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  • Regional Filmmakers With an International Footprint: 50 Years of Kartemquin Films
    Kartemquin Films co-founder Gordon Quinn shares the key to the Chicago production company's longevity.
    Tom Roston 5 min read August 18, 2016 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Memo: Political Scandal in 'Weiner', 2016 Docaviv Festival Winners
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 3 min read May 26, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Teaching Op-Docs: Helpful Resources
    Some key resources, both online and in print, that helped develop materials for The New York Times Op-Docs curriculum.
    Heather McIntosh 3 min read August 19, 2015 Documentary Site Comments
  • Announcing the POV Hackathon 9 Participants' Choice Award Winners…
    In Your Own Words: Understanding The Troubles wins the POV Hackathon 9 Participants' Choice Award -- voted on by all team members at Chicago Innovation Exchange on August 16, 2015. See all the projects and prototypes, coming soon to the POV Blog.
    POV Staff 1 min read August 16, 2015 Documentary News Comments
  • Justine Nagan Appointed Executive Director/Executive Producer of American Documentary | POV
    Justine Nagan has been named executive director of American Documentary, Inc. (AmDoc) and executive producer of POV (Point of View), its award-winning documentary series on PBS, the AmDoc board of directors announced today.
    POV Pressroom 7 min read August 11, 2015 Press Room Comments
  • Watching Kartemquin Films
    Kartemquin Films has a strong Chicago connection, and many of its documentaries are about the city and its people in some way.
    Heather McIntosh 3 min read February 18, 2015 Documentary Site Comments
  • Listening Tour Kicks Off in San Francisco: A Report
    A report back from "Independent Film on PBS: A National Listening Tour" in partnership with ITVS, POV, Independent Lens, and WNET from San Francisco. The next event will be on February 23, 2015 in New York City.
    POV Staff 2 min read January 27, 2015 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Sundance 2014: StoryCorps Dispatches from Park City
    StoryCorps dispatches from the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on all things animation & documentary.
    POV Staff 6 min read January 24, 2014 Documentary News Comments
  • “Propaganda” Is the Wrong Word to Describe Kartemquin Films
    Heather McIntosh weighs in on the denying of of Kartemquin's tax exemption because of the claims of its "making a selling of propaganda DVDs."
    Heather McIntosh 3 min read April 16, 2013 Documentary News Comments
  • Now Available for Streaming: In the Family
    'In the Family' will be available for free streaming on the POV website from April 15, 2013 through May 15, 2013.
    POV Staff 1 min read April 15, 2013 POV Films Blog Comments
  • A Visit to Kartemquin Films: Uncovering a Documentary Technology Trove
    Some of the older filmmaking technologies in use and in storage at Kartemquin represent important markers in documentary production history.
    Heather McIntosh 4 min read October 10, 2012 Documentary News Comments
  • A Visit to Kartemquin Films: An Inside Look at a Corner Documentary Production Studio
    This post is the first in a series about my visit to the documentary production powerhouse Kartemquin Films.
    Heather McIntosh 5 min read September 19, 2012 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc U: The Future of Docs on PBS
    Simon Kilmurry, Executive Producer of American Documentary | POV, will be participating in the "Doc U: The Future of Docs on PBS" panel hosted by the International Documentary Association (IDA) on May 10th.
    POV Staff 0 min read May 7, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Toward a Cultural Institution Dedicated to Documentary
    Heather McIntosh provides a survey of organizations whose relationship to the documentary form, or dedication to the form have helped shape and promote the genre.
    Heather McIntosh 6 min read January 31, 2012 Documentary News Comments
  • A Holiday Gift Guide for Documentary Fans and Documentarians
    Watch, Make, Learn! This year give the gift of documentaries. For once, we mean it literally!
    POV Staff 10 min read December 9, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • A Conversation with Steve James, Director of 'The Interrupters'
    James discusses the film, his multi-award-winning Hoop Dreams and what he's learned from following film subjects over years.
    Adam Schartoff 8 min read July 30, 2011 Documentary News Comments