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  • How It All Began: POV Founder Marc Weiss Talks About The Series' Beginning
    POV's founder and first executive producer Marc Weiss writes about the hopes and challenges of creating an entire television series dedicated to independent documentaries.
    POV Staff 9 min read December 14, 2017 Documentary News Comments
  • Albert Maysles: Conjurer of Real Life
    Pioneering filmmaker Albert Maysles passed away earlier this year at the age of 88. POV's series creator Marc Weiss remembers Maysles for his profound influence on him and generations of documentarians.
    Marc N. Weiss 4 min read May 26, 2015 Documentary News Comments
  • POV Reimagines the Documentary – Again
    Cross-posted from Knight Blog, the blog of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Since its earliest days, POV has been an exercise in bridging independent voices and the public by offering new tools and technology for storytelling and engagement.
    POV Staff 4 min read April 10, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Ron Simon on Curating Paley DocFest 2012 and the Impact of Political Documentaries in an Election Year
    Ron Simon tells POV how he curates New York City's Paley DocFest, which this year features a handful of politically themes documentaries timed to the November elections.
    Adam Schartoff 7 min read October 9, 2012 Documentary News Comments
  • POV's 25th Anniversary
    In 2012, POV celebrates 25 years of broadcasting on PBS!
    POV Staff 3 min read June 21, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • An Independent in Wonderland
    In 1988, Documentary Magazine featured an article written by Marc Weiss, POV's series creator and then executive producer, during POV's first year on PBS. Read what he had to say about getting the series off the ground and on public broadcasting.
    POV Staff 8 min read June 14, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Links and Events – June 2009
    The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival returns to The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater starting June 11. The festival opens with a special presentation of The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court by Paco de Onís, Peter Kinoy and Pamela Yates (POV 2009) on June 12 which will be […]
    Ruiyan Xu 3 min read June 10, 2009 Documentary News Comments