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  • POV Films Win Two News & Documentary Emmy Awards
    'After Tiller' Takes Top Trophy for Best Documentary, 'When I Walk' Wins Outstanding Informational Programming — Long Form
    POV Pressroom 7 min read September 30, 2015 Press Room Comments
  • Teaching Op-Docs: Starting with the Big Questions
    For a junior-level course this semester, I am using The New York Times's Op-Doc series as a model for talking about journalism, documentary, and online video.
    Heather McIntosh 4 min read February 3, 2015 Documentary Site Comments
  • Critics Are Raving About “When I Walk” and You Can Watch It Free Here!
    Read what critics have been saying about POV's season premiere, the documentary When I Walk, then watch it free right now on the POV website or mobile apps!
    POV Staff 2 min read July 3, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Viewers Respond to 'When I Walk' – Watch Free Online Until July 23, 2014!
    See what viewers have been saying about When I Walk, streaming free on POV's website until July 23, 2014.
    POV Staff 2 min read June 24, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • 'When I Walk' at the 2014 Northside Festival
    POV intern Amanda Brzezowski reports back from the When I Walk screening and Q&A at the Northside Film Festival. Hear what filmmakers and subjects Jason DaSilva and Alice Cook, and executive producer Yael Melamede, had to say about making the film.
    POV Staff 3 min read June 24, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Let Me Tell You About My Affliction
    When I Walk, a documentary about filmmaker Jason DaSilva's struggle with multiple sclerosis, falls into a powerfully intimate category of documentary in which the director tells the story of his or her own affliction.
    Tom Roston 2 min read June 23, 2014 Doc Soup Comments
  • Next on POV: When I Walk
    Jason DaSilva was 25 years old and a rising independent filmmaker when a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis changed everything — and inspired him to make another film. When I Walk premieres Monday, June 23, 2014, on PBS stations.
    POV Staff 2 min read June 19, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • #docchat: Join a Twitter Chat with 'When I Walk' Filmmakers Jason DaSilva & Alice Cook
    A diagnosis of multiple sclerosis didn't stop Jason DaSilva from making When I Walk. Join a chat with DaSilva and special guests. Tuesday, June 24, 2014, from 7-9 PM ET (4-6 PM PT).
    POV Staff 2 min read June 16, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Coming Soon to POV: When I Walk
    Jason DaSilva was 25 years old and a rising independent filmmaker when a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis changed everything — and inspired him to make another film. When I Walk premieres Monday, June 23, 2014, on PBS stations.
    POV Staff 1 min read June 4, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments