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  • Our Ethical Dilemma / Nuestro Dilema Ético
    Filmmaker Pamela Yates finds out she got a scene in her film When the Mountains Tremble wrong, and returns to Guatemala to investigate. Read and watch in English and Spanish.
    Pamela Yates 12 min read December 17, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Congrats to the BRITDOC Impact Award Winners
    POV gives a huge round of applause to this year's BRITDOC Impact Award winners! The BRITDOC Impact Award celebrates documentary films that have made the greatest impact on society.
    POV Staff 3 min read November 20, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Upcoming Events
    This week, 7 different films are being screened in 7 cities throughout the US, with topics including autism, criminal justice, and the oil industry.
    POV Staff 2 min read October 10, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with POV Films
    September 15 - October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month! Celebrate and learn about Hispanic Heritage with POV films.
    POV Staff 1 min read September 18, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Commemorate Human Rights Day with POV Documentaries
    Explore POV films, resources for educators and web features around today's human rights issues to commemorate Human Rights Day.
    POV Staff 1 min read December 10, 2013 POV Films Blog Comments
  • POV Films Available for Streaming in September 2013
    POV is excited to announce the free streaming of many of its past films, including the 2013 Best Documentary Emmy nominee Nostalgia for the Light.
    POV Staff 4 min read September 10, 2013 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Upcoming POV Screenings
    Grab your coffee and Berger Cookies as 'Girl Model' screens in Baltimore and Seattle this upcoming week. Not in Baltimore or Seattle? Check out where else POV films will be showing.
    POV Staff 2 min read April 19, 2013 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Upcoming POV Screenings
    PBS stations, universities and community organizations are hosting screenings across the country over the next week. Check out our Local Events Map to find screenings near you.
    POV Staff 1 min read March 29, 2013 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Now Streaming: Girl Model, Scout's Honor, Granito, A Perfect Candidate, and 4 Shorts from the PBS Online Film Festival
    POV now has four great feature-length documentaries streaming for free on its website: Scout's Honor, Granito: How to Nail a Dictator, When the Mountains Tremble, and A Perfect Candidate.
    POV Staff 3 min read March 18, 2013 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Win Tickets to Watch POV Films at MoMA Documentary Fortnight
    The Museum of Modern Art is celebrating 25 years of POV with a special program, MoMA Selects: POV from Wednesday, Feb. 27 - Monday, March 4, 2013, as part of its Documentary Fortnight 2013 program.
    POV Staff 12 min read February 19, 2013 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Using a Film to Nail a Dictator
    Pamela Yates, director of Granito: How to Nail a Dictator, describes the way that her film was used as evidence to bring General Efraín Ríos Montt to trial for genocide in Guatemala.
    POV Staff 6 min read February 1, 2013 POV Films Blog Comments
  • 'Granito: How to Nail a Dictator' – The Critics Speak (Updated)
    Tonight, Granito: How to Nail a Dictator airs on POV. Read what the critics have to say about this gripping film.
    POV Staff 2 min read June 28, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Next on POV: 'Granito: How to Nail a Dictator'
    POV's 25th season of independent nonfiction on PBS continues with a film about how Pamela Yates’ 1983 documentary, When the Mountains Tremble, provided key evidence for a stunning milestone for justice.
    POV Staff 2 min read June 27, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Mobile Selects
    Download the PBS mobile video app for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch or Kindle Tablet and watch POV documentaries before they air on television!
    POV Staff 1 min read June 23, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Upcoming POV Documentary Screenings
    Community events continue across the country, including sneak preview screenings of our upcoming 25th anniversary season.
    POV Staff 1 min read May 25, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Preview POV's 25th Season
    Watch a video preview of the films coming up in the 2012 season of POV!
    POV Staff 0 min read May 17, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • 8 “Then and Now” Documentaries That Transcend Time
    The Up series, which has been following a group in seven-year intervals, has a new entry this month, 56 Up. Here are eight documentaries that take the "then and now" concept to new levels.
    Kapish Singla 7 min read May 17, 2012 Documentary News Comments
  • 4 Days, 53 Films – POV at SDFF 2012
    This year, The Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival highlights a wide array of independent documentaries, including five POV films.
    POV Staff 1 min read March 27, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments

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