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  • 'Bully' Director Lee Hirsch on How Filmmakers Could Respond to a President Trump
    A textbook grade-school bully now wields the power of the most powerful bully pulpit. If you are also trying to put the pieces back together post-election, I think a good place to start is with Lee Hirsch, director of Bully.
    Tom Roston 4 min read November 23, 2016 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Memo: Gang Life on The Reservation, The Fate of a Short-Form Miniseries
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 3 min read July 25, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Hot Docs 2013: “Caucus”
    Tom Roston gives his review of "Caucus," a documentary premiered at Hot Docs this year which follows the 2012 Republican campaign trail through Iowa.
    Tom Roston 4 min read May 2, 2013 Doc Soup Comments
  • Join a Social Screening of 'The Barber of Birmingham' with Filmmaker Robin Fryday
    Watch the Oscar-nominated short film online and ask the director. Tuesday, October 16, 2012, at 4PM ET (1PM PT).
    POV Staff 8 min read October 15, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Obama Enters the 2012 Election with 'The Road We've Traveled,' a Documentary by Davis Guggenheim
    Election-year ads are often naïve and clumsy, dogmatic and jingoistic. David Guggenheim’s 17-minute The Road We've Traveled, created for President Obama's re-election campaign, is quite a different animal.
    Tom Roston 3 min read March 20, 2012 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Soup: What Can We Learn About an Election From Docs?
    Independent journalist Tom Roston checks in and writes about the world of documentaries in his column, Doc Soup. Well, it’s election week and certainly in my lifetime, it’s never felt like more was stake. I know a lot of people are already getting ready to celebrate an Obama victory, but I’m not. Nothing, in my […]
    Tom Roston 3 min read November 3, 2008 Doc Soup Comments
  • Watch 'Election Day' on the POV website
    Next Tuesday, November 4, 2008, millions of voters across America will take to the polls and cast their ballots to determine the next president of the United States. When you’re in the voting booth, and the curtains are closed, you’ll be making an important contribution to American democracy and making your voice heard. But are […]
    Ruiyan Xu 3 min read October 28, 2008 Documentary News Comments