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  • Doc Memo: Dad Creates Documentary for Son, What VR Is and Is Not
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 3 min read June 20, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Memo: 10 + 10: Documentaries of Impact and Photography
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 2 min read May 16, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • #365Docs: Blackfish (5/365)
    I'm watching 365 documentaries and writing about each one in 2014. Tweet your suggestions to @documentarysite.
    Heather McIntosh 2 min read February 16, 2014 Documentary Site Comments
  • When Will the Women of the Documentary World Get Their Due?
    Of the Oscar-nominated documentaries this year, only one is directed by a woman (Jehane Noujaim, of The Square).
    Tom Roston 5 min read February 4, 2014 Doc Soup Comments
  • Sundance 2014: Five Major Documentary Takeaways
    Doc Soup Man Tom Roston shares the biggest documentary news from the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.
    Tom Roston 6 min read January 24, 2014 Doc Soup Comments
  • Impressions on the 2014 Oscar Best Documentary Nominees and Snubs
    Doc Soup Man Tom Roston gives his impressions on today's Best Documentary Academy Award Nominations and snubs
    Tom Roston 2 min read January 16, 2014 Doc Soup Comments
  • Predicting the Oscars' Best Documentary Nominees
    Doc Soup Man Tom Roston predicts this year's Oscar nominations for Best Documentary. He's been on target before... will he get it right again?
    Tom Roston 4 min read January 15, 2014 Doc Soup Comments
  • Inspired by a Magazine Article (But Works Better on a Big Screen)
    Doc Soup Man Tom Roston asks the question "Have you wondered where magazine stories end and documentaries begin?"
    Tom Roston 4 min read July 19, 2013 Doc Soup Comments
  • Hot Docs 2013: Preview
    Doc Soup Man gives a preview of the documentaries that are on his must see list as he heads to Hot Docs this week.
    Tom Roston 6 min read April 24, 2013 Doc Soup Comments
  • CNN Films Jumps Into Documentary Fray with Spurlock, Rossi, Bourdain, and More
    A look at the new CNN Films banner and some of the documentary and nonfiction programming it will offer.
    Heather McIntosh 3 min read January 28, 2013 Documentary News Comments
  • Sundance 2013: Blood Brother Finishes Strong Winning Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize
    Sundance closed with a bang this weekend, at least for Blood Brother. Will the wins be enough to secure distribution?
    Tom Roston 4 min read January 28, 2013 Doc Soup Comments
  • Sundance 2013: Senior Programmer Caroline Libresco
    Part 2 of 2: Tom Roston interviews Sundance Film Festival Senior Programmers David Courier and Caroline Libresco about documentaries to watch out for at this year's festival, which begins today.
    Tom Roston 4 min read January 18, 2013 Doc Soup Comments