 Close
Follow

Blog Columns

  • Documentary News
  • POV Films Blog
  • Doc Soup
  • Press Room
  • Documentary Site
  • Story Doctor

Recent Posts

  • Featured Event: 'QUEST' film screening with Company One and ZUMIX
  • PRESS RELEASE: Hasidic Women Upend Tradition by Forming An All-Female EMT Corps in ‘93QUEEN,’ Airing September 17, 2018 on POV
  • PRESS RELEASE: Voices of the Sea | Contradictions of Love and Freedom in Cuban Love Story
  • Critical Acclaim for 'Whose Streets?'
  • Featured Event: 'Whose Streets?' Screening and Discussion at St. Louis' Public Media Commons
POV's Documentary Blog



cara mertes
  • 4 Tips to Making a Successful Documentary Series: Former EP Cara Mertes on POV's 30th Anniversary
    What makes a successful television documentary series? Cara Mertes gives us some tips as part of our blog's ongoing series of former EPs reflecting on 30 years.
    POV Staff 10 min read January 11, 2018 Documentary News Comments
  • Tabitha Jackson Shifts Sundance Institute's Documentary Focus Towards Aesthetics
    Doc Soup Man talks with Sundance Institute's documentary program director, Tabitha Jackson, who says she wants make sure "that the doors are opened more widely" for artistic expression in documentary filmmaking.
    Tom Roston 6 min read November 19, 2014 Doc Soup Comments
  • Ron Simon on Curating Paley DocFest 2012 and the Impact of Political Documentaries in an Election Year
    Ron Simon tells POV how he curates New York City's Paley DocFest, which this year features a handful of politically themes documentaries timed to the November elections.
    Adam Schartoff 7 min read October 9, 2012 Documentary News Comments
  • Lixin Fan Screens 'Last Train Home' in Wuhan, China
    Last week, filmmaker Lixin Fan participated in the Sundance Institute's Film Forward China program screening his film "Last Train Home" and serving as an advisor for the Documentary Workshops with CNEX in Beijing.
    theresa 2 min read May 3, 2011 Documentary News Comments