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  • Emmy 2012: Watch Best Documentary Emmy Nominee 'Last Train Home'
    Last Train Home takes viewers on a heart-stopping journey with the Zhangs, a couple who left infant children behind for factory jobs 16 years ago, hoping their wages would lift their children to a better life. Watch now!
    POV Staff 1 min read September 26, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Doc Soup: Analyzing the Economic Meltdown
    Last October, I railed about how there was a dearth of doc filmmakers tackling the current economic meltdown, pointing out that the usually on-the-ball PBS Frontline series wasn’t stepping into the void. Well, they finally answered the call a couple of weeks ago. And boy, did they present a grim picture. I found Frontline’s “Inside […]
    Tom Roston 2 min read March 2, 2009 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Soup: Where Are the Docs on the Economy?
    With our global economy tanking and everyone peering gloomily forward to a multi-year recession that has us asking, “How could we let this happen?” I figure it’s time to give credit where credit (pun intended) is due in the doc world. Who grabbed that Wall Street bull (ok, no more puns from here on) by […]
    Tom Roston 3 min read October 27, 2008 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Soup: The Audacity of Hope
    Maybe it’s the Obama campaign, but the activist in me is coming out and I’ve got something I’m fired up about. I have to admit, it’s not entirely a selfless cause. It’s something that could have great political impact, but, just as important, it’s something that could make us all laugh. And I think we […]
    Tom Roston 2 min read October 13, 2008 Doc Soup Comments
  • 'Freakonomics' Documentary in the Works
    According to Variety, the best-selling book, Freakonomics, is being adapted into a documentary that will begin shooting in January for release next summer. POV alums Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing (Boys of Baraka, POV 2006), Laura Poitras (My Country, My Country, POV 2006), and noted filmmakers Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me), Alex Gibney (Enron: The […]
    theresa 2 min read December 7, 2007 Documentary News Comments