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  • Helene Klodawsky's Malls R Us
    POV alum Helene Klodawsky has been busy at work since her film, No More Tears Sister aired on POV in 2006. Her fascinating new film, Malls R Us, screens at MoMA next week as part of the museum’s Canadian Front 2009 program. We asked her to answer a few questions about the film and about […]
    Ruiyan Xu 7 min read March 13, 2009 Documentary News Comments
  • Handicapping the 2009 Best Doc Oscar Winner
    Academy Award forecasting is such fun. I wish I could put together a chart with the various factors that I see determining the film with the best odds of winning the doc Oscar this year. Without a graphics department on my side, I’ll just mention the main variables: quality of film (yes, that matters!), popularity […]
    Tom Roston 3 min read February 20, 2009 Doc Soup Comments
  • Five Most Popular Web Features of the Year
    As we prepare to ring in the new year, we thought we’d take this opportunity to look back on the Web features that POV viewers liked most and to create a year-end list of our own. In 2008, the most popular features on the POV website were the ones that followed the characters featured in […]
    Ruiyan Xu 3 min read December 31, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Inheritance's James Moll Answers Viewer Questions
    James Moll is the director of Inheritance, which had its broadcast premiere on December 10. The film inspired many viewers to write in with questions and to share their thoughts about the film. Read on as he responds to some of the many questions and comments that have been submitted. James writes: Dear POV viewers, […]
    Catherine Jhee 7 min read December 19, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • 'Inheritance': Share Your Thoughts With Helen and Monika
    Many viewers have written in after seeing Inheritance asking how they can get in touch with Helen or Monika to express their encouragement and support. If you would like to send a note to Helen Jonas or to Monika Hertwig, please write your letter in the comments below and we will make sure that they […]
    Catherine Jhee 1 min read December 12, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Ask the Filmmaker: Inheritance's James Moll
    When Inheritance filmmaker James Moll was working on a film for the Schindler’s List DVD about Oskar Schindler’s survivors, he needed to obtain permission to use a photograph of Nazi commander Amon Goeth. The photograph was owned by Goeth’s daughter, Monika Hertwig, and when James called her at home in Germany, they began having a […]
    Ruiyan Xu 2 min read December 8, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • What's Your POV About 'Inheritance'
    Inheritance by James Moll is the last film of POV’s 2008 season, and it’s a stunner. It tells the story of Monika Hertwig, the daughter of mass murderer Amon Goeth, and her emotional meeting with Helen Jonas, one of her father’s victims during World War II. Inheritance airs on select PBS stations next Wednesday, December […]
    Ruiyan Xu 3 min read December 8, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Watch 'Inheritance' on POV
    Imagine watching Schindler’s List and knowing the sadistic Nazi camp commandant played by Ralph Fiennes was your father. Inheritance is the story of Monika Hertwig, the daughter of mass murderer Amon Goeth. Hertwig has spent her life in the shadow of her father’s sins, trying to come to terms with her “inheritance.” She seeks out […]
    Ruiyan Xu 2 min read December 3, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Soup: What Docs Would You Like to See?
    Am I wrong, or have most of us read something in the newspaper, or come up with an inspiration, and thought to ourselves, “Wow, that would make a great documentary!” In honor of the POV series that starts this week — an incredibly diverse slate that covers everything from a performance artist in Belarus (Belarusian […]
    Tom Roston 3 min read June 23, 2008 Doc Soup Comments
  • The DocAviv Film Festival
    POV executive director Simon Kilmurry attended DocAviv, a documentary film festival in Tel Aviv. He writes in with a report. DocAviv, Israel’s premiere documentary festival, wrapped up a remarkable 10th anniversary edition on April 12. I attended the festival for the first time this year, and had the pleasure of serving on the jury for […]
    Simon Kilmurry 6 min read April 14, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Roundup: Best Docs of 2007
    By all accounts, 2007 was a great year for American films. In addition to a slate of wildly acclaimed fictional films, a number of well regarded documentaries made their way into theaters. Unfortunately, most of those documentaries didn’t fare so well at the box office. However, some of them have made it onto “Best Of” […]
    Ruiyan Xu 3 min read January 3, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Roundup: December 20, 2007
    IN THEATERS A still from Steal a Pencil For Me The new documentary Steal a Pencil For Me, by Michàle Ohayon, promises to be a Holocaust story unlike any other you’ve seen. Jack and Ina Polak fell in love in a concentration camp in 1943. He was also married to someone else at the time. […]
    Ruiyan Xu 1 min read December 20, 2007 Documentary News Comments
  • Revolution '67 Screenings in Milwaukee This Week
    If you live in Milwaukee, you have two chances to catch Revolution ’67 (POV 2007) this week. Wednesday, 11/28 Milwaukee, WI 7:30 pm docUquarium, at the University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee in partnership with UWM’s Helen Bader School of Social Welfare will host a screening of Revolution ’67. Filmmakers Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno and Jerome Bongiorno will be in […]
    theresa 1 min read November 27, 2007 Documentary News Comments