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  • How the 2018 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Hits America's Nonfiction Sweet Spot
    The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is in its 21st year, and it's hitting America's nonfiction sweet spot.
    Tom Roston 8 min read April 3, 2018 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Memo: Nelson Mandela International Day, Emmys Upstage Oscars in Diversity
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 2 min read July 18, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • The Real Subjects, Real People, Real Experiences at Full Frame 2016
    Doc Soup Man's biggest takeaway from Full Frame? Documentary honesty.
    Tom Roston 3 min read April 11, 2016 Doc Soup Comments
  • We the Economy
    This new online documentary series is striving to explain the economy through 20 short films.
    Heather McIntosh 2 min read October 30, 2014 Documentary Site Comments
  • Do Documentary Filmmakers Deserve Screenwriting Credit?
    Documentarians write while preparing a film and editing it, but there's little writing that makes it into many kinds of nonfiction. What do you think?
    Tom Roston 2 min read August 24, 2012 Doc Soup Comments
  • Oscar 2012: Predicting the Documentary Winners
    Who will win? Doc Soup Man has picked it for four years running. But this year, he says, is one of the closest races in years.
    Tom Roston 5 min read February 22, 2012 Doc Soup Comments
  • With New Documentary Requirements, Oscar Is Just Being Oscar
    Heather McIntosh talks with Michael Moore about the new process for documentary Oscar eligibility, and rounds up the flurry of commentary about the changes in the film press.
    Heather McIntosh 7 min read January 11, 2012 Documentary News Comments
  • Documentary Year in Review Countdown #1: The West Memphis 3, Subjects of the 'Paradise Lost' Documentary Series, Are Set Free
    POV is counting down the top documentary stories of 2011 on New Year's Eve 2012.
    Emily Thomas 2 min read December 31, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Soup: The 10 Most Unforgettable Moments in Documentary History
    Independent journalist Tom Roston checks in with a list of moments that remind us why we love documentaries. What would top your list?
    Tom Roston 6 min read November 5, 2011 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Soup: A Documentary Dispatch from the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival
    Doc Soup Man Tom Roston recaps the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and previews films you can hope to see in theaters in the coming months.
    Tom Roston 4 min read September 19, 2011 Doc Soup Comments
  • The Fate of Documentary?
    In a response to a New York Press essay about the current state of documentaries, guest blogger Heather McIntosh of Documentary Site offers a second view, that documentaries are thriving and always have.
    Heather McIntosh 8 min read August 23, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Weekly Roundup: POV's 2010 Season and the Court Decision on 'Crude'
    The POV office has been busy over the past few weeks as we get ready to kick off our 23rd season on June 22, 2010! Here’s a roundup of news about POV films and from around the documentary world. Getafilm Blog previews the 2010 POV season and says that through the series, “nearly every week […]
    Ruiyan Xu 2 min read May 14, 2010 Documentary News Comments