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  • Quest for Personal Transformation Takes Timid Biker 35,000 Miles to Libyan Revolution, Prison and Self-Recorded Stardom in POV's 'Point and Shoot,' Monday, Aug. 24, 2015 on PBS
    Documentary by Two-Time Oscar® Nominee Marshall Curry Illustrates the Camera's Central Role in Documenting — and Shaping — Modern Identity and World Events
    POV Pressroom 10 min read July 28, 2015 Press Room Comments
  • The Law in These Parts Now Available for Streaming on Mobile Devices
    'The Law in These Parts' is now streaming on your mobile device -- free. Download the PBS video app and catch the film before the broadcast on August 19, 2013 at 10 PM.
    POV Staff 1 min read August 16, 2013 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Next on POV: The Law in These Parts
    The Law in These Parts traces development of Israel’s system of military justice in the West Bank and Gaza. Premieres Monday, August 19, 2013 on PBS stations.
    POV Staff 1 min read August 15, 2013 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Coming Soon to POV: The Law in These Parts
    The Law in These Parts traces development of Israel’s system of military justice in the West Bank and Gaza. Premieres Monday, August 19, 2013 on PBS stations.
    POV Staff 1 min read July 22, 2013 POV Films Blog Comments
  • 'The Light in Her Eyes' and the Way Americans View Muslim Women
    Doc Soup Man talks to a Muslim woman about the way Americans typically view Muslim women, oppression, and the hijab (headscarf).
    Tom Roston 3 min read July 20, 2012 Doc Soup Comments
  • SXSW 2012: Caveh Zahedi Riles a Government (and an Audience) with 'The Sheik and I'
    The criticism of Caveh Zahedi's new documentary is only growing, but the artist refuses to back down.
    Adam Schartoff 3 min read March 15, 2012 Documentary News Comments
  • Critical Acclaim for 'Where Soldiers Come From' – Airs 11/10 on PBS
    Read what critics have to say about the POV documentary Where Soldiers Come From. Watch it now for free on the PBS mobile app, or tune in to its U.S. broadcast premiere on PBS this Thursday (Nov. 10, 2011).
    Emily Thomas 3 min read November 8, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • 'New Muslim Cool' Producers Speak at U.S. State Department
    New Muslim Cool co-producers Kauthar Umar and Hana Siddiqi wrote in to tell us about “Generation Change,” a U.S. State Department event held last week in Washington, D.C. toasting some of the best and most innovative American Muslim leaders under the age of 30. With much excitement and anticipation we arrived in Washington, D.C. last […]
    POV Guest Blogger 10 min read September 17, 2010 Documentary News Comments
  • 9 Star Hotel's Ido Haar Answers Viewer Questions
    Ido Haar is the director of 9 Star Hotel. After the film aired on POV, viewers wrote in with questions for Ido. Read on for his responses. Allen asks: Thanks for the film. I found similarities between the Palestinian men and Mexican migrant workers in America. Is this something you thought about as you were […]
    Ruiyan Xu 3 min read August 7, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Soup: '9 Star Hotel': A Modern-Day 'Bicycle Thief'?
    Independent journalist Tom Roston checks in and writes about the world of documentaries in his column, Doc Soup. Today, he muses on the most recent POV film. As I watched 9 Star Hotel, I was overcome by this strange feeling of déjà vu. I was captivated by the slice-of-sad-life story about the young Palestinian men […]
    Tom Roston 2 min read July 23, 2008 Doc Soup Comments
  • What's Your POV about '9 Star Hotel'?
    9 Star Hotel is the facetious name that Palestinian construction workers give to the pile of rocks that marks their clandestine nightly abode — a group of cardboard enclosures and tin-covered huts hidden in the brush-covered hills above the Israeli town of Modi’in. It is also the name of this week’s POV film about the […]
    theresa 2 min read July 22, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Ask the Filmmaker: 9 Star Hotel's Ido Haar
    Israeli director Ido Haar grew up in a village on the edge of a pine forest halfway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. When he went home to visit his parents, he often saw men running frantically across the highway. He says “the fear in their eyes haunted me, and I wanted to find out where […]
    theresa 2 min read July 22, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • An International Conversation About Youth & Media Literacy
    Irene Villaseñor is POV’s Youth Views manager. She was recently inspired by some presentations at a conference on youth media and education around the world. She writes in to share her thoughts. Last weekend I attended Media: Overseas Conversations 5, an International Conference on Media, Education and Youth. Media educators from the Middle East, Asia, […]
    Irene Villasenor 2 min read June 12, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • 2008 POV Preview: '9 Star Hotel'
    On July 22nd, POV will broadcast 9 Star Hotel by Ido Haar, which takes a unique look at the lives of Palestinian workers. Here’s a sneak peek. 9 Star Hotel documents the lives of a group of young Palestinian men working illegally as construction laborers in the Israeli city of Modi’in. Caught between Israeli security […]
    Ruiyan Xu 1 min read May 30, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Soup: Waltz with Bashir
    In addition to the exciting tidbit that Michael Moore‘s next film will be a follow-up to Fahrenheit 9/11, the most enticing news from the Cannes Film Festival, which just concluded, is about an Israeli documentary called Waltz with Bashir. It’s a fully animated film by a former Israeli soldier, Ari Folman, who’s trying to reckon […]
    Tom Roston 2 min read May 26, 2008 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Soup: Test Screenings for Docs?
    Last week, at the premiere for Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? director Morgan Spurlock asked everyone who had worked on the film to stand up. I’d say a good 20% of the audience rose from their seats. “Wow, that is a lot of people. We should have had a test screening with […]
    Tom Roston 3 min read April 21, 2008 Doc Soup Comments
  • The DocAviv Film Festival
    POV executive director Simon Kilmurry attended DocAviv, a documentary film festival in Tel Aviv. He writes in with a report. DocAviv, Israel’s premiere documentary festival, wrapped up a remarkable 10th anniversary edition on April 12. I attended the festival for the first time this year, and had the pleasure of serving on the jury for […]
    Simon Kilmurry 6 min read April 14, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Soup: Overlooked Docs of 2007
    Ah, the flush feeling of having a documentary that receives high accolades and big box office returns! As I mentioned last week, not many doc filmmakers have felt that way this year, which puts Charles Ferguson among the elite few. I was at a fancy screening and reception this week for his film No End […]
    Tom Roston 4 min read December 21, 2007 Doc Soup Comments

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