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  • PRESS RELEASE: Nowhere to Hide | Caught in the Crossfire, an Iraqi Family Remains Determined to Rebuild
    Fifteen years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Kurdish-Norwegian filmmaker Zaradasht Ahmed returns to his birth country and heads into one of the world’s most dangerous areas, the “Triangle of Death” in central Iraq.
    POV Pressroom 7 min read July 24, 2018 Press Room
  • Five Films for Father's Day
    Celebrate Father's Day with these five POV films about fatherhood and parenting.
    POV Staff 4 min read June 9, 2017 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Featured Event: Panhandle PBS and Amarillo Public Library Presents: 'Thank You for Playing'
    Join Panhandle PBS and Amarillo Public Library for a free screening of "Thank You for Playing," as part of AMA-CON 2016. For more information please call (806) 371-5222.
    POV Staff 1 min read July 15, 2016 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Upcoming Events
    As many look forward to celebrating holidays with friends and families, you can share intimate stories from families around the world with those in your community. Host your own screening in December!
    POV Staff 2 min read October 31, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Doc Soup: 'Stories We Tell' Heads to Theaters
    Tom Roston reflects on Sarah Polley's 'Stories We Tell' after a first weekend of box office success.
    Tom Roston 3 min read May 13, 2013 Doc Soup Comments
  • Watch StoryCorps: Sundays at Rocco's
    Watch StoryCorps: Sundays at Rocco's: Nicholas Petron remembers family dinners at his grandfather's place and how everything changed when the city made new plans for their neighborhood.
    POV Staff 0 min read November 15, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Director Jonathan Caouette on 'Walk Away Renee'
    Tom Roston talks with Jonathan Caouette, director of 2004's lo-fi phenom, Tarnation, about his new documentary, Walk Away Renee.
    Tom Roston 9 min read June 26, 2012 Doc Soup Comments
  • Five Films That Inspired Jennifer Fox's My Reincarnation
    While researching My Reincarnation, filmmaker Jennifer Fox looked for both films about Tibetan Buddhism (of which there are few) and other films from around the world with similar themes.
    POV Staff 7 min read June 18, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • My Reincarnation Now Playing in 30 Cities Across the United States
    Check out the screening dates, spread the word to your loved ones (it's a story worth spreading) and let the film inspire you.
    POV Staff 2 min read December 23, 2011 POV Films Blog Comments
  • POV Viewers Get Last Word on 'Last Train Home' and the Impact of Rapid Economic Development in China
    Each Friday, we share a selection of comments relating to the week's documentary broadcast. This week, viewers watched Last Train Home, 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.
    Emily Thomas 3 min read September 30, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • This is My Family – Announcing the Judges
    We are excited to announce our This is My Family jury members — journalists, filmmakers, songwriters and adoption experts including CNN’s Soledad O’Brien, Dr. Jane Aronson, Zara Phillips and Phil Bertelsen to name just a few. Check out the full list here: This Is My Family: The Jury. This is your chance to dig into […]
    POV Staff 1 min read November 1, 2010 Documentary News Comments
  • This is My Family – Defining Family
    We were excited this week to see the launch of This is My Family pull in our first video submissions. The range of style was as eclectic as the perspectives and individuals posting the videos. Already we have children of LGBTQ parents, extended-family-families, foster families, adoptive parents, adoptees — singing songs, recording from their computer’s […]
    POV Staff 1 min read October 7, 2010 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Soup: Adopting Parenthood
    Normally with this blog, I like to approach the form, aesthetics, politics and/or cultural context of the documentaries I write about, but for this week’s POV airing of Wo Ai Ni (I Love You) Mommy, I find myself thinking about just the content. It’s no doubt because I recently experienced the birth of my second […]
    Tom Roston 3 min read August 30, 2010 Doc Soup Comments
  • Up the Yangtze – An Update from China
    In 2008, POV aired Up the Yangtze, which told the story of the Yu family as the Three Gorges Dam project in China changed their lives. Filmmaker Yung Chang revisited the Yu family in the summer of 2010. He shares some pictures and updates from the family. Dear Friends, I took some time off from […]
    POV Guest Blogger 3 min read August 12, 2010 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Soup: All in the Family
    This week, POV’s 2010 season kicks off with the great documentary William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe (Check local listings). I think it’s just perfect that the season begins with a grainy home video of two young girls, Kunstler’s daughters Emily and Sarah, who are also the directors of the film, as they interview their famous […]
    Tom Roston 3 min read June 21, 2010 Doc Soup Comments