nazi commander Amon Goeth. The photograph was owned by Goeth’s daughter, Monika Hertwig, and when James called her at home in Germany, they began having a […]
    Ruiyan Xu 2 min read December 8, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Soldiers of Conscience's Gary Weimberg Answers Viewer Questions
    Gary Weimberg and Catherine Ryan produced and directed Soldiers of Conscience, which had its broadcast premiere on PBS on October 16 — but if you missed the broadcast, the full film is available online through November 30. Last month, Gary participated in a live chat hosted by PBS Engage and answered viewer questions online. Time […]
    Catherine Jhee 7 min read November 7, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Up the Yangtze's Yung Chang Answers Viewer Questions
    Yung Chang is the director of Up the Yangtze, which aired on POV on October 8, 2008. After the broadcast, many viewers wrote with questions for Yung. Read on for Yung’s responses to some of the questions he received. Loree asks: You must have made a deep emotional connection with all the people in your […]
    Ruiyan Xu 4 min read October 22, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Critical Condition's Roger Weisberg Answers Viewer Questions
    Roger Weisberg is the director of Critical Condition, which aired on POV on September 30, 2008 and is streaming in its entirety online until November 11, 2008. After the broadcast, many viewers wrote with questions for Roger. Read on for Weisberg’s responses to some of the questions he received. Margo asks: What can I and […]
    Ruiyan Xu 7 min read October 21, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Ask the Filmmakers: Soldiers of Conscience's Catherine Ryan and Gary Weimberg
    With Soldiers of Conscience, filmmakers Catherine Ryan and Gary Weimberg confront the question of what it means for a person to kill another human being. As told through the eyes of both active military personnel and conscientious objectors, the film presents a dramatic window on the dilemma facing individual U.S. soldiers in the current Iraq […]
    Ruiyan Xu 2 min read October 14, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Ask the Filmmaker: Up the Yangtze's Yung Chang
    Up the Yangtze takes a close look at the effects of the construction of China’s Three Gorges Dam, which is altering the landscape and the lives of people living along the fabled Yangtze River. Filmmaker Yung Chang shows us both the bigger picture — the transformation of the river by the biggest hydroelectric dam in […]
    Ruiyan Xu 2 min read October 6, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Ask the Filmmaker: Critical Condition's Roger Weisberg
    Veteran filmmaker Roger Weisberg, who also made the 2006 POV film Waging a Living, turns his lens on uninsured Americans in Critical Condition to give us a powerful, eye-opening look at the health care crisis in America. In an election season in which health care reform has become one of the nation’s most hotly debated […]
    Ruiyan Xu 2 min read September 29, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Ask the Filmmaker: In the Family's Joanna Rudnick
    When Chicago filmmaker Joanna Rudnick tested positive for the “breast cancer gene” at age 27, she set out to make In the Family. Although she had no intention of “starring” in her own movie, she couldn’t find a young, unmarried woman with the mutation who hadn’t had surgery and was willing to be filmed. Joanna […]
    Ruiyan Xu 2 min read September 24, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Ask the Filmmakers: Calavera Highway's Renee Tajima-Peña and Evangeline Griego
    For her film Calavera Highway, filmmaker Renee Tajima-Peña turned her camera to her husband Armando and the rest of his family as they deal with the death of their mother, Rosa, and their complicated family history. Her co-filmmaker, Evangeline Griego, collaborated with her, and they filmed Armando and his brother Carlos on a journey across […]
    Ruiyan Xu 2 min read September 12, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • The Judge and the General's Elizabeth Farnsworth Answers Viewer Questions
    Elizabeth Farnsworth, along with Patricio Lanfranco, directed The Judge and the General. After the film aired on POV, viewers wrote in with questions. Read on for Elizabeth’s responses. Sarah asks: To what extent do you believe that the members of the Chilean military were aware of what was going on during Pinochet’s reign, in terms […]
    Ruiyan Xu 3 min read August 27, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Ask the Filmmakers: The Judge and the General's Elizabeth Farnsworth and Patricio Lanfranco
    The Judge and the General filmmaker Patricio Lanfranco was 19 years old when General Augusto Pinochet overthrew the democratically elected Chilean president Salvadore Allende in 1973. His co-director, Elizabeth Farnsworth, had spent time filming in Chile in 1970, and some of the people she had met there were killed in the coup. Elizabeth and Patricio […]
    Ruiyan Xu 2 min read August 16, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • 9 Star Hotel's Ido Haar Answers Viewer Questions
    Ido Haar is the director of 9 Star Hotel. After the film aired on POV, viewers wrote in with questions for Ido. Read on for his responses. Allen asks: Thanks for the film. I found similarities between the Palestinian men and Mexican migrant workers in America. Is this something you thought about as you were […]
    Ruiyan Xu 3 min read August 7, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Ask the Filmmaker: Campaign's Kazuhiro Soda
    Filmmaker Kazuhiro Soda was born and raised in Japan. While attending the University of Tokyo, he met and befriended Yamauchi Kazuhiko, or “Yama-san.” Almost twenty years later, Kazuhiro was surprised to find out that his old friend was running for a critical city council seat in the city of Kawasaki as part of the Liberal […]
    Ruiyan Xu 2 min read July 29, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • The Last Conquistador's John Valadez Answers Viewer Questions
    John Valadez, along with Cristina Ibarra, is the co-director of The Last Conquistador. After the film aired on July 15, viewers wrote in with questions for John and Cristina on the POV Blog. Read on as John answers questions about John Houser, handling angry reactions from viewers and what’s happening in El Paso now. Anne […]
    Ruiyan Xu 5 min read July 28, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Election Day's Katy Chevigny Answers Viewer Questions
    Katy Chevigny is the director of Election Day. After the film aired on POV, viewers wrote in with questions for Katy on the POV Blog. Read on as she answers questions about Nader and Gore in 2000, Ohio in 2004 and more. Mit asks: In the 2000 election, a lot of people blamed Nader for […]
    Ruiyan Xu 4 min read July 8, 2008 Documentary News Comments