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  • How Documentarians Have Covered Donald Trump Throughout the Years
    A look at the past and present documentaries that have covered Donald Trump.
    Tom Roston 4 min read October 19, 2016 Doc Soup Comments
  • The Documentary Box Office Fizzle of 2016
    The soft year at the box office may set the trend for the future theatrical life of all documentaries.
    Tom Roston 5 min read September 29, 2016 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Memo: Doc Campaign On Chinese Exclusion Act, Battle For Your Viewing Time
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 3 min read August 31, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Memo: The Summer Box Office Decline, The New Michael Moore
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 2 min read July 28, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Memo: Michael Moore's Traverse City Film Festival, Screening of Suppressed Rolling Stones Doc
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 3 min read July 21, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Michael Moore's Quest to Better America
    Michael Moore's latest documentary asks: Can America look outside itself for better solutions?
    Tom Roston 3 min read February 12, 2016 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Apocalypse? Michael Moore and Documentary Box Office Success
    Tom Roston sits down with Michael Moore to talk Oscars and documentary box office success.
    Tom Roston 5 min read January 12, 2016 Doc Soup Comments
  • Oscar or Oscan't: Doc Soup Man Predictions for Best Documentary Feature
    Doc Soup Man's Academy Award predictions are in, and he had to let a few favorites go.
    Tom Roston 3 min read January 11, 2016 Doc Soup Comments
  • Daniel McGowan at Full Frame Documentary Festival
    At Full Frame Documentary Festival, If A Tree Falls subject Daniel McGowan watched the film with the documentary community for the first time after serving six years in prison for "eco-terrorism."
    Tom Roston 3 min read April 14, 2015 Doc Soup Comments
  • March (of the Docs) Madness 2015
    Legends, stirring storylines and passionate fans are a few of the commonalities between college basketball and documentary filmmaking. 32 documentary symbols go head to head in our March Madness tournament. Vote now!
    Tom Roston 5 min read March 15, 2015 Doc Soup 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
  • 'The Connection' and How Documentaries Can Be Good Medicine (Part 1)
    The Connection: Mind Your Body isn't the kind of film that wins awards at festivals or even warrants being seen in a theater, but it's a very important documentary that you need to see.
    Tom Roston 4 min read October 15, 2014 Doc Soup Comments
  • Thom Powers on 'The Look of Silence,' and How the Toronto Film Fest's Conference Is Tackling the Digital Documentary Landscape
    Michael Moore, Joshua Oppenheimer, Marc Schiller and Astra Taylor will be a part of the Toronto International Film Festival's Doc Conference, Sept 9-10, 2014.
    Tom Roston 5 min read August 14, 2014 Doc Soup 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
  • Cinema Eye Honors: No Losers Here
    Tom Roston recaps winners and highlights from the 2014 Cinema Eye Honors at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens.
    Tom Roston 6 min read January 9, 2014 Doc Soup Comments
  • “Stuck” and Why We Shouldn't Discount Documentaries Used Primarily as Tools for Change
    Tom Roston questions why documentaries held in high regard have to be about "storytelling" and "cinema."
    Tom Roston 5 min read May 22, 2013 Doc Soup Comments
  • The Infamous Oscar Speech Heard Around the World
    "I’m not saying we owe Michael Moore an apology for the way he was derided for his speech after winning the Academy Award 10 years ago, but I think we can at least acknowledge that he was right."
    Tom Roston 4 min read February 21, 2013 Doc Soup Comments
  • 2012: A Documentary Year in Review
    Twelve stories from 2012 that inspired, thrilled and surprised us. A recap of the year in documentary news.
    POV Staff 13 min read December 18, 2012 Documentary News Comments

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