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  • POV Announces Documentary Lineup for Its 25th Season on PBS
    This year on POV, you'll see remarkable individuals challenging authority and their own limitations to indict a dictator, keep investigative journalism alive, rebuild after Katrina and find strength in love.
    POV Staff 12 min read March 22, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • POV Viewers Cheer for 'Racing Dreams'
    A quick roundup of some of the reactions viewers have had to Marshall Curry's Racing Dreams.
    POV Staff 2 min read March 2, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Watch 'Racing Dreams' Online (for a Limited Time!)
    Racing Dreams, the winner of the Best Documentary Feature Award at the Tribeca Film Festival, is streaming for a limited time on POV's website.
    POV Staff 1 min read February 24, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Ask Director Marshall Curry and Driver Annabeth Barnes About 'Racing Dreams'
    On Friday, February 24, 2012, at 2 PM ET, director Marshall Curry and driver Annabeth Barnes are taking questions from viewers about the documentary Racing Dreams.
    POV Staff 0 min read February 24, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Next on POV: 'Racing Dreams'
    Drivers, start your engines! POV presents the broadcast premiere of Marshall Curry's Racing Dreams, a film that follows three elite "tween" go-kart racers as they dream of NASCAR fame.
    POV Staff 2 min read February 22, 2012 POV Films Blog 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
  • Oscar 2012: Watch 'If a Tree Falls' Online at POV, Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Feature
    The Oscar®-nominated documentary If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (POV 2011) is streaming for a limited time on POV's website.
    POV Staff 1 min read February 22, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Critical Acclaim for 'Racing Dreams' – Airs 2/23 on PBS
    Read what critics have to say about Racing Dreams, a documentary that chronicles a year in the life of three tweens who dream of becoming NASCAR drivers.
    POV Staff 3 min read February 20, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Oscar 2012: Best Feature Documentary Nominees List Includes 'If a Tree Falls'
    The Academy has announced its nominees for 2011's Best Documentary Feature and Documentary Short Subject, which includes two POV films: If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front and The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement.
    POV Staff 3 min read January 24, 2012 Documentary News Comments
  • Holiday Crowd-Fundraising Tips from 7 Documentary Insiders
    The holiday season is no holiday for documentary producers looking to raise funds, but some documentarians say it's as good a time as any.
    Adam Schartoff 6 min read December 20, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Critical Acclaim for 'If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front' – Airs 9/13 on PBS
    Read what critics have to say about If a Tree Falls, the POV documentary that explores two of America's most pressing issues — environmentalism and terrorism.
    POV Staff 2 min read September 13, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • BAMcinemaFEST 2011: Oscar Nominee Marshall Curry on 'If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front'
    Freelance journalist Adam Schartoff checks in from BAMcinemaFEST 2011. In this dispatch, Schartoff talks with POV alum Marshall Curry about his new documentary, which leads the festival's nonfiction lineup and airs later this summer on POV.
    Adam Schartoff 6 min read June 16, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • BAMcinemaFEST Kicks Off Third Season Bringing Blue Chip Docs to Brooklyn
    Freelance journalist and film programmer Adam Schartoff previews the documentary slate at Brooklyn's BAMcinemaFEST, June 16-26, 2011.
    Adam Schartoff 4 min read June 15, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • POV Films and Filmmakers at the 2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival
    Three POV films have their New York City premieres this month at the 2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival: Better This World, Granito and If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front.
    Jamie Dobie 2 min read June 10, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Sundance Wrap-Up: The World Premieres of 'If a Tree Falls' (POV 2011) and 'Granito' (POV 2012)
    POV’s coordinating producer Andrew Catauro attended the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, UT. Just a few days ago, my first ever Sundance experience came to an end (I’ve got the gift bag and a pesky headcold to prove it.). Now through the steam of my TheraFlu, I want to report back on the […]
    Andrew Catauro 2 min read February 4, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • POV Announces Two Films at Sundance
    We are excited to announce that two POV films will have their world premieres at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival next week in Park City, UT. The films are If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front by Marshall Curry and Granito by Pamela Yates. Each will have their national broadcast premieres […]
    kathleen 4 min read January 12, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Link Roundup
    MoMA’s retrospective of Kim Longinotto‘s work starts this week. This is a rare chance to see all of Kim’s masterful films in America, and to hear from Kim herself — she is considered one of the foremost vérité filmmakers in the documentary world. Kim’s film Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go will air on POV […]
    Ruiyan Xu 2 min read May 7, 2009 Documentary News Comments
  • Link Roundup
    POV alum Sam Kauffman, whose thoughtful and provocative short film, Massacre at Murambi, premiered on POV in 2007, has been awarded a Guggenheim fellowship. In this BU Today article, Sam talks about how he plans on using the fellowship to return to Africa. Another POV alum, Marshall Curry, whose Street Fight (POV 2005) was nominated […]
    Ruiyan Xu 1 min read April 29, 2009 Documentary News Comments

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